Verden: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Verden with 27.8% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.0%. Below, the results of all 11 municipalities.
- District AdministratorPeter Bohlmann (SPD), since 2005 · Wikidata
- Turnout84.3% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters89,113 of 105,716 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −0.3 · SPD +0.0 · AfD +0.2 · Grüne +0.7
- CDU range across municipalities24.1% to 32.7%
2026 local elections in Verden
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 23.09.2026 07:42. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 30.6% · 15 of 50 seats
- District administratorPeter Bohlmann (SPD), 76.0%
- Turnout65.8%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)1 with their own council
- CDU30.6% · 15 seats
- SPD25.1% · 13 seats
- GRÜNE16.2% · 8 seats
- AfD15.2% · 8 seats
- Die Linke4.3% · 2 seats
- FDP4.0% · 2 seats
- BSW1.8% · 1 seat
- FREIE WÄHLER1.5% · 1 seat
- WGA-LV0.8%
- UBL0.7%
Turnout 65.8% · 110,736 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 221 of 221 results
Source: Landkreis Verden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 07:42. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03361000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Bohlmann, SPD76.0%
- Pein, FDP24.0%
Turnout 65.7% · 110,716 eligible voters · Official final result · 221 of 221 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | GRÜNE | AfD | Die Linke | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Achim | 61.7% | 26.3% | 23.5% | 19.0% | 14.6% | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Gemeinde Dörverden | 67.2% | 33.7% | 24.2% | 12.3% | 18.2% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Gemeinde Kirchlinteln | 72.8% | 33.3% | 26.9% | 13.6% | 16.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| Flecken Langwedel | 69.7% | 34.3% | 29.6% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 2.7% | 2.0% |
| Flecken Ottersberg | 66.8% | 34.1% | 16.4% | 24.6% | 10.4% | 7.9% | 3.3% |
| Gemeinde Oyten | 65.1% | 34.0% | 27.6% | 12.0% | 16.4% | 3.9% | 3.5% |
| Stadt Verden (Aller) | 62.7% | 26.4% | 27.5% | 15.2% | 16.6% | 5.6% | 4.9% |
| Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen | 69.5% | 31.7% | 24.0% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
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 Verden
- Samtgemeinde ThedinghausenCouncil: CDU 31.7%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Bornemann 50.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Verden
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.8%-0.3
- SPD23.0%±0
- AfD18.0%+0.2
- Grüne12.2%+0.7
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others2.2%±0
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 Verden
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Verden
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 24.1 to 32.7%, SPD 20.2 to 24.8%, AfD 15.3 to 23.4%, Grüne 8.4 to 17.1%, Linke 5 to 10.4%, FDP 3.3 to 5.1%, BSW 2.9 to 4.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achim | 20,204 | 83.2% | 27.8 | 23.4 | 17.3 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Verden (Aller) | 16,444 | 81.8% | 25.7 | 23.1 | 18.9 | 12.8 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Oyten | 10,505 | 84.0% | 29.8 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Langwedel, Flecken | 9,873 | 84.4% | 29.6 | 24.8 | 15.8 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Ottersberg, Flecken | 8,700 | 86.1% | 24.1 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 17.1 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| Kirchlinteln | 7,127 | 87.8% | 30.2 | 22.3 | 18.5 | 11.6 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Dörverden | 5,596 | 84.8% | 26.6 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Thedinghausen | 4,245 | 66.7% | 26.8 | 22.6 | 19.5 | 12.2 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Briefwahl SG Thedinghausen | 2,411 | – | 32.6 | 22.6 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| Riede | 1,595 | 66.7% | 32.7 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 10.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| Blender | 1,573 | 68.4% | 31.2 | 21.4 | 18.7 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Emtinghausen | 840 | 67.7% | 28.8 | 20.2 | 23.4 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
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.