Oldenburg - City Government

City Government

Local elections take place every five years. The city council (Stadtrat) has 50 seats. The lord mayor is elected directly by the citizens.

Political parties in Oldenburg (Oldb) and their percentages of votes in past City Council elections
election
year		 SPD Bündnis ’90/
Die Grünen		 CDU Die Linke Freie Wähler/
FW-BFO		 FDP Piraten
Partei		 NPD
2001 40.1% 13.6% 30.5% 3.9% 2.8% 8.2% - -
2006 32.7% 21.2% 26.0% 7.2% 5.4% 6.3% - -
2011 34.0% 27.3% 20.6% 6.1% 3.1% 3.0% 2.8% 1.1%
Resulting distribution of seats in the City Council
election
year		 total
seats		 SPD Grüne CDU Linke FW FDP Piraten WFO NPD
2001 50 21 7 15 2 1 4 - - -
2006 50 16 11 13 4 3 3 - - -
2011 50 17 14 10 3 2 1 1 1 1

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