Oldenburg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Oldenburg with 28.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 22.1%. Below, the results of all 15 municipalities.
- Turnout85.3% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters87,342 of 102,378 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +0.4 · SPD −0.9 · AfD −0.5 · Grüne +0.3
- CDU range across municipalities25.6% to 34.2%
2026 local elections in Oldenburg
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Preliminary official final result, as of 15.09.2026 11:32. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 26.8% · 14 of 50 seats
- District administratorDr. Christian Pundt (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 81.6%
- Turnout66.6%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)1 with their own council
- CDU26.8% · 14 seats
- SPD22.6% · 11 seats
- AfD15.9% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE15.1% · 8 seats
- FDP6.4% · 3 seats
- Die Linke5.4% · 3 seats
- FREIE WÄHLER3.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.6% · 109,915 eligible voters · 50 seats · Preliminary official final result · 180 of 180 results
Source: Landkreis Oldenburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary 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/20260913/03458000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Dr. Pundt, Einzelwahlvorschlag81.6%
- Nein-Stimmen18.4%
Turnout 66.6% · 109,915 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 180 of 180 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | GRÜNE | FDP | Die Linke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Dötlingen | 70.7% | 27.6% | 26.4% | 18.7% | 12.3% | 6.5% | 3.7% |
| Gemeinde Ganderkesee | 67.9% | 29.1% | 20.8% | 18.0% | 14.3% | 7.3% | 5.7% |
| Gemeinde Großenkneten | 59.7% | 30.2% | 18.2% | 19.4% | 12.3% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| Gemeinde Hatten | 69.9% | 22.9% | 25.3% | 13.1% | 18.5% | 7.4% | 5.4% |
| Gemeinde Hude (Oldb) | 72.6% | 25.8% | 26.1% | 12.5% | 16.9% | 7.0% | 7.1% |
| Gemeinde Wardenburg | 69.6% | 26.9% | 23.3% | 13.5% | 19.1% | 6.5% | 5.0% |
| Stadt Wildeshausen | 58.5% | 22.8% | 20.5% | 16.4% | 12.0% | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Samtgemeinde Harpstedt | 68.0% | 28.6% | 24.1% | 16.4% | 14.4% | 5.9% | 4.7% |
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.
Samtgemeinde councils in Oldenburg
- Samtgemeinde HarpstedtCouncil: CDU 34.8%, 26 seats · mayoral election: Buchholz 54.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Oldenburg
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU28.5%+0.4
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- AfD17.3%-0.5
- Grüne11.8%+0.3
- Linke6.8%-1.3
- FDP5.9%+1.8
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.3%+0.1
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 Oldenburg
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Oldenburg
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.6 to 34.2%, SPD 13.9 to 23.7%, AfD 13.8 to 26.2%, Grüne 7.8 to 13.9%, Linke 3.3 to 9.6%, FDP 5 to 9.3%, BSW 2.4 to 4.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganderkesee | 21,918 | 85.7% | 28.8 | 22.3 | 17.7 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 3.4 |
| Wildeshausen | 12,026 | 81.6% | 28.3 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| Wardenburg | 11,437 | 86.2% | 29.0 | 23.6 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| Hude (Oldb) | 11,351 | 88.0% | 29.6 | 23.7 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 |
| Hatten | 10,117 | 87.2% | 26.9 | 23.5 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| Großenkneten | 8,662 | 82.3% | 26.3 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.3 |
| Dötlingen | 4,360 | 86.4% | 29.2 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| Harpstedt, Flecken | 2,406 | 62.6% | 28.1 | 22.8 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| Briefwahl SG Harpstedt | 1,858 | – | 31.1 | 24.1 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| Dünsen | 660 | 70.4% | 25.6 | 22.0 | 26.2 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Kirchseelte | 614 | 64.8% | 27.4 | 22.3 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 3.8 |
| Groß Ippener | 535 | 62.2% | 28.5 | 15.5 | 25.3 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 3.4 |
| Beckeln | 421 | 68.6% | 34.2 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 2.4 |
| Colnrade | 394 | 64.5% | 27.1 | 23.5 | 19.4 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 2.8 |
| Prinzhöfte | 332 | 68.3% | 33.3 | 13.9 | 22.7 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| Winkelsett | 251 | 58.1% | 31.1 | 14.7 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 3.2 |
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.