Schwanewede: 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 Schwanewede with 32.9% (11 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Schwanewede with 30.4% of the second votes, SPD took 21.4%.
- MayorChristina Jantz-Herrmann (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout86.2% · Osterholz (Wkr. 034) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters13,605 of 15,789 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +3.1 · CDU +2.3 · Linke −2.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency34 Osterholz – Verden
2026 local elections in Schwanewede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Schwanewede, as of 14.09.2026 02:32. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 32.9% · 11 of 32 seats
- MayorChristina Jantz-Herrmann (SPD), 62.9%
- District council, votes from SchwanewedeSPD 30.1%
- Turnout66.3% · district council election 66.3%
- SPD32.9% · 11 seats
- CDU27.8% · 9 seats
- AfD19.4% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE9.5% · 3 seats
- WG5.7% · 2 seats
- Die Linke3.3% · 1 seat
- FDP1.4%
Turnout 66.3% · 16,379 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Gemeinde Schwanewede, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:32. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03356009/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Schwanewede
- Jantz-Herrmann, SPD62.9%
- Sobotta, CDU37.1%
Turnout 66.2% · 16,382 eligible voters · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Schwanewede
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osterholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD30.1%
- CDU28.2%
- AfD21.2%
- GRÜNE11.6%
- Die Linke4.5%
- Bürgerfraktion1.6%
- FDP1.6%
- BSW1.3%
Turnout 66.3% · 16,384 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Harjes, SPD33.2%
- Dr. Albrecht, CDU28.8%
- Fürwentsches, GRÜNE16.3%
- Tietjen, WEGBEREITER11.4%
- Buer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Buer5.7%
- Birmele, Die Linke4.6%
Turnout 66.2% · 16,384 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Schwanewede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.4%+2.3
- SPD21.4%-1.6
- AfD20.9%+3.1
- Grüne10.0%-1.5
- Linke6.1%-2.0
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,124 | 30.4% | 28.2% | 28.1% (+2.3) | 22.6% (+7.8) |
| SPD | 2,906 | 21.4% | 23.0% | 23.0% (-1.6) | 16.4% (+5.0) |
| AfD | 2,840 | 20.9% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+3.1) | 20.8% (+0.1) |
| Grüne | 1,352 | 10.0% | 12.6% | 11.5% (-1.5) | 11.6% (-1.6) |
| Linke | 825 | 6.1% | 7.4% | 8.1% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-2.7) |
| FDP | 546 | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 517 | 3.8% | 4.0% | 3.8% (±0) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 86 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 72 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 300 | 2.2% | 2.4% | 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.
Schwanewede: location in the Osterholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schwanewede highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.