Jever: 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 Jever with 27.6% (8 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Jever with 29.0% of the second votes, SPD took 25.2%.
- MayorJan Edo Albers · Wikidata
- Turnout83.8% · Friesland (Wkr. 026) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters10,294 of 12,278 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2026 local elections in Jever
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Jever, as of 16.09.2026 10:19. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 27.6% · 8 of 30 seats
- District council, votes from JeverSPD 28.4%
- Turnout66.4% · district council election 66.2%
- SPD27.6% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE20.9% · 6 seats
- CDU20.1% · 6 seats
- AfD12.7% · 4 seats
- FDP7.3% · 2 seats
- FREIE WÄHLER6.8% · 2 seats
- Die Linke4.8% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.4% · 12,335 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Stadt Jever, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 10:19. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03455007/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Jever
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Friesland is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.4%
- CDU22.0%
- GRÜNE18.5%
- AfD13.7%
- FREIE WÄHLER5.6%
- Die Linke4.9%
- FDP4.6%
Turnout 66.2% · 12,374 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
- Neuhaus, SPD56.6%
- Raquet, FDP28.4%
- Möller, Die PARTEI15.0%
Turnout 66.2% · 12,374 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Jever
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.0%+0.9
- SPD25.2%+2.2
- AfD14.9%-2.9
- Grüne11.2%-0.3
- Linke6.7%-1.4
- FDP5.1%+1.0
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,972 | 29.0% | 26.4% | 28.1% (+0.9) | 22.6% (+6.4) |
| SPD | 2,577 | 25.2% | 26.0% | 23.0% (+2.2) | 16.4% (+8.8) |
| AfD | 1,520 | 14.9% | 18.7% | 17.8% (-2.9) | 20.8% (-5.9) |
| Grüne | 1,142 | 11.2% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-0.3) | 11.6% (-0.4) |
| Linke | 690 | 6.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| FDP | 523 | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| BSW | 385 | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3.8% (±0) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 73 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 68 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 282 | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.2% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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.
Jever: location in the Friesland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Jever highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.