Varel: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, ZUKUNFT VAREL became the largest group on the council of Varel with 32.4% (10 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Varel with 26.1% of the second votes, CDU took 24.5%.
- Turnout84.1% · Friesland (Wkr. 026) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters16,472 of 19,585 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU −3.6 · SPD +3.1 · AfD −0.8
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2026 local elections in Varel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Varel, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilZUKUNFT VAREL 32.4% · 10 of 32 seats
- MayorGesche Charlotte Wittkowski (ZUKUNFT VAREL), 64.6%
- District council, votes from VarelSPD 29.3%
- Turnout69.9% · district council election 69.8%
- ZUKUNFT VAREL32.4% · 10 seats
- SPD28.1% · 9 seats
- CDU13.0% · 4 seats
- AfD11.3% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE8.8% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.9% · 19,946 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 37 of 37 results
Source: Stadt Varel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03455026/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Varel
- Wittkowski, ZUKUNFT VAREL64.6%
- Wagner, SPD35.4%
Turnout 69.9% · 19,946 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 37 of 37 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Varel
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Friesland is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD29.3%
- ZUKUNFT VAREL/FRIESLAND27.8%
- CDU13.5%
- AfD12.9%
- GRÜNE10.0%
- Die Linke4.5%
Turnout 69.8% · 19,988 eligible voters · 37 of 37 results
District administrator election
- Neuhaus, SPD56.0%
- Raquet, FDP23.7%
- Möller, Die PARTEI20.3%
Turnout 69.8% · 19,988 eligible voters · 37 of 37 results
Second votes in Varel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.1%+3.1
- CDU24.5%-3.6
- AfD17.0%-0.8
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke8.3%+0.2
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others3.0%+0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 4,281 | 26.1% | 26.0% | 23.0% (+3.1) | 16.4% (+9.7) |
| CDU | 4,007 | 24.5% | 26.4% | 28.1% (-3.6) | 22.6% (+1.9) |
| AfD | 2,779 | 17.0% | 18.7% | 17.8% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 1,811 | 11.1% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 1,364 | 8.3% | 7.1% | 8.1% (+0.2) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 772 | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 692 | 4.2% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 99 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 81 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 493 | 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.
Varel: location in the Friesland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Varel highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.