Schortens: 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 Schortens with 40.1% (14 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Schortens with 26.6% of the second votes, CDU took 26.5%.
- Turnout84.3% · Friesland (Wkr. 026) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters14,286 of 16,941 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +3.6 · Grüne −3.3 · AfD +2.2
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2026 local elections in Schortens
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Schortens, as of 17.09.2026 09:54. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 40.1% · 14 of 34 seats
- MayorErmana Nurković (SPD), 53.6%
- District council, votes from SchortensSPD 38.2%
- Turnout64.6% · district council election 64.5%
- SPD40.1% · 14 seats
- CDU22.0% · 8 seats
- AfD17.7% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE9.0% · 3 seats
- Wählergruppe Freie Bürger Schortens4.2%
- Die Linke4.0% · 1 seat
- FDP3.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.6% · 17,159 eligible voters · 34 seats · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
Source: Stadt Schortens, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:54. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03455015/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Schortens
- Nurković, SPD53.6%
- Töpel, Einzelwahlvorschlag18.5%
- Homfeldt, CDU18.0%
- Asche, Wählergruppe Freie Bürger Schortens9.9%
Turnout 64.6% · 17,159 eligible voters · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Schortens
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Friesland is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD38.2%
- CDU18.9%
- AfD18.8%
- GRÜNE10.4%
- Die Linke4.2%
- FDP3.6%
- Freie Bürger2.3%
- Die PARTEI2.1%
- FREIE WÄHLER1.4%
Turnout 64.5% · 17,216 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
District administrator election
- Neuhaus, SPD59.8%
- Raquet, FDP20.7%
- Möller, Die PARTEI19.5%
Turnout 64.4% · 17,216 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
Second votes in Schortens
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.6%+3.6
- CDU26.5%-1.6
- AfD20.0%+2.2
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.9%+0.7
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 3,783 | 26.6% | 26.0% | 23.0% (+3.6) | 16.4% (+10.2) |
| CDU | 3,762 | 26.5% | 26.4% | 28.1% (-1.6) | 22.6% (+3.9) |
| AfD | 2,849 | 20.0% | 18.7% | 17.8% (+2.2) | 20.8% (-0.8) |
| Grüne | 1,172 | 8.2% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-3.4) |
| Linke | 924 | 6.5% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.6) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| BSW | 565 | 4.0% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| FDP | 537 | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 120 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 82 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 418 | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% (+0.7) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
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.
Schortens: location in the Friesland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schortens highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.