Detern, Flecken: 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 Detern, Flecken with 54.0% (7 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Detern, Flecken with 29.3% of the second votes, AfD took 27.9%.
- Turnout67.4% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,482 of 2,200 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +10.1 · Grüne −4.9 · SPD −1.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Detern, Flecken
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Detern, Flecken, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 54.0% · 7 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 52.4% in the Samtgemeinde Jümme
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde JümmeCDU 36.6%
- Turnout63.2% · district council election 68.7%
- CDU54.0% · 7 seats
- SPD46.0% · 6 seats
Turnout 63.2% · 2,298 eligible voters · 13 seats · Preliminary result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Jümme, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034575403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Jümme
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Jümme, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- CDU52.4% · 10 seats
- SPD30.2% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE9.8% · 2 seats
- FDP7.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.8% · 5,504 eligible voters · 18 seats · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Busboom, Einzelwahlvorschlag80.5%
- Nein-Stimmen19.5%
Turnout 68.7% · 5,504 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Jümme, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:09. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Jümme
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Leer is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU36.6%
- SPD21.0%
- AfD20.3%
- GRÜNE9.2%
Turnout 68.7% · 5,522 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Groote, SPD47.5%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag Bade44.6%
- Völker, FDP7.9%
Turnout 68.6% · 5,522 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
Second votes in Detern, Flecken
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.3%+1.2
- AfD27.9%+10.1
- SPD21.1%-1.9
- Grüne6.6%-4.9
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP2.8%-1.3
- BSW2.8%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 433 | 29.3% | 26.2% | 28.1% (+1.2) | 22.6% (+6.7) |
| AfD | 413 | 27.9% | 21.9% | 17.8% (+10.1) | 20.8% (+7.1) |
| SPD | 312 | 21.1% | 25.5% | 23.0% (-1.9) | 16.4% (+4.7) |
| Grüne | 98 | 6.6% | 8.1% | 11.5% (-4.9) | 11.6% (-5.0) |
| Linke | 92 | 6.2% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 42 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% (-1.3) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| BSW | 42 | 2.8% | 4.1% | 3.8% (-1.0) | 5.0% (-2.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 34 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Jümme: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Jümme are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Detern, Flecken. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Detern, Flecken only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 821 postal voters, which is 18.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.7%
- Voters4,534 of 5,290 eligible voters
- Postal vote share18.1% · 821
- Member municipalities3
- CDU31.5%+2.2
- AfD22.5%-5.4
- SPD21.5%+0.4
- Grüne7.9%+1.3
- Linke5.8%-0.4
- FDP3.5%+0.7
- BSW3.5%+0.7
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.5
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others2.2%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Detern, Flecken.
| Party | Polling station Detern, Flecken | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Jümme total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 433 (29.3%) | 269 (32.9%) | 1,422 | 31.5% |
| AfD | 413 (27.9%) | 105 (12.8%) | 1,014 | 22.5% |
| SPD | 312 (21.1%) | 205 (25.1%) | 971 | 21.5% |
| Grüne | 98 (6.6%) | 85 (10.4%) | 357 | 7.9% |
| Linke | 92 (6.2%) | 44 (5.4%) | 264 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 42 (2.8%) | 14 (1.7%) | 159 | 3.5% |
| BSW | 42 (2.8%) | 45 (5.5%) | 158 | 3.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (0.5%) | 24 (2.9%) | 47 | 1.0% |
| Others | 34 (2.3%) | 23 (2.8%) | 101 | 2.2% |
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.
Detern, Flecken: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Detern, Flecken highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Jümme shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.