Hesel: 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 Hesel with 33.3% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hesel with 28.2% of the second votes, AfD took 25.8%.
- Turnout62.9% · Leer (Wkr. 025) 82.8% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,336 of 3,714 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +8.0 · Grüne −6.1 · SPD −1.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Hesel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hesel, as of 14.09.2026 02:06. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 33.3% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilAWG der SG Hesel 33.0% in the Samtgemeinde Hesel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HeselCDU 33.7%
- Turnout68.0% · district council election 70.8%
- CDU33.3% · 5 seats
- SPD32.8% · 5 seats
- AWG26.2% · 4 seats
- Kleihauer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Kleihauer3.9%
- dieBasis3.8%
Turnout 68.0% · 3,846 eligible voters · 15 seats · Preliminary result · 7 of 7 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 02:06. 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 Hesel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.2%+0.1
- AfD25.8%+8.0
- SPD21.2%-1.8
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- Grüne5.4%-6.1
- FDP4.3%+0.2
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others3.1%+0.9
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 653 | 28.2% | 26.2% | 28.1% (+0.1) | 22.6% (+5.6) |
| AfD | 598 | 25.8% | 21.9% | 17.8% (+8.0) | 20.8% (+5.0) |
| SPD | 491 | 21.2% | 25.5% | 23.0% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| Linke | 162 | 7.0% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| Grüne | 125 | 5.4% | 8.1% | 11.5% (-6.1) | 11.6% (-6.2) |
| FDP | 100 | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4.1% (+0.2) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 84 | 3.6% | 4.1% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 24 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 8 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 72 | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.9) | 10.6% (-7.5) |
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 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 Hesel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Hesel 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%+1.0
- AfD22.6%-3.2
- SPD22.3%+1.1
- Grüne7.6%+2.2
- Linke6.4%-0.6
- FDP3.9%-0.4
- BSW3.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.2
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others3.0%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Hesel.
| Party | Polling station Hesel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hesel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 653 (28.2%) | 538 (32.4%) | 2,129 | 29.2% |
| AfD | 598 (25.8%) | 270 (16.2%) | 1,651 | 22.6% |
| SPD | 491 (21.2%) | 378 (22.7%) | 1,625 | 22.3% |
| Grüne | 125 (5.4%) | 177 (10.6%) | 557 | 7.6% |
| Linke | 162 (7.0%) | 87 (5.2%) | 468 | 6.4% |
| FDP | 100 (4.3%) | 51 (3.1%) | 285 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 84 (3.6%) | 70 (4.2%) | 282 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 24 (1.0%) | 21 (1.3%) | 61 | 0.8% |
| Others | 72 (3.1%) | 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.
Hesel: location in the Leer district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hesel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hesel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.