Barßel: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Barßel with 36.5% (10 of 28 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Barßel with 28.9% of the second votes, AfD took 26.9%.
- Turnout80.6% · Cloppenburg (Wkr. 032) 82.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,460 of 10,494 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +9.1 · Grüne −6.1 · SPD −3.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Barßel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Barßel, as of 18.09.2026 08:50. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 36.5% · 10 of 28 seats
- MayorNils Anhuth (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 74.9%
- District council, votes from BarßelCDU 37.0%
- Turnout63.8% · district council election 63.5%
- CDU36.5% · 10 seats
- AfD24.3% · 7 seats
- SPD18.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE9.4% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.0% · 1 seat
- Niemeyer, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.1%
- BFB3.1% · 1 seat
- FDP1.5%
Turnout 63.8% · 11,281 eligible voters · 28 seats · Official final result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Gemeinde Barßel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 08:50. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03453001/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Barßel
- Anhuth, Einzelwahlvorschlag74.9%
- Thoben, SPD25.1%
Turnout 63.8% · 11,281 eligible voters · Official final result · 16 of 16 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Barßel
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cloppenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.0%
- AfD24.8%
- SPD17.5%
- GRÜNE10.3%
- Die Linke4.5%
- BLC3.5%
- FDP2.4%
Turnout 63.5% · 11,316 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gehrmann, CDU40.7%
- Möddeken, AfD29.3%
- Christ, GRÜNE18.9%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Baxmann11.0%
Turnout 63.5% · 11,316 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Barßel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.9%+0.8
- AfD26.9%+9.1
- SPD19.7%-3.3
- Linke6.8%-1.3
- Grüne5.4%-6.1
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,425 | 28.9% | 37.7% | 28.1% (+0.8) | 22.6% (+6.3) |
| AfD | 2,256 | 26.9% | 24.2% | 17.8% (+9.1) | 20.8% (+6.1) |
| SPD | 1,659 | 19.7% | 15.1% | 23.0% (-3.3) | 16.4% (+3.3) |
| Linke | 569 | 6.8% | 5.7% | 8.1% (-1.3) | 8.8% (-2.0) |
| Grüne | 453 | 5.4% | 6.1% | 11.5% (-6.1) | 11.6% (-6.2) |
| FDP | 379 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 364 | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 69 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 35 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 193 | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Barßel: location in the Cloppenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Barßel highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.