Vechta: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Vechta with 41.7% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 16.4%. Below, the results of all 10 municipalities.
- Population
- 146,838 · 180 per km²
- Largest sector
- Manufacturing 33%
- Turnout
- 83.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 86,010 of 102,796 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower Saxony
- CDU +13.6 · AfD −1.4 · SPD −6.8 · Grüne −3.2
- CDU range across municipalities
- 37.1% to 52.4%
2026 local elections in Vechta
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 25.09.2026 14:40. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district council
- CDU 47.9% · 24 of 50 seats
- District administrator
- Tobias Gerdesmeyer (CDU), 72.7%
- Turnout
- 65.0%
Turnout 65.0% · 114,290 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 157 of 157 results
Source: Landkreis Vechta, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 31 Oct 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 25.09.2026 14:40. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03460000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Gerdesmeyer, CDU72.7%
- Busch, SPD27.3%
Turnout 65.0% · 114,290 eligible voters · Official final result · 157 of 157 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | GRÜNE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Bakum | 71.3% | 68.1% | 10.2% | 9.7% | 5.9% |
| Stadt Damme | 66.4% | 52.0% | 7.4% | 13.9% | 9.9% |
| Stadt Dinklage | 66.1% | 45.1% | 18.2% | 15.4% | 8.5% |
| Gemeinde Goldenstedt | 66.1% | 46.7% | 11.9% | 14.9% | 5.8% |
| Gemeinde Holdorf | 67.2% | 45.1% | 19.4% | 16.8% | 5.6% |
| Stadt Lohne (Oldenburg) | 62.8% | 46.8% | 15.1% | 11.2% | 8.1% |
| Gemeinde Neuenkirchen-Vörden | 65.1% | 41.4% | 14.1% | 12.5% | 10.6% |
| Gemeinde Steinfeld (Oldenburg) | 60.4% | 47.4% | 7.9% | 16.1% | 6.0% |
| Stadt Vechta | 63.4% | 40.7% | 24.2% | 11.8% | 9.0% |
| Gemeinde Visbek | 70.2% | 63.0% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 7.7% |
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.
Second votes in Vechta
Deviation from the state result in points.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's district file, second votes per district.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
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.
2024 European election in Vechta
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Vechta with 50.9% of the vote; in Lower Saxony CDU got 31.4%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Vechta with 50.9%, +9.2 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 66.3% (2025 federal election: 83.7%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), votes per district and independent city.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 35,370 | 50.9% | 41.7% | +9.2 |
| SPD | 7,688 | 11.1% | 16.2% | -5.1 |
| AfD | 7,739 | 11.1% | 16.4% | -5.3 |
| Grüne | 5,693 | 8.2% | 8.3% | -0.1 |
| FDP | 3,359 | 4.8% | 4.5% | +0.3 |
| BSW | 2,432 | 3.5% | 2.9% | +0.6 |
| Volt | 1,171 | 1.7% | 0.5% | +1.2 |
| Linke | 1,020 | 1.5% | 6.7% | -5.2 |
| Die PARTEI | 949 | 1.4% | – | – |
| Freie Wähler | 824 | 1.2% | 1.1% | +0.1 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 624 | 0.9% | – | – |
| ÖDP | 226 | 0.3% | – | – |
| Others | 2,456 | 3.5% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by state and district (kerg2.csv) (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Berlin East and Berlin West are aggregated from the boroughs as in the 2025 federal election. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Vechta in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 146,838 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 814.2 km²
- Population density
- 180 inhabitants per km²
- Under 19
- 20.7%
- 67 and older
- 15.0%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 13.9%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 78,975 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Largest sectors
- Manufacturing 33% · Health and social work 14% · Trade and vehicle repair 14%
- Commuter balance
- +8,556 (more in-commuters than out-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8% (as of 2026-09)
- Grimme-Gruppe
- 2,200 employees
- Schulz Systemtechnik
- 1,000 employees
- Bröring Unternehmensgruppe
- 550 employees
- Envitec Biogas
- 462 employees
- Alte Oldenburger Krankenversicherung AG
- 232 employees
- District seat
- Vechta
- Municipalities
- 10
- Elevation
- 27 m
- First mention or foundation
- 1939
- Website
- www.landkreis-vechta.de
- Wikipedia
- Vechta (Wikipedia)
Vechta has 146,838 inhabitants. The largest sector is Manufacturing with 33% of employees. The largest company headquartered in Vechta is Grimme-Gruppe with 2,200 employees. The unemployment rate is 3.8%.
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Strongest party by municipality in Vechta
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
Strongest party: CDU in 10 municipalities of 10. Highest share: CDU with 52.4% in Bakum.
What does the map show?
Each municipality is coloured by the party with the highest second-vote share at the 2025 federal election; the intensity follows the share. Postal votes counted at the level of a joint administration are shown on the administration's page. Click a municipality for its full result.
All municipalities in Vechta
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 37.1 to 52.4%, AfD 13 to 21.8%, SPD 12.3 to 18.8%, Grüne 6.2 to 10.8%, Linke 4.5 to 8.6%, FDP 3.8 to 5.7%, BSW 1.8 to 3.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vechta | 19,272 | 82.5% | 37.1 | 14.2 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Lohne (Oldenburg) | 15,800 | 83.4% | 41.7 | 15.3 | 16.9 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Damme | 10,459 | 82.8% | 45.1 | 18.7 | 13.0 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 2.7 |
| Dinklage | 8,209 | 83.1% | 40.5 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
| Visbek | 6,283 | 88.6% | 48.4 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| Goldenstedt | 6,211 | 85.1% | 39.3 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
| Steinfeld (Oldenburg) | 5,791 | 82.9% | 45.2 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| Neuenkirchen-Vörden | 5,147 | 82.8% | 38.3 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Holdorf | 4,576 | 83.5% | 38.5 | 21.8 | 16.1 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Bakum | 4,262 | 87.1% | 52.4 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 1.8 |
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.