Colnrade: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, UPWC became the largest group on the council of Colnrade with 83.1% (7 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Colnrade with 27.1% of the second votes, SPD took 23.5%.
- Turnout64.5% · Oldenburg (Wkr. 028) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters394 of 611 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency28 Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Colnrade
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Colnrade, as of 15.09.2026 11:32. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilUPWC 83.1% · 7 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 34.8% in the Samtgemeinde Harpstedt
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HarpstedtCDU 28.6%
- Turnout66.6% · district council election 68.0%
- UPWC83.1% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE16.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.6% · 661 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Harpstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 11:32. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034585401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Harpstedt
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Harpstedt, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- CDU34.8% · 9 seats
- HBL23.2% · 6 seats
- SPD19.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE16.9% · 4 seats
- FDP6.0% · 2 seats
Turnout 68.2% · 9,095 eligible voters · 26 seats · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Buchholz, Einzelbewerber54.5%
- Behrens, Einzelbewerberin45.5%
Turnout 68.2% · 9,095 eligible voters · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Harpstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 11:32. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Harpstedt
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Oldenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU28.6%
- SPD24.1%
- AfD16.4%
- GRÜNE14.4%
Turnout 68.0% · 9,126 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
- Dr. Pundt, Einzelwahlvorschlag80.0%
- Nein-Stimmen20.0%
Turnout 68.0% · 9,126 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Colnrade
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.1%-1.0
- SPD23.5%+0.5
- AfD19.4%+1.6
- Grüne10.0%-1.5
- Linke8.2%+0.1
- FDP6.9%+2.8
- BSW2.8%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.0%-1.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 106 | 27.1% | 28.5% | 28.1% (-1.0) | 22.6% (+4.5) |
| SPD | 92 | 23.5% | 22.1% | 23.0% (+0.5) | 16.4% (+7.1) |
| AfD | 76 | 19.4% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+1.6) | 20.8% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 39 | 10.0% | 11.8% | 11.5% (-1.5) | 11.6% (-1.6) |
| Linke | 32 | 8.2% | 6.8% | 8.1% (+0.1) | 8.8% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 27 | 6.9% | 5.9% | 4.1% (+2.8) | 4.3% (+2.6) |
| BSW | 11 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.8% (-1.0) | 5.0% (-2.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 4 | 1.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% (-1.2) | 10.6% (-9.6) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Harpstedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Harpstedt are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Colnrade. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Colnrade only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,858 postal voters, which is 24.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.5%
- Voters7,471 of 8,735 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.9% · 1,858
- Member municipalities8
- CDU29.2%+2.1
- SPD21.6%-1.9
- AfD18.5%-0.9
- Grüne11.2%+1.2
- FDP6.0%-0.9
- Linke5.8%-2.4
- BSW3.3%+0.5
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.8
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others2.6%+1.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Colnrade.
| Party | Polling station Colnrade | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Harpstedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 106 (27.1%) | 578 (31.1%) | 2,177 | 29.2% |
| SPD | 92 (23.5%) | 447 (24.1%) | 1,607 | 21.6% |
| AfD | 76 (19.4%) | 206 (11.1%) | 1,378 | 18.5% |
| Grüne | 39 (10.0%) | 258 (13.9%) | 834 | 11.2% |
| FDP | 27 (6.9%) | 97 (5.2%) | 450 | 6.0% |
| Linke | 32 (8.2%) | 100 (5.4%) | 435 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 11 (2.8%) | 74 (4.0%) | 246 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.5%) | 36 (1.9%) | 95 | 1.3% |
| Others | 4 (1.0%) | 51 (2.7%) | 192 | 2.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BeckelnCDU 34.2%
- ColnradeCDU 27.1%
- DünsenAfD 26.2%
- Groß IppenerCDU 28.5%
- Harpstedt, FleckenCDU 28.1%
- KirchseelteCDU 27.4%
- PrinzhöfteCDU 33.3%
- WinkelsettCDU 31.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Colnrade: location in the Oldenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Colnrade highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Harpstedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.