Aurich: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Aurich with 30.7% (12 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Aurich with 26.3% of the second votes, CDU took 24.8%.
- Turnout82.3% · Aurich (Wkr. 024) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters27,050 of 32,877 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +3.3 · CDU −3.3 · BSW +0.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency24 Aurich – Emden
2026 local elections in Aurich
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Aurich, as of 14.09.2026 02:40. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 30.7% · 12 of 40 seats
- MayorSarah Buss (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 51.8%
- District council, votes from AurichSPD 28.9%
- Turnout61.7% · district council election 61.6%
- SPD30.7% · 12 seats
- CDU27.0% · 11 seats
- AWG15.1% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE10.2% · 4 seats
- Die Linke7.8% · 3 seats
- GFA4.0% · 2 seats
- FDP4.0% · 2 seats
- FREIE WÄHLER1.1%
Turnout 61.7% · 34,095 eligible voters · 40 seats · Preliminary result · 50 of 50 results
Source: Stadt Aurich, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:40. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03452001/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Aurich
- Buss, Einzelwahlvorschlag51.8%
- Jetses, SPD28.6%
- Dr. Meyerholz, Einzelwahlvorschlag Meyerholz19.6%
Turnout 61.9% · 34,095 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 50 of 50 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Aurich
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Aurich is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.9%
- CDU24.8%
- AfD12.9%
- GRÜNE9.6%
- AWG9.4%
- Die Linke7.2%
- FDP2.7%
- GFA2.7%
- FREIE WÄHLER1.8%
Turnout 61.6% · 34,198 eligible voters · 50 of 50 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Wiltfang, SPD47.0%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU23.4%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER22.1%
- Emkes, FDP7.6%
Turnout 61.6% · 34,198 eligible voters · 50 of 50 results
Second votes in Aurich
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.3%+3.3
- CDU24.8%-3.3
- AfD17.8%±0
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke8.4%+0.3
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 7,068 | 26.3% | 28.4% | 23.0% (+3.3) | 16.4% (+9.9) |
| CDU | 6,659 | 24.8% | 24.2% | 28.1% (-3.3) | 22.6% (+2.2) |
| AfD | 4,787 | 17.8% | 21.1% | 17.8% (±0) | 20.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 2,986 | 11.1% | 8.0% | 11.5% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 2,269 | 8.4% | 7.0% | 8.1% (+0.3) | 8.8% (-0.4) |
| BSW | 1,194 | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 974 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 200 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 123 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 643 | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Aurich: location in the Aurich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Aurich highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.