Ihlow: 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 Ihlow with 35.9% (11 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Ihlow with 31.2% of the second votes, CDU took 23.1%.
- Turnout86.5% · Aurich (Wkr. 024) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,831 of 10,215 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +8.2 · CDU −5.0 · Grüne −5.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency24 Aurich – Emden
2026 local elections in Ihlow
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ihlow, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 35.9% · 11 of 30 seats
- MayorHarm Ubben (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 64.6%
- District council, votes from IhlowSPD 36.3%
- Turnout71.7% · district council election 72.7%
- SPD35.9% · 11 seats
- UWG Ihlow19.6% · 6 seats
- AfD13.3% · 4 seats
- CDU12.2% · 4 seats
Turnout 71.7% · 10,466 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 21 of 21 results
Source: Gemeinde Ihlow, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03452012/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Ihlow
- Ubben, Einzelwahlvorschlag64.6%
- Emkes, Einzelwahlvorschlag23.7%
- Dannemann, AfD Niedersachsen11.7%
Turnout 71.7% · 10,466 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 21 of 21 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Ihlow
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Aurich is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD36.3%
- FREIE WÄHLER20.6%
- AfD15.6%
- CDU12.6%
Turnout 72.7% · 10,513 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Wiltfang, SPD48.4%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER28.2%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU16.2%
- Emkes, FDP7.2%
Turnout 71.4% · 10,513 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results
Second votes in Ihlow
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD31.2%+8.2
- CDU23.1%-5.0
- AfD20.9%+3.1
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- Grüne6.5%-5.0
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.3%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 2,738 | 31.2% | 28.4% | 23.0% (+8.2) | 16.4% (+14.8) |
| CDU | 2,032 | 23.1% | 24.2% | 28.1% (-5.0) | 22.6% (+0.5) |
| AfD | 1,833 | 20.9% | 21.1% | 17.8% (+3.1) | 20.8% (+0.1) |
| Linke | 605 | 6.9% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| Grüne | 573 | 6.5% | 8.0% | 11.5% (-5.0) | 11.6% (-5.1) |
| BSW | 363 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 287 | 3.3% | 3.3% | 4.1% (-0.8) | 4.3% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 94 | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 23 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 233 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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.
Ihlow: location in the Aurich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ihlow highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.