Zetel: 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 Zetel with 35.1% (11 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Zetel with 24.8% of the second votes, SPD took 24.6%.
- Turnout83.9% · Friesland (Wkr. 026) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,345 of 9,941 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.8 · Grüne −3.6 · CDU −3.3
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
2026 local elections in Zetel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Zetel, as of 14.09.2026 00:56. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 35.1% · 11 of 30 seats
- District council, votes from ZetelSPD 32.7%
- Turnout66.1% · district council election 65.9%
- SPD35.1% · 11 seats
- CDU21.6% · 7 seats
- AfD20.6% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE8.3% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.8% · 1 seat
- UWG Zetel-Neuenburg4.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.1% · 10,219 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Gemeinde Zetel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:56. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03455027/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Zetel
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Friesland is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.7%
- CDU21.7%
- AfD21.0%
- GRÜNE9.1%
- UWG5.2%
- Die Linke4.9%
- FDP2.5%
Turnout 65.9% · 10,250 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
- Neuhaus, SPD59.7%
- Raquet, FDP20.4%
- Möller, Die PARTEI19.9%
Turnout 66.0% · 10,250 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Zetel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU24.8%-3.3
- SPD24.6%+1.6
- AfD22.6%+4.8
- Linke8.0%-0.1
- Grüne7.9%-3.6
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,055 | 24.8% | 26.4% | 28.1% (-3.3) | 22.6% (+2.2) |
| SPD | 2,044 | 24.6% | 26.0% | 23.0% (+1.6) | 16.4% (+8.2) |
| AfD | 1,876 | 22.6% | 18.7% | 17.8% (+4.8) | 20.8% (+1.8) |
| Linke | 662 | 8.0% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-0.8) |
| Grüne | 657 | 7.9% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-3.6) | 11.6% (-3.7) |
| BSW | 337 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 324 | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 65 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 36 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 247 | 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.
Zetel: location in the Friesland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Zetel highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.