Samern: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Marco Beernink became the largest group on the council of Samern with 34.8%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Samern with 42.1% of the second votes, SPD took 22.7%.
- Turnout73.6% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters450 of 611 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +14.0 · Linke −5.2 · Grüne −4.6
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Samern
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Samern, as of 23.09.2026 16:09. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilMarco Beernink 34.8%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 36.1% in the Samtgemeinde Schüttorf
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SchüttorfCDU 36.5%
- Turnout73.0% · district council election 60.9%
- Marco Beernink34.8%
- Andreas Schepers9.9%
- Henning Terwey7.5%
- Hans-Joachim Venhaus7.4%
- Arno Wagner7.4%
- Kerstin van Ferth6.8%
- Gerhard Hatger6.1%
- Gerald Hesping6.1%
- Rolf Barmeyer5.6%
- Nils Obremba4.3%
- Markus van Ferth4.1%
Turnout 73.0% · 648 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Schüttorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 16:09. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034565403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Schüttorf
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Schüttorf, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU36.1% · 12 seats
- SPD27.3% · 9 seats
- AfD13.5% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE11.9% · 4 seats
Turnout 60.9% · 13,020 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Schüttorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 16:09. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Schüttorf
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU36.5%
- SPD27.6%
- AfD14.2%
- GRÜNE12.4%
Turnout 60.9% · 13,041 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD36.8%
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag32.0%
- Terhorst, CDU31.2%
Turnout 60.9% · 13,041 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Samern
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU42.1%+14.0
- SPD22.7%-0.3
- AfD14.5%-3.3
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- FDP6.0%+1.9
- Linke2.9%-5.2
- BSW2.2%-1.6
- Freie Wähler1.6%+0.8
- Others1.1%-1.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 189 | 42.1% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+14.0) | 22.6% (+19.5) |
| SPD | 102 | 22.7% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-0.3) | 16.4% (+6.3) |
| AfD | 65 | 14.5% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-3.3) | 20.8% (-6.3) |
| Grüne | 31 | 6.9% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| FDP | 27 | 6.0% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+1.9) | 4.3% (+1.7) |
| Linke | 13 | 2.9% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-5.2) | 8.8% (-5.9) |
| BSW | 10 | 2.2% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-1.6) | 5.0% (-2.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (+0.8) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.1) | 10.6% (-9.5) |
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 Schüttorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Schüttorf are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Samern. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Samern only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,640 postal voters, which is 16.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters9,860 of 11,608 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.6% · 1,640
- Member municipalities6
- CDU32.4%-9.7
- SPD25.2%+2.5
- AfD16.3%+1.8
- Grüne8.4%+1.5
- Linke6.8%+3.9
- FDP4.7%-1.3
- BSW3.5%+1.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.8
- Volt0.3%
- Others1.6%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Samern.
| Party | Polling station Samern | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Schüttorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 189 (42.1%) | 551 (33.7%) | 3,178 | 32.4% |
| SPD | 102 (22.7%) | 469 (28.7%) | 2,479 | 25.2% |
| AfD | 65 (14.5%) | 186 (11.4%) | 1,598 | 16.3% |
| Grüne | 31 (6.9%) | 169 (10.3%) | 822 | 8.4% |
| Linke | 13 (2.9%) | 77 (4.7%) | 666 | 6.8% |
| FDP | 27 (6.0%) | 72 (4.4%) | 462 | 4.7% |
| BSW | 10 (2.2%) | 59 (3.6%) | 347 | 3.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.6%) | 12 (0.7%) | 80 | 0.8% |
| Others | 5 (1.1%) | 34 (2.1%) | 162 | 1.6% |
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.
Samern: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Samern highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Schüttorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.