Cloppenburg: 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 Cloppenburg with 35.0% (13 of 38 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Cloppenburg with 31.9% of the second votes, AfD took 25.5%.
- Turnout80.0% · Cloppenburg (Wkr. 032) 82.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,186 of 23,995 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.7 · SPD −7.0 · CDU +3.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Cloppenburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Cloppenburg, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 35.0% · 13 of 38 seats
- MayorNeidhard Varnhorn (CDU), 68.5%
- District council, votes from CloppenburgCDU 32.1%
- Turnout57.1% · district council election 56.9%
- CDU35.0% · 13 seats
- AfD22.3% · 9 seats
- SPD18.7% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE11.7% · 4 seats
Turnout 57.1% · 27,133 eligible voters · 38 seats · Preliminary result · 41 of 41 results
Source: Stadt Cloppenburg, 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/20260913/03453004/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Cloppenburg
- Varnhorn, CDU68.5%
- Nein-Stimmen31.5%
Turnout 57.1% · 27,133 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 41 of 41 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Cloppenburg
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cloppenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU32.1%
- AfD24.2%
- SPD20.5%
- GRÜNE12.6%
Turnout 56.9% · 27,236 eligible voters · 41 of 41 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gehrmann, CDU41.8%
- Möddeken, AfD25.6%
- Christ, GRÜNE24.0%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Baxmann8.6%
Turnout 57.0% · 27,236 eligible voters · 41 of 41 results
Second votes in Cloppenburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.9%+3.8
- AfD25.5%+7.7
- SPD16.0%-7.0
- Grüne8.0%-3.5
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 6,080 | 31.9% | 37.7% | 28.1% (+3.8) | 22.6% (+9.3) |
| AfD | 4,858 | 25.5% | 24.2% | 17.8% (+7.7) | 20.8% (+4.7) |
| SPD | 3,057 | 16.0% | 15.1% | 23.0% (-7.0) | 16.4% (-0.4) |
| Grüne | 1,524 | 8.0% | 6.1% | 11.5% (-3.5) | 11.6% (-3.6) |
| Linke | 1,373 | 7.2% | 5.7% | 8.1% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-1.6) |
| FDP | 871 | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| BSW | 743 | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 115 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 93 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 353 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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.
Cloppenburg: location in the Cloppenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Cloppenburg highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.