Damme: 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 Damme with 54.9% (15 of 28 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Damme with 45.1% of the second votes, AfD took 18.7%.
- Turnout82.8% · Vechta (Wkr. 032) 83.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters10,459 of 12,634 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +17.0 · SPD −10.0 · Grüne −4.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Damme
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Damme, as of 16.09.2026 11:45. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 54.9% · 15 of 28 seats
- MayorMike Otte (CDU), 86.3%
- District council, votes from DammeCDU 52.0%
- Turnout66.7% · district council election 66.4%
- CDU54.9% · 15 seats
- AfD13.8% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE12.1% · 4 seats
- FDP10.8% · 3 seats
- SPD8.4% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.7% · 13,510 eligible voters · 28 seats · Preliminary official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Stadt Damme, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 11:45. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03460002/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Damme
- Otte, CDU86.3%
- Thamann, GRÜNE13.7%
Turnout 66.3% · 13,510 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 18 of 18 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Damme
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Vechta is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU52.0%
- AfD13.9%
- FDP12.1%
- GRÜNE9.9%
Turnout 66.4% · 13,544 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
- Gerdesmeyer, CDU76.9%
- Busch, SPD23.1%
Turnout 66.0% · 13,544 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Damme
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU45.1%+17.0
- AfD18.7%+0.9
- SPD13.0%-10.0
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- Linke5.3%-2.8
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- BSW2.7%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,688 | 45.1% | 41.7% | 28.1% (+17.0) | 22.6% (+22.5) |
| AfD | 1,942 | 18.7% | 16.4% | 17.8% (+0.9) | 20.8% (-2.1) |
| SPD | 1,357 | 13.0% | 16.2% | 23.0% (-10.0) | 16.4% (-3.4) |
| Grüne | 720 | 6.9% | 8.3% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 549 | 5.3% | 6.7% | 8.1% (-2.8) | 8.8% (-3.5) |
| FDP | 496 | 4.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| BSW | 282 | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.8% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 159 | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.8% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 43 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 170 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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.
Damme: location in the Vechta district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Damme highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.