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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