Breddenberg: 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 Breddenberg with 57.9% (5 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Breddenberg with 40.7% of the second votes, AfD took 28.4%.
- Turnout74.6% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters481 of 645 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +12.6 · AfD +10.6 · SPD −8.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Breddenberg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Breddenberg, as of 14.09.2026 01:43. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 57.9% · 5 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 62.5% in the Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NordhümmlingCDU 52.3%
- Turnout68.9% · district council election 62.8%
- CDU57.9% · 5 seats
- UWG25.9%
- SPD16.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 68.9% · 687 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:43. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Nordhümmling, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU62.5% · 19 seats
- UWG19.8%
- SPD14.0% · 4 seats
- Hanneken, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.7%
Turnout 62.9% · 9,997 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 15:32. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU52.3%
- AfD19.4%
- UWG Emsland9.3%
- SPD8.8%
Turnout 62.8% · 10,039 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU51.8%
- Minich, AfD21.3%
- Außel, SPD17.2%
- Engelken, GRÜNE6.5%
- Meyer, FDP3.2%
Turnout 62.8% · 10,039 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
Second votes in Breddenberg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.7%+12.6
- AfD28.4%+10.6
- SPD14.6%-8.4
- Grüne4.2%-7.3
- Linke4.2%-3.9
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- BSW2.5%-1.3
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.5
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others1.0%-1.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 195 | 40.7% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+12.6) | 22.6% (+18.1) |
| AfD | 136 | 28.4% | 16.6% | 17.8% (+10.6) | 20.8% (+7.6) |
| SPD | 70 | 14.6% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-8.4) | 16.4% (-1.8) |
| Grüne | 20 | 4.2% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-7.3) | 11.6% (-7.4) |
| Linke | 20 | 4.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-3.9) | 8.8% (-4.6) |
| FDP | 14 | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| BSW | 12 | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-1.3) | 5.0% (-2.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.2) | 10.6% (-9.6) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Breddenberg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Breddenberg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,482 postal voters, which is 19.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.4%
- Voters7,535 of 9,034 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.7% · 1,482
- Member municipalities5
- CDU37.8%-2.9
- AfD24.0%-4.4
- SPD18.5%+3.9
- Linke5.4%+1.2
- Grüne4.4%+0.2
- FDP3.7%+0.8
- BSW3.2%+0.7
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.4
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others1.8%+0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Breddenberg.
| Party | Polling station Breddenberg | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 195 (40.7%) | 545 (37.0%) | 2,833 | 37.8% |
| AfD | 136 (28.4%) | 254 (17.2%) | 1,799 | 24.0% |
| SPD | 70 (14.6%) | 325 (22.1%) | 1,384 | 18.5% |
| Linke | 20 (4.2%) | 86 (5.8%) | 404 | 5.4% |
| Grüne | 20 (4.2%) | 108 (7.3%) | 331 | 4.4% |
| FDP | 14 (2.9%) | 47 (3.2%) | 279 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 12 (2.5%) | 49 (3.3%) | 236 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (1.3%) | 18 (1.2%) | 68 | 0.9% |
| Others | 5 (1.0%) | 34 (2.3%) | 132 | 1.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Breddenberg: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Breddenberg highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.