Saterland: 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 Saterland with 51.5% (16 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Saterland with 33.2% of the second votes, AfD took 26.1%.
- Turnout79.2% · Cloppenburg (Wkr. 032) 82.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,252 of 10,420 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +8.3 · Grüne −6.6 · SPD −5.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Saterland
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Saterland, as of 18.09.2026 10:30. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 51.5% · 16 of 30 seats
- Mayor: run-offJanssen 42.6% v Stratmann 35.3% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from SaterlandCDU 44.5%
- Turnout63.5% · district council election 63.3%
- CDU51.5% · 16 seats
- AfD20.7% · 6 seats
- SPD15.0% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.2% · 3 seats
- Otto, Einzelwahlvorschlag Otto2.8%
- Tebben, Einzelwahlvorschlag Tebben0.9%
Turnout 63.5% · 11,265 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 17 of 17 results
Source: Gemeinde Saterland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 10:30. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03453013/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Saterland
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Janssen and Stratmann. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Janssen, CDU42.6%
- Stratmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag35.3%
- Schoone, AfD Niedersachsen16.7%
- Ambacher, SPD5.4%
Turnout 63.5% · 11,265 eligible voters · Official final result · 17 of 17 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Saterland
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cloppenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU44.5%
- AfD22.0%
- SPD16.6%
- GRÜNE10.3%
- Die Linke3.9%
- FDP1.5%
- BLC1.2%
Turnout 63.3% · 11,316 eligible voters · 17 of 17 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gehrmann, CDU49.5%
- Möddeken, AfD23.9%
- Christ, GRÜNE14.9%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Baxmann11.8%
Turnout 63.3% · 11,316 eligible voters · 17 of 17 results
Second votes in Saterland
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.2%+5.1
- AfD26.1%+8.3
- SPD17.5%-5.5
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- Grüne4.9%-6.6
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,717 | 33.2% | 37.7% | 28.1% (+5.1) | 22.6% (+10.6) |
| AfD | 2,135 | 26.1% | 24.2% | 17.8% (+8.3) | 20.8% (+5.3) |
| SPD | 1,431 | 17.5% | 15.1% | 23.0% (-5.5) | 16.4% (+1.1) |
| Linke | 587 | 7.2% | 5.7% | 8.1% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 405 | 4.9% | 6.1% | 11.5% (-6.6) | 11.6% (-6.7) |
| BSW | 342 | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 320 | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 65 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 31 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 159 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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.
Saterland: location in the Cloppenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Saterland highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.