Groß Berßen: 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 Groß Berßen with 88.1% (8 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Groß Berßen with 66.6% of the second votes, SPD took 15.6%.
- Turnout77.4% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters404 of 522 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +38.5 · AfD −10.6 · Grüne −8.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Groß Berßen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Groß Berßen, as of 15.09.2026 12:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 88.1% · 8 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 60.9% in the Samtgemeinde Sögel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SögelCDU 47.1%
- Turnout78.1% · district council election 63.1%
- CDU88.1% · 8 seats
- Stevens, Einzelwahlvorschlag11.9%
Turnout 78.1% · 584 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Sögel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 12:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Sögel
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Sögel, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU60.9% · 19 seats
- SPD18.8% · 6 seats
- UWG SG Sögel17.2% · 6 seats
- WL3.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 63.3% · 14,041 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kuper, CDU67.7%
- Immenga, SPD32.3%
Turnout 63.3% · 14,041 eligible voters · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Sögel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 14:53. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Sögel
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU47.1%
- SPD19.0%
- AfD12.5%
- UWG Emsland11.5%
Turnout 63.1% · 14,084 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU57.6%
- Außel, SPD20.8%
- Minich, AfD13.8%
- Engelken, GRÜNE5.8%
- Meyer, FDP2.1%
Turnout 63.1% · 14,084 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Groß Berßen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU66.6%+38.5
- SPD15.6%-7.4
- AfD7.2%-10.6
- Grüne3.2%-8.3
- FDP2.7%-1.4
- Linke1.2%-6.9
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- BSW1.2%-2.6
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others0.7%-1.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 269 | 66.6% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+38.5) | 22.6% (+44.0) |
| SPD | 63 | 15.6% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-7.4) | 16.4% (-0.8) |
| AfD | 29 | 7.2% | 16.6% | 17.8% (-10.6) | 20.8% (-13.6) |
| Grüne | 13 | 3.2% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-8.3) | 11.6% (-8.4) |
| FDP | 11 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Linke | 5 | 1.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-6.9) | 8.8% (-7.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| BSW | 5 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-2.6) | 5.0% (-3.8) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 3 | 0.7% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.5) | 10.6% (-9.9) |
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 Sögel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Sögel are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Groß Berßen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Groß Berßen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,311 postal voters, which is 23.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.3%
- Voters9,734 of 11,284 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.7% · 2,311
- Member municipalities8
- CDU46.1%-20.5
- AfD17.1%+9.9
- SPD16.1%+0.5
- Grüne6.6%+3.4
- Linke4.8%+3.6
- FDP4.5%+1.8
- BSW2.6%+1.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.6
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others1.2%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Groß Berßen.
| Party | Polling station Groß Berßen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Sögel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 269 (66.6%) | 1,071 (46.5%) | 4,464 | 46.1% |
| AfD | 29 (7.2%) | 280 (12.1%) | 1,659 | 17.1% |
| SPD | 63 (15.6%) | 431 (18.7%) | 1,564 | 16.1% |
| Grüne | 13 (3.2%) | 187 (8.1%) | 644 | 6.6% |
| Linke | 5 (1.2%) | 121 (5.2%) | 462 | 4.8% |
| FDP | 11 (2.7%) | 88 (3.8%) | 437 | 4.5% |
| BSW | 5 (1.2%) | 56 (2.4%) | 256 | 2.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (1.2%) | 19 (0.8%) | 59 | 0.6% |
| Others | 3 (0.7%) | 43 (1.9%) | 117 | 1.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BörgerCDU 42.6%
- Groß BerßenCDU 66.6%
- HüvenCDU 60.4%
- Klein BerßenCDU 55.4%
- SögelCDU 35.0%
- SpahnharrenstätteCDU 51.9%
- StavernCDU 54.1%
- WerpelohCDU 55.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Groß Berßen: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Groß Berßen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Sögel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.