Wittmund: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wittmund with 29.2% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 25.0%. Below, the results of all 19 municipalities.
- Turnout82.1% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters38,022 of 46,291 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +1.1 · SPD +2.0 · AfD +3.6 · Grüne −4.3
- CDU range across municipalities21.3% to 35.9%
2026 local elections in Wittmund
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 18.09.2026 08:56. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 36.7% · 15 of 42 seats
- District administratorHolger Heymann (SPD), 72.6%
- Turnout67.8%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)2 with their own council
- SPD36.7% · 15 seats
- CDU26.0% · 11 seats
- AfD18.2% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE8.6% · 4 seats
- FDP2.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 67.8% · 47,857 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 87 of 87 results
Source: Landkreis Wittmund, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 08:56. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03462000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Heymann, SPD72.6%
- Rauf, AfD Niedersachsen19.8%
- Bünting, FDP7.6%
Turnout 67.7% · 47,857 eligible voters · Official final result · 87 of 87 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Friedeburg | 65.7% | 32.5% | 28.1% | 21.2% | 7.5% | 2.1% |
| Gemeinde Langeoog | 58.4% | 23.8% | 39.8% | 8.6% | 12.4% | 1.8% |
| Gemeinde Spiekeroog | 76.6% | 24.9% | 9.1% | 5.5% | 22.0% | 36.9% |
| Stadt Wittmund | 68.5% | 35.1% | 29.8% | 19.1% | 7.1% | 3.6% |
| Samtgemeinde Esens | 70.3% | 35.3% | 24.1% | 16.3% | 12.2% | 1.7% |
| Samtgemeinde Holtriem | 65.7% | 49.9% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 5.2% | 1.3% |
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 Wittmund
- Samtgemeinde EsensCouncil: SPD 37.8%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Becker 77.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde HoltriemCouncil: SPD 50.5%, 24 seats · mayoral election: run-offSamtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Wittmund
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU29.2%+1.1
- SPD25.0%+2.0
- AfD21.4%+3.6
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.7%+0.5
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 Wittmund
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Wittmund
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 21.3 to 35.9%, SPD 20 to 30.1%, AfD 8.3 to 39.7%, Grüne 2.9 to 18.7%, Linke 3.5 to 10.6%, BSW 2 to 6.4%, FDP 2 to 9.1%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittmund | 13,308 | 81.4% | 30.2 | 24.3 | 21.9 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Friedeburg | 7,043 | 84.1% | 29.1 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Esens | 3,470 | 59.0% | 26.9 | 30.1 | 17.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| Briefwahl SG Esens | 2,507 | – | 33.9 | 28.8 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Holtriem | 1,567 | – | 30.4 | 29.3 | 17.0 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Westerholt | 1,253 | 57.6% | 23.4 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Blomberg | 964 | 62.9% | 27.2 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Holtgast | 936 | 63.5% | 30.6 | 24.6 | 20.0 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Stedesdorf | 936 | 67.6% | 27.6 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Langeoog | 931 | 80.1% | 33.8 | 22.8 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| Neuschoo | 635 | 63.4% | 21.3 | 20.5 | 39.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Dunum | 564 | 60.8% | 27.3 | 25.3 | 26.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Neuharlingersiel | 548 | 61.6% | 31.5 | 20.0 | 21.2 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| Moorweg | 475 | 66.7% | 25.4 | 23.3 | 26.4 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| Spiekeroog | 472 | 86.6% | 21.9 | 22.3 | 8.3 | 18.7 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 9.1 |
| Ochtersum | 439 | 58.1% | 32.3 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.1 |
| Eversmeer | 417 | 59.9% | 23.0 | 25.4 | 29.0 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
| Nenndorf | 415 | 64.1% | 24.1 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
| Werdum | 412 | 67.3% | 35.9 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
| Utarp | 393 | 72.1% | 27.9 | 21.0 | 25.9 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| Schweindorf | 337 | 53.7% | 27.0 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
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.