Scholen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Frank Scharrelmann became the largest group on the council of Scholen with 13.7%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Scholen with 28.0% of the second votes, SPD took 26.9%.
- Turnout60.1% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters369 of 614 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −6.3 · SPD +3.9 · AfD +3.4
- 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 Scholen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Scholen, as of 13.09.2026 21:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilFrank Scharrelmann 13.7%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 30.9% in the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SchwafördenCDU 33.4%
- Turnout69.9% · district council election 67.6%
- Frank Scharrelmann13.7%
- Heinz-Willem Kattelmann11.9%
- Anne Eickhoff11.8%
- Kevin Sundmacher11.7%
- Dr. med. Yvonne Könenkamp10.4%
- Hendrik Labbus9.5%
- Tjard Scharrelmann8.0%
- Cord-Hinrich Jahn7.5%
- Klaus Zum Vohrde4.8%
- Christoph Neumann4.4%
- Frank Könenkamp3.7%
- Patrick Brümmer2.7%
Turnout 69.9% · 642 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 4 of 4 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 21:23. 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 Scholen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.0%-0.1
- SPD26.9%+3.9
- AfD21.2%+3.4
- FDP7.3%+3.2
- Linke5.4%-2.7
- Grüne5.2%-6.3
- BSW2.4%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 103 | 28.0% | 30.4% | 28.1% (-0.1) | 22.6% (+5.4) |
| SPD | 99 | 26.9% | 22.9% | 23.0% (+3.9) | 16.4% (+10.5) |
| AfD | 78 | 21.2% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+3.4) | 20.8% (+0.4) |
| FDP | 27 | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+3.2) | 4.3% (+3.0) |
| Linke | 20 | 5.4% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-2.7) | 8.8% (-3.4) |
| Grüne | 19 | 5.2% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-6.3) | 11.6% (-6.4) |
| BSW | 9 | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-1.4) | 5.0% (-2.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 8 | 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 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 Scholen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Scholen 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%+1.5
- SPD23.1%-3.8
- AfD20.5%-0.7
- Grüne8.5%+3.3
- Linke6.2%+0.8
- FDP5.4%-1.9
- BSW2.8%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.4%+0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.2
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Scholen.
| Party | Polling station Scholen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Schwaförden total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 103 (28.0%) | 350 (33.0%) | 1,323 | 29.5% |
| SPD | 99 (26.9%) | 245 (23.1%) | 1,035 | 23.1% |
| AfD | 78 (21.2%) | 134 (12.6%) | 918 | 20.5% |
| Grüne | 19 (5.2%) | 117 (11.0%) | 380 | 8.5% |
| Linke | 20 (5.4%) | 53 (5.0%) | 276 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 27 (7.3%) | 62 (5.8%) | 241 | 5.4% |
| BSW | 9 (2.4%) | 37 (3.5%) | 125 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.1%) | 25 (2.4%) | 62 | 1.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.3%) | 11 (1.0%) | 22 | 0.5% |
| Others | 8 (2.2%) | 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.
Scholen: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Scholen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Schwaförden shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.