Schweringen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGWFS became the largest group on the council of Schweringen with 72.5% (7 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Schweringen with 27.4% of the second votes, CDU took 26.8%.
- Turnout72.8% · Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters492 of 676 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +4.4 · Grüne −2.4 · Freie Wähler +1.8
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Schweringen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Schweringen, as of 14.09.2026 00:13. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGWFS 72.5% · 7 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 27.9% in the Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Grafschaft HoyaCDU 31.8%
- Turnout79.0% · district council election 66.6%
- WGWFS72.5% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE14.6% · 1 seat
- AfD12.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 79.0% · 671 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:13. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032565409/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Grafschaft Hoya, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU27.9% · 9 seats
- SPD23.3% · 7 seats
- AfD17.3% · 6 seats
- UWGSH12.2% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE10.3% · 3 seats
- Die Linke6.4% · 2 seats
- FDP2.0% · 1 seat
- dieBasis LV0.6%
Turnout 66.7% · 13,951 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Jansen, Einzelwahlvorschlag Marcus53.3%
- Lübke, AfD Niedersachsen17.8%
- Schmitt-Glorius, Einzelwahlvorschlag Mario17.5%
- Quedens, Einzelwahlvorschlag Sönke11.4%
Turnout 66.7% · 13,951 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 04:43. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Nienburg (Weser) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU31.8%
- SPD20.4%
- AfD18.4%
- GRÜNE11.2%
- Die Linke7.6%
- WG6.0%
- FDP3.6%
- Volt1.2%
Turnout 66.6% · 13,987 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Seebode, CDU33.0%
- Duensing, Einzelwahlvorschlag Duensing28.1%
- Schiemann, AfD20.1%
- Franke, Einzelwahlvorschlag Franke18.7%
Turnout 66.6% · 13,987 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
Second votes in Schweringen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD27.4%+4.4
- CDU26.8%-1.3
- AfD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne9.1%-2.4
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- FDP2.6%-1.5
- Freie Wähler2.6%+1.8
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others0.8%-1.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 135 | 27.4% | 23.4% | 23.0% (+4.4) | 16.4% (+11.0) |
| CDU | 132 | 26.8% | 28.2% | 28.1% (-1.3) | 22.6% (+4.2) |
| AfD | 95 | 19.3% | 21.2% | 17.8% (+1.5) | 20.8% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 45 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-2.5) |
| Linke | 35 | 7.1% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| BSW | 17 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 13 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-1.5) | 4.3% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 2.6% | 1.6% | 0.8% (+1.8) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 4 | 0.8% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-1.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schweringen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schweringen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,445 postal voters, which is 21.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.1%
- Voters11,316 of 13,461 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.6% · 2,445
- Member municipalities10
- CDU26.2%-0.6
- SPD23.4%-4.0
- AfD20.1%+0.8
- Grüne10.7%+1.6
- Linke7.6%+0.5
- FDP3.9%+1.3
- BSW3.4%-0.1
- Freie Wähler1.8%-0.8
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.3%+1.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schweringen.
| Party | Polling station Schweringen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 132 (26.8%) | 701 (28.7%) | 2,954 | 26.2% |
| SPD | 135 (27.4%) | 641 (26.3%) | 2,634 | 23.4% |
| AfD | 95 (19.3%) | 305 (12.5%) | 2,269 | 20.1% |
| Grüne | 45 (9.1%) | 323 (13.2%) | 1,203 | 10.7% |
| Linke | 35 (7.1%) | 174 (7.1%) | 859 | 7.6% |
| FDP | 13 (2.6%) | 85 (3.5%) | 441 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 17 (3.5%) | 89 (3.6%) | 381 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (2.6%) | 39 (1.6%) | 207 | 1.8% |
| Volt | 3 (0.6%) | 15 (0.6%) | 56 | 0.5% |
| Others | 4 (0.8%) | 68 (2.8%) | 263 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bücken, FleckenCDU 29.6%
- EystrupAfD 29.4%
- GandesbergenSPD 30.1%
- HämelhausenCDU 33.2%
- Hassel (Weser)AfD 25.1%
- HilgermissenCDU 27.7%
- HoyaSPD 25.7%
- HoyerhagenSPD 25.9%
- SchweringenSPD 27.4%
- WarpeCDU 25.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Schweringen: location in the Nienburg (Weser) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schweringen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040)
- Nienburg (Weser)SPD 24.1%
- Rehburg-LoccumCDU 27.2%
- Steyerberg, FleckenCDU 30.0%
- StolzenauAfD 31.3%
- Briefwahl SG MittelweserCDU 31.9%
- Briefwahl SG Grafschaft HoyaCDU 28.7%
- Briefwahl SG UchteCDU 36.4%
- MarkloheCDU 29.7%
- Briefwahl SG Weser-AueCDU 31.7%
- Uchte, FleckenCDU 31.2%
- Diepenau, FleckenCDU 36.9%
- HoyaSPD 25.7%