Borkum: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, ZfB became the largest group on the council of Borkum with 33.1% (5 of 14 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Borkum with 27.3% of the second votes, SPD took 24.5%.
- Turnout80.0% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,933 of 3,666 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −3.9 · Grüne +2.5 · SPD +1.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
2026 local elections in Borkum
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Borkum, as of 14.09.2026 02:48. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilZfB 33.1% · 5 of 14 seats
- MayorJürgen Akkermann (Einzelbewerber), 76.9%
- District council, votes from BorkumSPD 38.3%
- Turnout55.8% · district council election 55.7%
- ZfB33.1% · 5 seats
- CDU19.0% · 3 seats
- SPD18.7% · 2 seats
- BfL17.3% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE11.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 55.8% · 4,544 eligible voters · 14 seats · Preliminary result · 6 of 6 results
Source: Stadt Borkum, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:48. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03457002/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Borkum
- Akkermann, Einzelbewerber76.9%
- Nein-Stimmen23.1%
Turnout 55.8% · 4,544 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 6 of 6 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Borkum
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Leer is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD38.3%
- CDU24.0%
- GRÜNE16.2%
- AfD11.2%
Turnout 55.7% · 4,547 eligible voters · 6 of 6 results
District administrator election
- Groote, SPD59.1%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag Bade33.6%
- Völker, FDP7.4%
Turnout 55.8% · 4,547 eligible voters · 6 of 6 results
Second votes in Borkum
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.3%-0.8
- SPD24.5%+1.5
- Grüne14.0%+2.5
- AfD13.9%-3.9
- Linke7.8%-0.3
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others3.4%+1.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 796 | 27.3% | 26.2% | 28.1% (-0.8) | 22.6% (+4.7) |
| SPD | 713 | 24.5% | 25.5% | 23.0% (+1.5) | 16.4% (+8.1) |
| Grüne | 409 | 14.0% | 8.1% | 11.5% (+2.5) | 11.6% (+2.4) |
| AfD | 406 | 13.9% | 21.9% | 17.8% (-3.9) | 20.8% (-6.9) |
| Linke | 226 | 7.8% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-0.3) | 8.8% (-1.0) |
| FDP | 136 | 4.7% | 3.5% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 95 | 3.3% | 4.1% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 21 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 15 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 99 | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+1.2) | 10.6% (-7.2) |
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.
Borkum: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Borkum highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.