Wippingen: 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 Wippingen with 65.4% (6 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wippingen with 52.3% of the second votes, AfD took 17.1%.
- Turnout72.7% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters526 of 724 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +24.2 · SPD −11.0 · Grüne −5.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Wippingen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wippingen, as of 14.09.2026 12:40. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 65.4% · 6 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 60.0% in the Samtgemeinde Dörpen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde DörpenCDU 52.7%
- Turnout79.3% · district council election 68.3%
- CDU65.4% · 6 seats
- WL34.6% · 3 seats
Turnout 79.3% · 779 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Dörpen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 12:40. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Dörpen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Dörpen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU60.0% · 19 seats
- SPD12.2% · 4 seats
- WGN5.3% · 2 seats
- UWG Samtgemeinde Dörpen4.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.3% · 14,193 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Wocken, CDU82.9%
- Nein-Stimmen17.2%
Turnout 68.3% · 14,193 eligible voters · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Dörpen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 16:55. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Dörpen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU52.7%
- AfD14.5%
- SPD11.9%
- WGEN8.5%
Turnout 68.3% · 14,238 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU57.7%
- Minich, AfD18.0%
- Außel, SPD14.3%
- Engelken, GRÜNE6.4%
- Meyer, FDP3.7%
Turnout 68.3% · 14,238 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Wippingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU52.3%+24.2
- AfD17.1%-0.7
- SPD12.0%-11.0
- Linke6.3%-1.8
- Grüne5.7%-5.8
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- BSW2.1%-1.7
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Others0.8%-1.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 275 | 52.3% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+24.2) | 22.6% (+29.7) |
| AfD | 90 | 17.1% | 16.6% | 17.8% (-0.7) | 20.8% (-3.7) |
| SPD | 63 | 12.0% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-11.0) | 16.4% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 33 | 6.3% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-2.5) |
| Grüne | 30 | 5.7% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-5.8) | 11.6% (-5.9) |
| FDP | 15 | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| BSW | 11 | 2.1% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-1.7) | 5.0% (-2.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 4 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.4) | 10.6% (-9.8) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Dörpen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Dörpen are counted jointly for all 9 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Wippingen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Wippingen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,102 postal voters, which is 19.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.5%
- Voters10,747 of 12,426 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.6% · 2,102
- Member municipalities9
- CDU45.2%-7.1
- AfD19.1%+2.0
- SPD15.4%+3.4
- Grüne5.7%±0
- Linke4.9%-1.4
- FDP4.4%+1.5
- BSW2.7%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.2
- Volt0.3%
- Others1.6%+0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Wippingen.
| Party | Polling station Wippingen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Dörpen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 275 (52.3%) | 874 (41.8%) | 4,838 | 45.2% |
| AfD | 90 (17.1%) | 326 (15.6%) | 2,045 | 19.1% |
| SPD | 63 (12.0%) | 375 (17.9%) | 1,652 | 15.4% |
| Grüne | 30 (5.7%) | 158 (7.6%) | 605 | 5.7% |
| Linke | 33 (6.3%) | 103 (4.9%) | 521 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 15 (2.9%) | 98 (4.7%) | 466 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 11 (2.1%) | 75 (3.6%) | 293 | 2.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (1.0%) | 23 (1.1%) | 83 | 0.8% |
| Others | 4 (0.8%) | 51 (2.4%) | 167 | 1.6% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DersumCDU 53.9%
- DörpenCDU 41.6%
- HeedeCDU 45.2%
- KluseCDU 44.7%
- LeheCDU 47.1%
- NeubörgerCDU 46.6%
- NeuleheCDU 48.8%
- WalchumCDU 47.4%
- WippingenCDU 52.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Wippingen: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wippingen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Dörpen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.