Sande: 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 Sande with 36.0% (8 of 22 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Sande with 29.1% of the second votes, CDU took 24.1%.
- Turnout82.5% · Friesland (Wkr. 026) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters5,766 of 6,985 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +6.1 · Grüne −4.1 · CDU −4.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2026 local elections in Sande
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Sande, as of 16.09.2026 14:29. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 36.0% · 8 of 22 seats
- MayorAnnika Ramke (SPD), 68.2%
- District council, votes from SandeSPD 41.4%
- Turnout62.4% · district council election 62.4%
- SPD36.0% · 8 seats
- Bürger FÜR Sande22.4% · 5 seats
- AfD15.7% · 3 seats
- CDU13.2% · 3 seats
- Die Linke5.3% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE3.9% · 1 seat
- FDP3.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 62.4% · 7,172 eligible voters · 22 seats · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Source: Gemeinde Sande, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 14:29. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03455014/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Sande
- Ramke, SPD68.2%
- Jelken, CDU31.8%
Turnout 62.4% · 7,172 eligible voters · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Sande
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Friesland is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD41.4%
- AfD19.2%
- CDU15.7%
- GRÜNE7.5%
Turnout 62.4% · 7,191 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
District administrator election
- Neuhaus, SPD61.3%
- Raquet, FDP20.4%
- Möller, Die PARTEI18.4%
Turnout 62.3% · 7,191 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
Second votes in Sande
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD29.1%+6.1
- CDU24.1%-4.0
- AfD19.8%+2.0
- Grüne7.4%-4.1
- Linke6.8%-1.3
- BSW5.1%+1.3
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others3.0%+0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,674 | 29.1% | 26.0% | 23.0% (+6.1) | 16.4% (+12.7) |
| CDU | 1,386 | 24.1% | 26.4% | 28.1% (-4.0) | 22.6% (+1.5) |
| AfD | 1,139 | 19.8% | 18.7% | 17.8% (+2.0) | 20.8% (-1.0) |
| Grüne | 424 | 7.4% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-4.1) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| Linke | 392 | 6.8% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.3) | 8.8% (-2.0) |
| BSW | 291 | 5.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+1.3) | 5.0% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 196 | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 46 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 25 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 171 | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.2% (+0.8) | 10.6% (-7.6) |
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.
Sande: location in the Friesland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Sande highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.