Rotenburg (Wümme): results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Rotenburg (Wümme) with 31.8% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 22.2%. Below, the results of all 57 municipalities.
- Turnout84.1% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters108,813 of 129,401 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +3.7 · SPD −0.8 · AfD +0.7 · Grüne −1.6
- CDU range across municipalities24.9% to 50.7%
2026 local elections in Rotenburg (Wümme)
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 18.09.2026 09:56. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 35.6% · 19 of 54 seats
- District administratorMarco Prietz (CDU), 66.2%
- Turnout68.6%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)8 with their own council
- CDU35.6% · 19 seats
- SPD21.9% · 12 seats
- AfD15.6% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE11.1% · 6 seats
Turnout 68.6% · 136,435 eligible voters · 54 seats · Official final result · 252 of 252 results
Source: Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme), Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 09:56. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03357000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU66.2%
- Nein-Stimmen33.8%
Turnout 68.3% · 136,435 eligible voters · Official final result · 252 of 252 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | GRÜNE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Bremervörde | 66.3% | 45.8% | 17.5% | 15.0% | 9.2% |
| Gemeinde Gnarrenburg | 73.9% | 40.4% | 29.1% | 13.4% | 5.6% |
| Stadt Rotenburg (Wümme) | 59.8% | 30.0% | 21.3% | 15.5% | 17.5% |
| Gemeinde Scheeßel | 70.6% | 33.7% | 17.3% | 14.7% | 14.2% |
| Stadt Visselhövede | 67.5% | 26.2% | 22.8% | 18.9% | 9.6% |
| Samtgemeinde Bothel | 74.0% | 36.1% | 23.7% | 16.9% | 11.1% |
| Samtgemeinde Fintel | 71.2% | 32.4% | 23.9% | 19.0% | 12.3% |
| Samtgemeinde Geestequelle | 73.1% | 28.0% | 10.8% | 14.7% | 7.0% |
| Samtgemeinde Selsingen | 74.8% | 48.6% | 12.8% | 14.1% | 7.8% |
| Samtgemeinde Sittensen | 68.3% | 38.4% | 20.8% | 15.6% | 10.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Sottrum | 72.3% | 34.7% | 23.1% | 15.2% | 13.6% |
| Tarmstedt | 74.2% | 30.2% | 25.8% | 15.3% | 12.5% |
| Samtgemeinde Zeven | 64.1% | 35.4% | 28.9% | 15.6% | 8.8% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Samtgemeinde councils in Rotenburg (Wümme)
- Samtgemeinde BothelCouncil: CDU 41.3%, 22 seats · mayoral election: Eberle 57.1%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde FintelCouncil: CDU 36.2%, 22 seats · mayoral election: run-offSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde GeestequelleCouncil: BLZG 43.5%, 18 seats · mayoral election: Jagels 69.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde SelsingenCouncil: CDU 53.1%, 24 seats · mayoral election: Gramkow 73.0%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde SittensenCouncil: CDU 46.8%, 28 seats · mayoral election: Keller 67.2%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde SottrumCouncil: CDU 36.4%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Leiding 54.3%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde TarmstedtCouncil: CDU 40.9%, 26 seats · mayoral election: Moje 54.8%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde ZevenCouncil: CDU 38.8%, 34 seats · mayoral election: Fricke 57.7%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Rotenburg (Wümme)
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU31.8%+3.7
- SPD22.2%-0.8
- AfD18.5%+0.7
- Grüne9.9%-1.6
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Rotenburg (Wümme)
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Rotenburg (Wümme)
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 24.9 to 50.7%, SPD 12 to 26%, AfD 13.1 to 26.2%, Grüne 4.8 to 17%, Linke 3.6 to 9.5%, FDP 1.3 to 7%, BSW 1.2 to 5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotenburg (Wümme) | 13,602 | 78.5% | 24.9 | 24.1 | 18.2 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Bremervörde | 11,533 | 80.7% | 34.2 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| Scheeßel | 8,779 | 87.1% | 33.8 | 21.5 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Visselhövede | 6,365 | 81.6% | 29.7 | 25.1 | 19.3 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Zeven | 6,297 | 62.0% | 27.6 | 20.2 | 24.9 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Gnarrenburg | 6,220 | 83.7% | 31.2 | 26.0 | 18.9 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| Sottrum | 3,380 | 67.3% | 26.6 | 22.2 | 21.6 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Sittensen | 3,182 | 68.8% | 33.0 | 20.4 | 19.0 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Zeven | 3,120 | – | 33.0 | 23.7 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| Heeslingen | 2,662 | 69.4% | 36.7 | 18.0 | 20.6 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| Tarmstedt | 2,161 | 65.8% | 27.5 | 22.3 | 20.2 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Selsingen | 1,941 | 69.4% | 35.9 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.6 |
| Briefwahl SG Sottrum | 1,816 | – | 31.7 | 25.5 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Briefwahl SG Tarmstedt | 1,677 | – | 28.6 | 25.2 | 12.1 | 15.8 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| Fintel | 1,632 | 66.7% | 27.8 | 20.2 | 24.2 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Sittensen | 1,341 | – | 35.4 | 26.3 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| Gyhum | 1,330 | 69.9% | 34.4 | 21.9 | 18.6 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 2.8 |
| Bothel | 1,316 | 69.8% | 27.1 | 21.3 | 24.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Lauenbrück | 1,305 | 63.9% | 27.7 | 22.4 | 20.3 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Bothel | 1,276 | – | 34.2 | 26.8 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Fintel | 1,230 | – | 32.7 | 24.9 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Ahausen | 1,178 | 75.9% | 32.2 | 20.1 | 17.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Elsdorf | 1,140 | 70.4% | 38.7 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Briefwahl SG Selsingen | 1,052 | – | 35.3 | 21.6 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Oerel | 1,042 | 70.7% | 32.0 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| Wilstedt | 1,025 | 69.6% | 26.4 | 25.2 | 14.3 | 17.0 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
| Reeßum | 967 | 71.3% | 33.1 | 20.9 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Basdahl | 881 | 78.7% | 35.8 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| Hemslingen | 749 | 64.0% | 29.2 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Brockel | 715 | 65.5% | 29.0 | 20.6 | 23.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Horstedt | 699 | 70.5% | 30.9 | 21.2 | 19.3 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Briefwahl SG Geestequelle | 693 | – | 37.5 | 23.2 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
| Kirchwalsede | 692 | 67.2% | 34.2 | 18.7 | 14.8 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 3.2 |
| Hipstedt | 689 | 69.6% | 32.7 | 22.8 | 21.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Hellwege | 658 | 72.1% | 31.0 | 24.2 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| Ebersdorf | 651 | 74.7% | 38.1 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| Bötersen | 628 | 76.3% | 32.6 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Hemsbünde | 627 | 67.6% | 27.9 | 19.0 | 24.2 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Breddorf | 601 | 71.7% | 36.7 | 21.9 | 19.0 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| Hassendorf | 579 | 67.5% | 25.0 | 23.3 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| Hepstedt | 579 | 71.0% | 35.4 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Ostereistedt | 576 | 79.3% | 50.7 | 17.8 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
| Rhade | 576 | 71.6% | 39.7 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 11.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| Klein Meckelsen | 573 | 78.7% | 37.5 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
| Vorwerk | 567 | 69.9% | 29.7 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
| Tiste | 536 | 75.0% | 40.7 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Alfstedt | 513 | 73.8% | 40.9 | 17.0 | 22.5 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Anderlingen | 507 | 75.8% | 42.1 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Helvesiek | 496 | 73.3% | 39.1 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| Kirchtimke | 496 | 65.4% | 35.8 | 19.6 | 15.6 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| Sandbostel | 489 | 77.9% | 39.3 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Vierden | 488 | 77.0% | 38.2 | 14.4 | 24.4 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Westerwalsede | 477 | 76.0% | 38.6 | 21.2 | 19.3 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Stemmen | 463 | 71.0% | 30.9 | 24.2 | 21.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Wohnste | 460 | 71.7% | 37.3 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Seedorf | 456 | 72.8% | 38.6 | 13.5 | 26.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 1.8 |
| Bülstedt | 417 | 68.7% | 34.9 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Deinstedt | 395 | 77.8% | 46.9 | 12.0 | 20.7 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
| Vahlde | 380 | 73.6% | 32.2 | 25.9 | 18.5 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Farven | 376 | 75.7% | 45.8 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Kalbe | 363 | 77.9% | 43.1 | 16.3 | 21.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| Groß Meckelsen | 313 | 79.2% | 48.7 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 |
| Hamersen | 313 | 71.1% | 41.5 | 16.6 | 19.5 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Lengenbostel | 310 | 82.7% | 40.7 | 20.8 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Westertimke | 263 | 73.7% | 37.7 | 14.6 | 20.4 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.9 |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.