Norden: 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 Norden with 40.6% (14 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Norden with 28.5% of the second votes, CDU took 24.2%.
- MayorFlorian Eiben (SPD), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout79.1% · Aurich (Wkr. 024) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters15,867 of 20,058 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +5.5 · CDU −3.9 · Grüne −1.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency24 Aurich – Emden
2026 local elections in Norden
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Norden, as of 15.09.2026 16:22. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 40.6% · 14 of 34 seats
- MayorFlorian Eiben (SPD), 68.0%
- District council, votes from NordenSPD 46.5%
- Turnout61.5% · district council election 61.5%
- SPD40.6% · 14 seats
- AfD15.6% · 5 seats
- ZoB13.4% · 5 seats
- CDU11.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.8% · 3 seats
- Die Linke5.3% · 2 seats
- FDP2.6% · 1 seat
- Rogall, Einzelwahlvorschlag Rogall1.0%
Turnout 61.5% · 20,634 eligible voters · 34 seats · Preliminary official final result · 45 of 45 results
Source: Stadt Norden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 16:22. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03452019/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Norden
- Eiben, SPD68.0%
- Quellmelz, AfD Niedersachsen13.9%
- Wallerstein, CDU11.9%
- Nimsgarn, Die Linke6.2%
Turnout 61.7% · 20,634 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 45 of 45 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Norden
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Aurich is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD46.5%
- AfD16.4%
- CDU14.6%
- GRÜNE8.4%
- FREIE WÄHLER5.7%
- Die Linke5.5%
- FDP2.8%
Turnout 61.5% · 20,716 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
District administrator election
- Wiltfang, SPD58.6%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU20.4%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER16.4%
- Emkes, FDP4.7%
Turnout 61.5% · 20,716 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
Second votes in Norden
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD28.5%+5.5
- CDU24.2%-3.9
- AfD18.7%+0.9
- Grüne10.4%-1.1
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 4,496 | 28.5% | 28.4% | 23.0% (+5.5) | 16.4% (+12.1) |
| CDU | 3,811 | 24.2% | 24.2% | 28.1% (-3.9) | 22.6% (+1.6) |
| AfD | 2,954 | 18.7% | 21.1% | 17.8% (+0.9) | 20.8% (-2.1) |
| Grüne | 1,634 | 10.4% | 8.0% | 11.5% (-1.1) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 1,195 | 7.6% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| FDP | 570 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| BSW | 555 | 3.5% | 4.0% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 108 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 43 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 397 | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Norden: location in the Aurich district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Norden highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.