Weener: 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 Weener with 45.2% (15 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Weener with 29.5% of the second votes, AfD took 24.5%.
- Turnout82.2% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters9,640 of 11,722 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +6.7 · SPD +6.5 · Grüne −5.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
2026 local elections in Weener
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Weener, as of 16.09.2026 07:07. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 45.2% · 15 of 32 seats
- MayorHeiko Abbas (CDU), 62.6%
- District council, votes from WeenerSPD 43.7%
- Turnout61.9% · district council election 61.7%
- SPD45.2% · 15 seats
- AfD19.9% · 6 seats
- CDU16.9% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.0% · 3 seats
- Unternehmen Zukunft Weener3.4%
- Die Linke3.1% · 1 seat
- Junker, Einzelwahlvorschlag2.2%
- FDP1.3%
Turnout 61.9% · 12,876 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 22 of 22 results
Source: Stadt Weener (Ems), Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 07:07. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03457021/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Weener
- Abbas, CDU62.6%
- Nein-Stimmen37.4%
Turnout 61.9% · 12,876 eligible voters · Official final result · 22 of 22 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Weener
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Leer is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD43.7%
- AfD21.5%
- CDU16.4%
- GRÜNE9.5%
- Die Linke3.2%
- FDP2.1%
- MOIN Landkreis Leer2.0%
- BSW1.6%
Turnout 61.7% · 12,915 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Groote, SPD48.1%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag Bade44.3%
- Völker, FDP7.7%
Turnout 61.8% · 12,915 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
Second votes in Weener
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD29.5%+6.5
- AfD24.5%+6.7
- CDU23.7%-4.4
- Linke6.1%-2.0
- Grüne5.8%-5.7
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- FDP3.1%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 2,828 | 29.5% | 25.5% | 23.0% (+6.5) | 16.4% (+13.1) |
| AfD | 2,341 | 24.5% | 21.9% | 17.8% (+6.7) | 20.8% (+3.7) |
| CDU | 2,265 | 23.7% | 26.2% | 28.1% (-4.4) | 22.6% (+1.1) |
| Linke | 588 | 6.1% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-2.0) | 8.8% (-2.7) |
| Grüne | 558 | 5.8% | 8.1% | 11.5% (-5.7) | 11.6% (-5.8) |
| BSW | 375 | 3.9% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| FDP | 301 | 3.1% | 3.5% | 4.1% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 59 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 32 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 225 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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.
Weener: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Weener highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.