Schweindorf: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Carsten Schuster became the largest group on the council of Schweindorf with 18.0%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Schweindorf with 27.0% of the second votes, CDU took 27.0%.
- Turnout53.7% · Wittmund (Wkr. 026) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters337 of 628 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +9.2 · Grüne −5.6 · Linke −3.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Schweindorf
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Schweindorf, as of 15.09.2026 09:13. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCarsten Schuster 18.0%
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 50.5% in the Samtgemeinde Holtriem
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HoltriemSPD 49.9%
- Turnout71.4% · district council election 65.7%
- Carsten Schuster18.0%
- Martin Heeren12.5%
- Klaus Freudenberg11.5%
- Henning Ihnen9.0%
- Mike Schmidt7.5%
- Renske Blücher6.8%
- Andrea Gronewold6.6%
- Heiko Fleßner6.6%
- Jann Goldhammer5.3%
- Timo Tolksdorf5.1%
- Mirco Eilts4.6%
- Roland Jochims3.7%
- Mathias Remmers3.1%
Turnout 71.4% · 654 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Holtriem, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 09:13. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034625402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Holtriem
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Holtriem, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- SPD50.5% · 13 seats
- CDU19.5% · 5 seats
- AfD19.5% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE5.2% · 1 seat
- Holtriemer WG4.0% · 1 seat
- FDP1.4%
Turnout 65.8% · 8,178 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Ihnken and Reinsdorf.
- Ihnken, SPD43.5%
- Reinsdorf, Heiko23.3%
- Moeller, Daniel17.4%
- Bents, CDU13.3%
- Janssen, FDP2.6%
Turnout 65.8% · 8,178 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Holtriem, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Holtriem
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Wittmund is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD49.9%
- AfD19.1%
- CDU17.9%
- Reinsdorf, Einzelwahlvorschlag6.5%
- GRÜNE5.2%
- FDP1.3%
Turnout 65.7% · 8,198 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
- Heymann, SPD75.5%
- Rauf, AfD19.8%
- Bünting, FDP4.7%
Turnout 65.7% · 8,198 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Schweindorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD27.0%+9.2
- CDU27.0%-1.1
- SPD24.9%+1.9
- Grüne5.9%-5.6
- Linke5.0%-3.1
- BSW2.7%-1.1
- FDP2.4%-1.7
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others3.6%+1.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 91 | 27.0% | 21.4% | 17.8% (+9.2) | 20.8% (+6.2) |
| CDU | 91 | 27.0% | 29.2% | 28.1% (-1.1) | 22.6% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 84 | 24.9% | 25.0% | 23.0% (+1.9) | 16.4% (+8.5) |
| Grüne | 20 | 5.9% | 7.2% | 11.5% (-5.6) | 11.6% (-5.7) |
| Linke | 17 | 5.0% | 5.8% | 8.1% (-3.1) | 8.8% (-3.8) |
| BSW | 9 | 2.7% | 3.9% | 3.8% (-1.1) | 5.0% (-2.3) |
| FDP | 8 | 2.4% | 3.8% | 4.1% (-1.7) | 4.3% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 12 | 3.6% | 2.7% | 2.2% (+1.4) | 10.6% (-7.0) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Holtriem: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Holtriem are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Schweindorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Schweindorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,567 postal voters, which is 24.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.5%
- Voters6,420 of 7,979 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.4% · 1,567
- Member municipalities8
- CDU26.6%-0.4
- SPD26.0%+1.1
- AfD25.7%-1.3
- Linke5.8%+0.8
- Grüne5.6%-0.3
- BSW3.5%+0.8
- FDP3.0%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.4
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others2.8%-0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Schweindorf.
| Party | Polling station Schweindorf | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Holtriem total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 91 (27.0%) | 476 (30.4%) | 1,699 | 26.6% |
| SPD | 84 (24.9%) | 459 (29.3%) | 1,661 | 26.0% |
| AfD | 91 (27.0%) | 266 (17.0%) | 1,646 | 25.7% |
| Linke | 17 (5.0%) | 65 (4.2%) | 371 | 5.8% |
| Grüne | 20 (5.9%) | 123 (7.9%) | 357 | 5.6% |
| BSW | 9 (2.7%) | 51 (3.3%) | 223 | 3.5% |
| FDP | 8 (2.4%) | 54 (3.5%) | 189 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.2%) | 16 (1.0%) | 51 | 0.8% |
| Others | 12 (3.6%) | 48 (3.1%) | 178 | 2.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BlombergCDU 27.2%
- EversmeerAfD 29.0%
- NenndorfSPD 28.8%
- NeuschooAfD 39.7%
- OchtersumCDU 32.3%
- SchweindorfAfD 27.0%
- UtarpCDU 27.9%
- WesterholtAfD 28.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Schweindorf: location in the Wittmund district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Schweindorf highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Holtriem shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.