Ammerland: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ammerland with 29.3% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 24.2%. Below, the results of all 6 municipalities.
- District AdministratorKarin Harms, since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout84.9% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters84,210 of 99,179 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +1.2 · SPD +1.2 · AfD −1.7 · Grüne −0.4
- CDU range across municipalities25.6% to 31.6%
2026 local elections in Ammerland
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 22.09.2026 09:18. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 28.3% · 14 of 50 seats
- District administrator: run-offLehners 43.5% v Meyer 39.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout67.1%
- CDU28.3% · 14 seats
- SPD23.9% · 12 seats
- GRÜNE14.3% · 7 seats
- AfD13.6% · 7 seats
- UWG7.0% · 3 seats
- Die Linke3.7% · 2 seats
- FDP3.6% · 2 seats
- DIE ZWISCHENAHNER1.6% · 1 seat
- BSW1.5% · 1 seat
- FWG Wir Ammerländer1.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 67.1% · 104,049 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 185 of 185 results
Source: Landkreis Ammerland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 09:18. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03451000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Lehners and Meyer. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Lehners, CDU43.5%
- Meyer, SPD39.8%
- Miks, GRÜNE16.7%
Turnout 67.1% · 104,049 eligible voters · Official final result · 185 of 185 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | GRÜNE | AfD | UWG | Die Linke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Apen | 66.2% | 10.8% | 29.8% | 7.2% | 15.8% | 30.2% | 3.7% |
| Gemeinde Bad Zwischenahn | 63.5% | 27.4% | 26.1% | 16.1% | 12.7% | – | 4.2% |
| Gemeinde Edewecht | 67.6% | 30.7% | 30.7% | 12.6% | 14.9% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| Gemeinde Rastede | 69.0% | 34.3% | 20.2% | 15.7% | 12.9% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Stadt Westerstede | 66.8% | 31.5% | 17.3% | 13.0% | 13.4% | 9.0% | 3.0% |
| Gemeinde Wiefelstede | 71.8% | 26.9% | 21.0% | 18.6% | 12.5% | 7.6% | 3.5% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Second votes in Ammerland
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU29.3%+1.2
- SPD24.2%+1.2
- AfD16.1%-1.7
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Ammerland
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Ammerland
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.6 to 31.6%, SPD 23.4 to 24.9%, AfD 13.9 to 21.6%, Grüne 7.7 to 12.3%, Linke 6.7 to 7.8%, FDP 3.8 to 5.2%, BSW 3.7 to 5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Zwischenahn | 19,986 | 84.1% | 31.6 | 24.4 | 13.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
| Westerstede | 15,208 | 84.0% | 29.5 | 23.4 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Rastede | 15,043 | 86.0% | 28.4 | 24.9 | 14.7 | 12.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| Edewecht | 14,926 | 85.0% | 28.2 | 23.7 | 17.7 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Wiefelstede | 11,102 | 87.5% | 30.1 | 24.7 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| Apen | 7,945 | 83.0% | 25.6 | 24.7 | 21.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.