Osterholz-Scharmbeck: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Osterholz-Scharmbeck with 28.3% (10 of 36 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Osterholz-Scharmbeck with 26.1% of the second votes, SPD took 24.4%.
- MayorTorsten Rohde · Wikidata
- Turnout83.4% · Osterholz (Wkr. 034) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,382 of 23,246 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency34 Osterholz – Verden
2026 local elections in Osterholz-Scharmbeck
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Osterholz-Scharmbeck, as of 15.09.2026 10:01. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 28.3% · 10 of 36 seats
- Mayor: run-offHaß 36.7% v Wiedelmann 25.3% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from Osterholz-ScharmbeckSPD 28.5%
- Turnout64.2% · district council election 64.1%
- SPD28.3% · 10 seats
- CDU19.8% · 7 seats
- AfD17.5% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE14.3% · 5 seats
- Bürgerfraktion8.4% · 3 seats
- Die Linke6.6% · 3 seats
- UBIG Osterholz3.7% · 1 seat
- FDP1.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.2% · 23,932 eligible voters · 36 seats · Official final result · 42 of 42 results
Source: Stadt Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 10:01. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03356007/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Osterholz-Scharmbeck
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Haß and Wiedelmann. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Haß, SPD36.7%
- Wiedelmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag25.3%
- Jordan, CDU20.3%
- Gödicke, Bürgerfraktion17.7%
Turnout 64.2% · 23,932 eligible voters · Official final result · 42 of 42 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Osterholz-Scharmbeck
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osterholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.5%
- CDU21.2%
- AfD17.2%
- GRÜNE12.8%
- Bürgerfraktion7.7%
- Die Linke6.6%
- UBIG Osterholz3.5%
- FDP1.3%
- BSW0.9%
- Wieters, Einzelwahlvorschlag Wieters0.2%
Turnout 64.1% · 23,974 eligible voters · 42 of 42 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Fürwentsches, GRÜNE26.8%
- Harjes, SPD25.9%
- Dr. Albrecht, CDU17.2%
- Tietjen, WEGBEREITER13.6%
- Buer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Buer10.3%
- Birmele, Die Linke6.3%
Turnout 64.1% · 23,974 eligible voters · 42 of 42 results
Second votes in Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.1%-2.0
- SPD24.4%+1.4
- AfD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke8.1%±0
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.2%-0.9
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 5,025 | 26.1% | 28.2% | 28.1% (-2.0) | 22.6% (+3.5) |
| SPD | 4,694 | 24.4% | 23.0% | 23.0% (+1.4) | 16.4% (+8.0) |
| AfD | 3,716 | 19.3% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+1.5) | 20.8% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 2,146 | 11.1% | 12.6% | 11.5% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 1,569 | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.1% (±0) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 826 | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 609 | 3.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Volt | 130 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 98 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 462 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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.
Osterholz-Scharmbeck: location in the Osterholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Osterholz-Scharmbeck highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.