Editing Osnabrück (district) (section)

=== District assembly ===

Every five years the citizens of the district Osnabrück elect their representatives into the district assembly. The district assembly is the uppermost organ of the district. The next election takes place in the autumn of 2016. At the last local election on September 11, 2011, 68 delegates and the ''Landrat'' were elected into the assembly.

The district committee prepares the decisions of the district assembly and decides affairs which the district assembly must not decide. The committee consists of twelve members from the district assembly, eleven of whom are eligible to vote.

Composition of the district assembly since 2011:
* [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] - 30 seats
* [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] - 23 seats
* [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] - 10 seats
* [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] - 2 seats
* Independent - 2 seats
* The Left - 1 seat