Westerwalsede: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Jens Wiedemann became the largest group on the council of Westerwalsede with 15.2%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Westerwalsede with 38.6% of the second votes, SPD took 21.2%.
- Turnout76.0% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters477 of 628 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +10.5 · Grüne −4.6 · Linke −2.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency35 Rotenburg I – Heidekreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Westerwalsede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Westerwalsede, as of 13.09.2026 20:56. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilJens Wiedemann 15.2%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 41.3% in the Samtgemeinde Bothel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BothelCDU 36.1%
- Turnout80.9% · district council election 74.0%
- Jens Wiedemann15.2%
- Markus Röhrs11.0%
- Sven Joost10.0%
- Katrin van Leeuwen9.2%
- Söhnke Lindhorst8.5%
- Björn Homann7.8%
- Markus Schubert7.6%
- Heiner Drewes7.0%
- Andreas Rosseau6.7%
- Jan Hesse-Stegmann6.1%
- Yannic Kleinhans5.5%
- Patrick Meyer5.3%
Turnout 80.9% · 644 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bothel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 20:56. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Bothel
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Bothel, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 22 seats
- CDU41.3% · 9 seats
- SPD24.1% · 5 seats
- AfD14.3% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE9.9% · 2 seats
- FDP5.7% · 1 seat
- Bürgerliste "Klima, Gesundheit, Soziales" Samtgemeinde Bothel2.8%
- Dr. Hornhardt, Einzelwahlvorschlag Hornhardt2.0%
Turnout 74.2% · 6,964 eligible voters · 22 seats · Official final result · 12 of 12 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Eberle, Einzelwahlvorschlag57.1%
- Vesper, CDU42.9%
Turnout 74.1% · 6,964 eligible voters · Official final result · 12 of 12 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bothel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 08:11. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Bothel
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU36.1%
- SPD23.7%
- AfD16.9%
- GRÜNE11.1%
- Die Linke4.3%
- FDP3.2%
Turnout 74.0% · 6,992 eligible voters · 12 of 12 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU63.6%
- Nein-Stimmen36.4%
Turnout 73.9% · 6,992 eligible voters · 12 of 12 results
Second votes in Westerwalsede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU38.6%+10.5
- SPD21.2%-1.8
- AfD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- Linke5.2%-2.9
- Freie Wähler2.5%+1.7
- FDP2.1%-2.0
- BSW1.5%-2.3
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 184 | 38.6% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+10.5) | 22.6% (+16.0) |
| SPD | 101 | 21.2% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| AfD | 92 | 19.3% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+1.5) | 20.8% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 33 | 6.9% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 25 | 5.2% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-2.9) | 8.8% (-3.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+1.7) | – |
| FDP | 10 | 2.1% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-2.0) | 4.3% (-2.2) |
| BSW | 7 | 1.5% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-2.3) | 5.0% (-3.5) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 12 | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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 Bothel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bothel are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Westerwalsede. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Westerwalsede only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,276 postal voters, which is 21.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.9%
- Voters5,852 of 6,733 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.8% · 1,276
- Member municipalities6
- CDU31.0%-7.6
- SPD21.8%+0.6
- AfD19.9%+0.6
- Grüne9.0%+2.1
- Linke6.8%+1.6
- FDP4.0%+1.9
- BSW3.0%+1.5
- Freie Wähler1.3%-1.2
- Volt0.7%+0.5
- Others2.5%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Westerwalsede.
| Party | Polling station Westerwalsede | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bothel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 184 (38.6%) | 435 (34.2%) | 1,808 | 31.0% |
| SPD | 101 (21.2%) | 341 (26.8%) | 1,274 | 21.8% |
| AfD | 92 (19.3%) | 153 (12.0%) | 1,162 | 19.9% |
| Grüne | 33 (6.9%) | 140 (11.0%) | 523 | 9.0% |
| Linke | 25 (5.2%) | 63 (4.9%) | 396 | 6.8% |
| FDP | 10 (2.1%) | 41 (3.2%) | 235 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 7 (1.5%) | 36 (2.8%) | 174 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (2.5%) | 17 (1.3%) | 73 | 1.3% |
| Volt | 1 (0.2%) | 10 (0.8%) | 41 | 0.7% |
| Others | 12 (2.5%) | 37 (2.9%) | 145 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BothelCDU 27.1%
- BrockelCDU 29.0%
- HemsbündeCDU 27.9%
- HemslingenCDU 29.2%
- KirchwalsedeCDU 34.2%
- WesterwalsedeCDU 38.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Westerwalsede: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Westerwalsede highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bothel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.