Drentwede: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGD became the largest group on the council of Drentwede with 75.3% (8 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Drentwede with 31.2% of the second votes, AfD took 25.9%.
- MayorTheo Amelung, since 1986 · Wikidata
- Turnout62.2% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters469 of 754 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +8.1 · Grüne −7.4 · CDU +3.1
- 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 Drentwede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Drentwede, as of 22.09.2026 10:59. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGD 75.3% · 8 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 28.6% in the Samtgemeinde Barnstorf
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BarnstorfSPD 28.0%
- Turnout66.8% · district council election 62.8%
- WGD75.3% · 8 seats
- SPD18.5% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE6.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.8% · 842 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Barnstorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 10:59. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Barnstorf
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Barnstorf, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- SPD28.6% · 8 seats
- CDU23.1% · 7 seats
- AfD15.7% · 5 seats
- WSB15.4% · 5 seats
Turnout 63.1% · 9,883 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Grimm, SPD55.4%
- Bruns, Stefan31.1%
- Heidemann, GRÜNE13.5%
Turnout 63.0% · 9,883 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Barnstorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Barnstorf
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.0%
- CDU23.6%
- AfD19.2%
- GRÜNE12.2%
- UWG6.9%
- FDP6.6%
- Die Linke3.6%
Turnout 62.8% · 9,927 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Drentwede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.2%+3.1
- AfD25.9%+8.1
- SPD20.3%-2.7
- FDP7.1%+3.0
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- Grüne4.1%-7.4
- BSW2.6%-1.2
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 145 | 31.2% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+3.1) | 22.6% (+8.6) |
| AfD | 120 | 25.9% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+8.1) | 20.8% (+5.1) |
| SPD | 94 | 20.3% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-2.7) | 16.4% (+3.9) |
| FDP | 33 | 7.1% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+3.0) | 4.3% (+2.8) |
| Linke | 27 | 5.8% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 19 | 4.1% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-7.4) | 11.6% (-7.5) |
| BSW | 12 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-1.2) | 5.0% (-2.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 10 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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 Barnstorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Barnstorf are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Drentwede. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Drentwede only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,473 postal voters, which is 20.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association81.5%
- Voters7,324 of 8,990 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.1% · 1,473
- Member municipalities4
- CDU29.3%-1.9
- AfD23.1%-2.8
- SPD22.4%+2.1
- Grüne7.1%+3.0
- Linke6.0%+0.2
- FDP4.9%-2.2
- BSW3.9%+1.3
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.1
- Volt0.3%
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Drentwede.
| Party | Polling station Drentwede | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Barnstorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 145 (31.3%) | 514 (34.9%) | 2,135 | 29.3% |
| AfD | 120 (25.9%) | 228 (15.5%) | 1,682 | 23.1% |
| SPD | 94 (20.3%) | 360 (24.5%) | 1,632 | 22.4% |
| Grüne | 19 (4.1%) | 112 (7.6%) | 517 | 7.1% |
| Linke | 27 (5.8%) | 66 (4.5%) | 437 | 6.0% |
| FDP | 33 (7.1%) | 61 (4.1%) | 354 | 4.9% |
| BSW | 12 (2.6%) | 68 (4.6%) | 283 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (0.9%) | 22 (1.5%) | 75 | 1.0% |
| Others | 10 (2.2%) | 36 (2.4%) | 138 | 1.9% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Drentwede: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Drentwede highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Barnstorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.