Affinghausen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Holger Brüning became the largest group on the council of Affinghausen with 17.4%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Affinghausen with 29.1% of the second votes, AfD took 22.3%.
- Turnout66.1% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters423 of 640 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.5 · Grüne −3.7 · SPD −1.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Affinghausen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Affinghausen, as of 13.09.2026 21:03. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilHolger Brüning 17.4%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 30.9% in the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SchwafördenCDU 33.4%
- Turnout63.3% · district council election 67.6%
- Holger Brüning17.4%
- Heino Bensemann17.3%
- Hauke Logemann12.7%
- Sören Kafemann10.5%
- Sonja Winte10.3%
- Sandra Stüttgen8.9%
- Jens Rosenthal5.8%
- Pia Delekat4.7%
- Thorsten Bremer4.5%
- Andreas Bröer3.8%
- Steffen Gürlebeck3.0%
- Kay Böhmer1.2%
Turnout 63.3% · 652 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Schwaförden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:03. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Schwaförden
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Schwaförden, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- CDU30.9% · 6 seats
- SPD19.4% · 3 seats
- WUL19.3% · 3 seats
- AfD16.0% · 3 seats
- FDP9.3% · 2 seats
- Dr. Meyer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Dr. Jochen Meyer5.0%
Turnout 68.1% · 5,563 eligible voters · 18 seats · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Braunert, Einzelwahlvorschlag Ingmar62.0%
- Zum Vohrde, Einzelwahlvorschlag Meike38.0%
Turnout 68.1% · 5,563 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Schwaförden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 08:07. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.4%
- SPD19.9%
- AfD18.1%
- GRÜNE13.6%
- FDP5.0%
- Sulingen!4.0%
- Die Linke3.7%
- UWG2.4%
Turnout 67.6% · 5,604 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Affinghausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.1%+1.0
- AfD22.3%+4.5
- SPD21.6%-1.4
- Grüne7.8%-3.7
- Linke7.3%-0.8
- FDP4.3%+0.2
- BSW2.4%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.7%+0.9
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others3.3%+1.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 | 29.1% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+1.0) | 22.6% (+6.5) |
| AfD | 94 | 22.3% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+4.5) | 20.8% (+1.5) |
| SPD | 91 | 21.6% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-1.4) | 16.4% (+5.2) |
| Grüne | 33 | 7.8% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-3.7) | 11.6% (-3.8) |
| Linke | 31 | 7.3% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-0.8) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 18 | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+0.2) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 10 | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-1.4) | 5.0% (-2.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 14 | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+1.1) | 10.6% (-7.3) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Schwaförden: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Schwaförden are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Affinghausen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Affinghausen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,067 postal voters, which is 23.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.8%
- Voters4,503 of 5,376 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.7% · 1,067
- Member municipalities6
- CDU29.5%+0.4
- SPD23.1%+1.5
- AfD20.5%-1.8
- Grüne8.5%+0.7
- Linke6.2%-1.1
- FDP5.4%+1.1
- BSW2.8%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.3
- Others2.2%-1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Affinghausen.
| Party | Polling station Affinghausen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Schwaförden total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 (29.1%) | 350 (33.0%) | 1,323 | 29.5% |
| SPD | 91 (21.6%) | 245 (23.1%) | 1,035 | 23.1% |
| AfD | 94 (22.3%) | 134 (12.6%) | 918 | 20.5% |
| Grüne | 33 (7.8%) | 117 (11.0%) | 380 | 8.5% |
| Linke | 31 (7.3%) | 53 (5.0%) | 276 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 18 (4.3%) | 62 (5.8%) | 241 | 5.4% |
| BSW | 10 (2.4%) | 37 (3.5%) | 125 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.7%) | 25 (2.4%) | 62 | 1.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.2%) | 11 (1.0%) | 22 | 0.5% |
| Others | 14 (3.3%) | 28 (2.6%) | 100 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AffinghausenCDU 29.1%
- EhrenburgCDU 30.7%
- NeuenkirchenAfD 28.0%
- ScholenCDU 28.0%
- SchwafördenSPD 27.6%
- SudwaldeCDU 29.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Affinghausen: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Affinghausen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Schwaförden shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.