Wildeshausen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Wildeshausen with 25.1% (8 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wildeshausen with 28.3% of the second votes, SPD took 19.9%.
- Turnout81.6% · Oldenburg (Wkr. 028) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters12,026 of 14,743 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD −3.1 · AfD +2.1 · FDP +1.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency28 Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land
2026 local elections in Wildeshausen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wildeshausen, as of 15.09.2026 13:58. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 25.1% · 8 of 34 seats
- Mayor: run-offRuhle 45.9% v Kreienborg 44.4% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from WildeshausenCDU 22.8%
- Turnout58.6% · district council election 58.5%
- CDU25.1% · 8 seats
- SPD21.9% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE14.1% · 5 seats
- CDW8.9% · 3 seats
- UWG8.7% · 3 seats
- BSW6.1% · 2 seats
- WB5.1% · 2 seats
- FDP4.6% · 2 seats
- Schulze Temming-Hanhoff, Einzelwahlvorschlag2.6%
- Wählergruppe pro-WILDESHAUSEN2.4%
- Meier, Einzelwahlvorschlag Meier0.6%
Turnout 58.6% · 17,068 eligible voters · 34 seats · Preliminary result · 25 of 25 results
Source: Stadt Wildeshausen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 13:58. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03458014/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Wildeshausen
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Ruhle and Kreienborg. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Ruhle, Einzelwahlvorschlag45.9%
- Kreienborg, Einzelwahlvorschlag44.4%
- Hennken, CDW9.8%
Turnout 58.6% · 17,068 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 25 of 25 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Wildeshausen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Oldenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU22.8%
- SPD20.5%
- AfD16.4%
- GRÜNE12.0%
Turnout 58.5% · 17,118 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
District administrator election
- Dr. Pundt, Einzelwahlvorschlag80.2%
- Nein-Stimmen19.8%
Turnout 58.4% · 17,118 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
Second votes in Wildeshausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.3%+0.2
- SPD19.9%-3.1
- AfD19.9%+2.1
- Grüne10.5%-1.0
- Linke7.8%-0.3
- FDP5.7%+1.6
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,389 | 28.3% | 28.5% | 28.1% (+0.2) | 22.6% (+5.7) |
| SPD | 2,382 | 19.9% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-3.1) | 16.4% (+3.5) |
| AfD | 2,381 | 19.9% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+2.1) | 20.8% (-0.9) |
| Grüne | 1,257 | 10.5% | 11.8% | 11.5% (-1.0) | 11.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 931 | 7.8% | 6.8% | 8.1% (-0.3) | 8.8% (-1.0) |
| FDP | 687 | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.1% (+1.6) | 4.3% (+1.4) |
| BSW | 458 | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.8% (±0) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 111 | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 71 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 306 | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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.
Wildeshausen: location in the Oldenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wildeshausen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.