Esche: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Herbert Snieders became the largest group on the council of Esche with 30.3%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Esche with 54.1% of the second votes, SPD took 19.6%.
- Turnout72.7% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters296 of 407 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +26.0 · AfD −8.7 · Grüne −6.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Esche
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Esche, as of 24.09.2026 06:44. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilHerbert Snieders 30.3%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 47.6% in the Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NeuenhausCDU 44.2%
- Turnout73.1% · district council election 63.4%
- Herbert Snieders30.3%
- Janek Lamann15.7%
- Denise Olthoff8.9%
- Jan Morsink8.7%
- Heinz Evers7.1%
- Jörg Zwafink5.9%
- Hartwin Brookhuis5.8%
- Jan Joost4.6%
- Gerd Horsink4.5%
- Geert Hermann Kuipers4.4%
- Holger Meinderink4.1%
Turnout 73.1% · 468 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 06:44. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034565402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Neuenhaus, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU47.6% · 15 seats
- SPD24.6% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE12.8% · 4 seats
- AfD10.9% · 4 seats
- FDP4.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 63.1% · 11,830 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kramer, Einzelbewerber70.8%
- Müller, SPD29.2%
Turnout 63.2% · 11,831 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 06:44. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU44.2%
- SPD24.1%
- AfD11.6%
- GRÜNE10.7%
Turnout 63.4% · 11,853 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag37.3%
- Terhorst, CDU31.6%
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD31.1%
Turnout 63.2% · 11,853 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Esche
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU54.1%+26.0
- SPD19.6%-3.4
- AfD9.1%-8.7
- FDP7.1%+3.0
- Grüne5.1%-6.4
- Linke3.0%-5.1
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- BSW0.7%-3.1
- Others0.3%-1.9
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 160 | 54.1% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+26.0) | 22.6% (+31.5) |
| SPD | 58 | 19.6% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-3.4) | 16.4% (+3.2) |
| AfD | 27 | 9.1% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-8.7) | 20.8% (-11.7) |
| FDP | 21 | 7.1% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+3.0) | 4.3% (+2.8) |
| Grüne | 15 | 5.1% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-6.4) | 11.6% (-6.5) |
| Linke | 9 | 3.0% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-5.1) | 8.8% (-5.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| BSW | 2 | 0.7% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-3.1) | 5.0% (-4.3) |
| Others | 1 | 0.3% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.9) | 10.6% (-10.3) |
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 Neuenhaus: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Esche. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Esche only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,515 postal voters, which is 17.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.2%
- Voters8,845 of 10,378 eligible voters
- Postal vote share17.1% · 1,515
- Member municipalities5
- CDU35.7%-18.4
- SPD24.0%+4.4
- AfD14.8%+5.7
- Grüne9.0%+3.9
- Linke6.5%+3.5
- FDP3.8%-3.3
- BSW3.3%+2.6
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.2
- Volt0.4%
- Others1.7%+1.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Esche.
| Party | Polling station Esche | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 160 (54.1%) | 533 (35.3%) | 3,147 | 35.7% |
| SPD | 58 (19.6%) | 378 (25.0%) | 2,116 | 24.0% |
| AfD | 27 (9.1%) | 160 (10.6%) | 1,305 | 14.8% |
| Grüne | 15 (5.1%) | 183 (12.1%) | 793 | 9.0% |
| Linke | 9 (3.0%) | 98 (6.5%) | 570 | 6.5% |
| FDP | 21 (7.1%) | 68 (4.5%) | 335 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 2 (0.7%) | 43 (2.8%) | 290 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (1.0%) | 14 (0.9%) | 74 | 0.8% |
| Others | 1 (0.3%) | 23 (1.5%) | 149 | 1.7% |
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.
Esche: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Esche highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.