Edewecht: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Edewecht with 32.6% (11 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Edewecht with 28.2% of the second votes, SPD took 23.7%.
- Turnout85.0% · Ammerland (Wkr. 027) 84.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters14,926 of 17,560 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency27 Oldenburg – Ammerland
2026 local elections in Edewecht
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Edewecht, as of 15.09.2026 19:06. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 32.6% · 11 of 34 seats
- MayorPetra Knetemann (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 52.2%
- District council, votes from EdewechtCDU 30.7%
- Turnout67.7% · district council election 67.6%
- CDU32.6% · 11 seats
- SPD30.3% · 10 seats
- AfD14.5% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE13.6% · 5 seats
Turnout 67.7% · 18,381 eligible voters · 34 seats · Preliminary result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Gemeinde Edewecht, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 19:06. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03451004/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Edewecht
- Knetemann, Einzelwahlvorschlag52.2%
- Hemmieoltmanns, SPD22.9%
- Jürgens-Tatje, Einzelwahlvorschlag17.7%
- Gauger, Einzelwahlvorschlag7.2%
Turnout 67.7% · 18,381 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 34 of 34 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Edewecht
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Ammerland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU30.7%
- SPD30.7%
- AfD14.9%
- GRÜNE12.6%
Turnout 67.6% · 18,422 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Meyer, SPD43.4%
- Lehners, CDU39.0%
- Miks, GRÜNE17.6%
Turnout 67.5% · 18,422 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Edewecht
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.2%+0.1
- SPD23.7%+0.7
- AfD17.7%-0.1
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke7.3%-0.8
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,191 | 28.2% | 29.3% | 28.1% (+0.1) | 22.6% (+5.6) |
| SPD | 3,520 | 23.7% | 24.2% | 23.0% (+0.7) | 16.4% (+7.3) |
| AfD | 2,633 | 17.7% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-0.1) | 20.8% (-3.1) |
| Grüne | 1,657 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.5% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 1,091 | 7.3% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-0.8) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 667 | 4.5% | 4.8% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 596 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 94 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 84 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 329 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 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.
Edewecht: location in the Ammerland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Edewecht highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.