Garrel: 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 Garrel with 45.6% (13 of 28 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Garrel with 42.8% of the second votes, AfD took 23.2%.
- Turnout85.4% · Cloppenburg (Wkr. 032) 82.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,320 of 9,743 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +14.7 · SPD −9.9 · Grüne −5.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency32 Cloppenburg – Vechta
2026 local elections in Garrel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Garrel, as of 14.09.2026 00:37. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 45.6% · 13 of 28 seats
- MayorThomas Höffmann (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 93.8%
- District council, votes from GarrelCDU 40.0%
- Turnout60.9% · district council election 60.7%
- CDU45.6% · 13 seats
- BfG32.7% · 9 seats
- BSW7.4% · 2 seats
- SPD6.8% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE5.5% · 2 seats
- FDP1.9%
Turnout 60.9% · 11,698 eligible voters · 28 seats · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Gemeinde Garrel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:37. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03453008/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Garrel
- Höffmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag93.8%
- Nein-Stimmen6.2%
Turnout 60.9% · 11,698 eligible voters · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Garrel
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cloppenburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU40.0%
- AfD18.8%
- BLC16.6%
- SPD8.8%
- FDP6.6%
- GRÜNE6.3%
- Die Linke2.9%
Turnout 60.7% · 11,750 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
- Gehrmann, CDU56.7%
- Möddeken, AfD21.2%
- Christ, GRÜNE14.1%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Baxmann7.9%
Turnout 60.7% · 11,750 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Garrel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU42.8%+14.7
- AfD23.2%+5.4
- SPD13.1%-9.9
- Grüne5.7%-5.8
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- Linke4.6%-3.5
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.5%-0.7
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,543 | 42.8% | 37.7% | 28.1% (+14.7) | 22.6% (+20.2) |
| AfD | 1,916 | 23.2% | 24.2% | 17.8% (+5.4) | 20.8% (+2.4) |
| SPD | 1,081 | 13.1% | 15.1% | 23.0% (-9.9) | 16.4% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 468 | 5.7% | 6.1% | 11.5% (-5.8) | 11.6% (-5.9) |
| FDP | 400 | 4.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| Linke | 379 | 4.6% | 5.7% | 8.1% (-3.5) | 8.8% (-4.2) |
| BSW | 252 | 3.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.8) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 82 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 32 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 120 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.7) | 10.6% (-9.1) |
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.
Garrel: location in the Cloppenburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Garrel highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.