Brinkum: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Bernhard Janssen became the largest group on the council of Brinkum with 37.4%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Brinkum with 29.1% of the second votes, SPD took 25.3%.
- Turnout68.7% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters425 of 619 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Brinkum
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Brinkum, as of 14.09.2026 01:59. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilBernhard Janssen 37.4%
- Samtgemeinde councilAWG der SG Hesel 33.0% in the Samtgemeinde Hesel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HeselCDU 33.7%
- Turnout79.1% · district council election 70.8%
- Bernhard Janssen37.4%
- Timo Baumann9.2%
- Holger Bruns8.9%
- Helga Hagedorn8.3%
- Elke Seeber7.2%
- Markus Schmidt6.3%
- Reiner Schmidt6.2%
- Petra Ernst6.1%
- Nils de Freese4.2%
- Uwe Boekhoff4.1%
- Frank Tapken2.3%
Turnout 79.1% · 632 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hesel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:59. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034575402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Hesel
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Hesel, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 28 seats
- AWG der SG Hesel33.0% · 9 seats
- SPD31.2% · 9 seats
- CDU26.1% · 7 seats
- Doyen, Einzelwahlvorschlag Doyen3.5%
- FDP2.9% · 1 seat
- Junker, Einzelwahlvorschlag Junker2.5%
- Kleihauer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Kleihauer1.0%
Turnout 70.9% · 9,074 eligible voters · 28 seats · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Rademacher, Einzelwahlvorschlag67.9%
- Duin, CDU15.8%
- Burlager, Einzelwahlvorschlag9.0%
- Schipper, Einzelwahlvorschlag5.1%
- Kleihauer, Einzelwahlvorschlag2.2%
Turnout 70.9% · 9,074 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hesel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 15:32. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Hesel
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Leer is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.7%
- SPD23.3%
- AfD20.5%
- GRÜNE8.6%
- Die Linke3.8%
- FDP3.2%
- MWG3.1%
- BSW2.6%
- Junker, Einzelwahlvorschlag Junker1.3%
Turnout 70.8% · 9,108 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Groote, SPD46.7%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag Bade45.3%
- Völker, FDP8.0%
Turnout 70.7% · 9,108 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Brinkum
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.1%+1.0
- SPD25.3%+2.3
- AfD17.5%-0.3
- Grüne11.3%-0.2
- Linke5.2%-2.9
- BSW5.2%+1.4
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others1.4%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 | 29.1% | 26.2% | 28.1% (+1.0) | 22.6% (+6.5) |
| SPD | 107 | 25.3% | 25.5% | 23.0% (+2.3) | 16.4% (+8.9) |
| AfD | 74 | 17.5% | 21.9% | 17.8% (-0.3) | 20.8% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 48 | 11.3% | 8.1% | 11.5% (-0.2) | 11.6% (-0.3) |
| Linke | 22 | 5.2% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-2.9) | 8.8% (-3.6) |
| BSW | 22 | 5.2% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+1.4) | 5.0% (+0.2) |
| FDP | 19 | 4.5% | 3.5% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 6 | 1.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.8) | 10.6% (-9.2) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Hesel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Hesel are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Brinkum. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Brinkum only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,665 postal voters, which is 22.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.7%
- Voters7,336 of 8,765 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.7% · 1,665
- Member municipalities6
- CDU29.2%+0.1
- AfD22.6%+5.1
- SPD22.3%-3.0
- Grüne7.6%-3.7
- Linke6.4%+1.2
- FDP3.9%-0.6
- BSW3.9%-1.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.3%
- Others3.0%+1.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Brinkum.
| Party | Polling station Brinkum | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hesel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 (29.1%) | 538 (32.4%) | 2,129 | 29.2% |
| AfD | 74 (17.5%) | 270 (16.2%) | 1,651 | 22.6% |
| SPD | 107 (25.3%) | 378 (22.7%) | 1,625 | 22.3% |
| Grüne | 48 (11.3%) | 177 (10.6%) | 557 | 7.6% |
| Linke | 22 (5.2%) | 87 (5.2%) | 468 | 6.4% |
| FDP | 19 (4.5%) | 51 (3.1%) | 285 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 22 (5.2%) | 70 (4.2%) | 282 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.5%) | 21 (1.3%) | 61 | 0.8% |
| Others | 6 (1.4%) | 64 (3.8%) | 216 | 3.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BrinkumCDU 29.1%
- FirrelCDU 38.4%
- HeselCDU 28.2%
- HoltlandCDU 28.0%
- NeukamperfehnAfD 24.8%
- SchwerinsdorfCDU 32.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Brinkum: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Brinkum highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hesel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.