Großheide: 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 Großheide with 33.4% (7 of 22 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Großheide with 27.9% of the second votes, SPD took 26.6%.
- Turnout82.8% · Aurich (Wkr. 024) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters5,791 of 6,991 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +10.1 · Grüne −6.2 · CDU −4.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency24 Aurich – Emden
2026 local elections in Großheide
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Großheide, as of 13.09.2026 22:43. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 33.4% · 7 of 22 seats
- MayorWilko Gerdes (Einzelwahlvorschlag Wilko), 51.2%
- District council, votes from GroßheideSPD 36.7%
- Turnout71.0% · district council election 70.7%
- SPD33.4% · 7 seats
- AfD23.4% · 5 seats
- CDU17.8% · 4 seats
- MfG+12.8% · 3 seats
Turnout 71.0% · 7,131 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Gemeinde Großheide, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:43. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03452007/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Großheide
- Gerdes, Einzelwahlvorschlag Wilko51.2%
- Poppinga-Hanssen, SPD24.1%
- de Vries, AfD Niedersachsen15.8%
- de Jonge, Einzelwahlvorschlag Ingo8.8%
Turnout 71.0% · 7,131 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Großheide
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Aurich is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD36.7%
- AfD26.0%
- CDU18.2%
- FREIE WÄHLER7.5%
Turnout 70.7% · 7,164 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Wiltfang, SPD45.7%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER32.1%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU18.3%
- Emkes, FDP4.0%
Turnout 70.7% · 7,164 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Großheide
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD27.9%+10.1
- SPD26.6%+3.6
- CDU23.5%-4.6
- Grüne5.3%-6.2
- Linke5.3%-2.8
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 1,600 | 27.9% | 21.1% | 17.8% (+10.1) | 20.8% (+7.1) |
| SPD | 1,526 | 26.6% | 28.4% | 23.0% (+3.6) | 16.4% (+10.2) |
| CDU | 1,352 | 23.5% | 24.2% | 28.1% (-4.6) | 22.6% (+0.9) |
| Grüne | 307 | 5.3% | 8.0% | 11.5% (-6.2) | 11.6% (-6.3) |
| Linke | 305 | 5.3% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-2.8) | 8.8% (-3.5) |
| BSW | 254 | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 166 | 2.9% | 3.3% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 87 | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 18 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 128 | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Großheide: location in the Aurich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Großheide highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.