Westerstede: 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 Westerstede with 35.6% (12 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Westerstede with 29.5% of the second votes, SPD took 23.4%.
- Turnout84.0% · Ammerland (Wkr. 027) 84.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,208 of 18,098 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency27 Oldenburg – Ammerland
2026 local elections in Westerstede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Westerstede, as of 18.09.2026 09:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 35.6% · 12 of 34 seats
- MayorRico Busch (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 53.4%
- District council, votes from WesterstedeCDU 31.5%
- Turnout66.9% · district council election 66.8%
- CDU35.6% · 12 seats
- SPD16.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE13.6% · 5 seats
- AfD12.6% · 4 seats
- UWG8.1% · 3 seats
- FWG Wir Ammerländer7.7% · 3 seats
- FDP3.5% · 1 seat
- Demirbilek, Einzelwahlvorschlag Demirbilek2.9%
Turnout 66.9% · 19,106 eligible voters · 34 seats · Official final result · 33 of 33 results
Source: Stadt Westerstede, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 09:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03451007/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Westerstede
- Busch, Einzelwahlvorschlag53.4%
- Carstens, Einzelwahlvorschlag19.2%
- Meiwald, GRÜNE17.8%
- Demirbilek, Einzelwahlvorschlag9.6%
Turnout 66.8% · 19,106 eligible voters · Official final result · 33 of 33 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Westerstede
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Ammerland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU31.5%
- SPD17.3%
- AfD13.4%
- GRÜNE13.0%
- UWG9.0%
- FWG Wir Ammerländer7.3%
- FDP3.9%
Turnout 66.8% · 19,144 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Lehners, CDU48.2%
- Meyer, SPD37.7%
- Miks, GRÜNE14.1%
Turnout 66.8% · 19,144 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
Second votes in Westerstede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.5%+1.4
- SPD23.4%+0.4
- AfD17.5%-0.3
- Grüne10.7%-0.8
- Linke6.7%-1.4
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,473 | 29.5% | 29.3% | 28.1% (+1.4) | 22.6% (+6.9) |
| SPD | 3,548 | 23.4% | 24.2% | 23.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+7.0) |
| AfD | 2,643 | 17.5% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-0.3) | 20.8% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 1,621 | 10.7% | 11.1% | 11.5% (-0.8) | 11.6% (-0.9) |
| Linke | 1,011 | 6.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| FDP | 690 | 4.6% | 4.8% | 4.1% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| BSW | 644 | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 97 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 91 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 322 | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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.
Westerstede: location in the Ammerland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Westerstede highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.