Emstek: 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 Emstek with 69.6% (18 of 26 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Emstek with 40.7% of the second votes, AfD took 22.7%.
- Turnout84.9% · Cloppenburg (Wkr. 032) 82.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters7,284 of 8,576 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +12.6 · SPD −9.8 · AfD +4.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Emstek
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Emstek, as of 14.09.2026 01:19. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 69.6% · 18 of 26 seats
- MayorMichael Fischer (CDU), 87.2%
- District council, votes from EmstekCDU 54.2%
- Turnout61.6% · district council election 61.3%
- CDU69.6% · 18 seats
- SPD14.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.9% · 3 seats
- FDP5.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 61.6% · 9,825 eligible voters · 26 seats · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Gemeinde Emstek, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:19. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03453005/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Emstek
- Fischer, CDU87.2%
- Nein-Stimmen12.8%
Turnout 61.4% · 9,825 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Emstek
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cloppenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU54.2%
- AfD18.4%
- SPD12.1%
- GRÜNE9.7%
Turnout 61.3% · 9,871 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
- Gehrmann, CDU51.6%
- Möddeken, AfD20.3%
- Christ, GRÜNE14.1%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Baxmann14.0%
Turnout 61.4% · 9,871 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Emstek
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.7%+12.6
- AfD22.7%+4.9
- SPD13.2%-9.8
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke5.1%-3.0
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.8%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,949 | 40.7% | 37.7% | 28.1% (+12.6) | 22.6% (+18.1) |
| AfD | 1,646 | 22.7% | 24.2% | 17.8% (+4.9) | 20.8% (+1.9) |
| SPD | 956 | 13.2% | 15.1% | 23.0% (-9.8) | 16.4% (-3.2) |
| Grüne | 518 | 7.2% | 6.1% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 368 | 5.1% | 5.7% | 8.1% (-3.0) | 8.8% (-3.7) |
| FDP | 325 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 252 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 55 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 36 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 133 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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.
Emstek: location in the Cloppenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Emstek highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.