Moorweg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, FWG became the largest group on the council of Moorweg with 72.1% (7 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Moorweg with 26.4% of the second votes, CDU took 25.4%.
- Turnout66.7% · Wittmund (Wkr. 026) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters475 of 712 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +8.6 · Grüne −4.3 · Linke −2.8
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency26 Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Moorweg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Moorweg, as of 17.09.2026 09:05. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilFWG 72.1% · 7 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 37.8% in the Samtgemeinde Esens
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde EsensSPD 35.3%
- Turnout71.1% · district council election 70.3%
- FWG72.1% · 7 seats
- AfD16.3% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE11.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 71.1% · 717 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Esens, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:05. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034625401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Esens
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Esens, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- SPD37.8% · 11 seats
- CDU23.5% · 7 seats
- AfD15.8% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE11.4% · 3 seats
- EBI5.8% · 2 seats
- Neue Liste4.2% · 1 seat
- FDP1.4% · 1 seat
Turnout 70.5% · 12,174 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 28 of 28 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Becker, Einzelwahlvorschlag77.9%
- Nein-Stimmen22.1%
Turnout 70.4% · 12,174 eligible voters · Official final result · 28 of 28 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Esens, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:05. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Esens
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Wittmund is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD35.3%
- CDU24.1%
- AfD16.3%
- GRÜNE12.2%
- EBI6.1%
- Neue Liste4.4%
- FDP1.7%
Turnout 70.3% · 12,197 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
District administrator election
- Heymann, SPD75.7%
- Rauf, AfD17.1%
- Bünting, FDP7.3%
Turnout 70.3% · 12,197 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
Second votes in Moorweg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD26.4%+8.6
- CDU25.4%-2.7
- SPD23.3%+0.3
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke5.3%-2.8
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- FDP3.0%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 125 | 26.4% | 21.4% | 17.8% (+8.6) | 20.8% (+5.6) |
| CDU | 120 | 25.4% | 29.2% | 28.1% (-2.7) | 22.6% (+2.8) |
| SPD | 110 | 23.3% | 25.0% | 23.0% (+0.3) | 16.4% (+6.9) |
| Grüne | 34 | 7.2% | 7.2% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 25 | 5.3% | 5.8% | 8.1% (-2.8) | 8.8% (-3.5) |
| BSW | 21 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 14 | 3.0% | 3.8% | 4.1% (-1.1) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 13 | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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 Esens: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Esens are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Moorweg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Moorweg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,507 postal voters, which is 25.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.9%
- Voters9,848 of 11,884 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.5% · 2,507
- Member municipalities7
- CDU29.7%+4.3
- SPD27.2%+3.9
- AfD18.1%-8.3
- Grüne8.3%+1.1
- Linke5.8%+0.5
- FDP3.9%+0.9
- BSW3.8%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.9
- Volt0.2%-0.6
- Others2.2%-0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Moorweg.
| Party | Polling station Moorweg | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Esens total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 120 (25.4%) | 849 (33.9%) | 2,909 | 29.7% |
| SPD | 110 (23.3%) | 720 (28.8%) | 2,668 | 27.2% |
| AfD | 125 (26.4%) | 290 (11.6%) | 1,775 | 18.1% |
| Grüne | 34 (7.2%) | 255 (10.2%) | 812 | 8.3% |
| Linke | 25 (5.3%) | 101 (4.0%) | 573 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 14 (3.0%) | 98 (3.9%) | 387 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 21 (4.4%) | 105 (4.2%) | 369 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.5%) | 16 (0.6%) | 62 | 0.6% |
| Others | 13 (2.7%) | 58 (2.3%) | 219 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DunumCDU 27.3%
- EsensSPD 30.1%
- HoltgastCDU 30.6%
- MoorwegAfD 26.4%
- NeuharlingersielCDU 31.5%
- StedesdorfCDU 27.6%
- WerdumCDU 35.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Moorweg: location in the Wittmund district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Moorweg highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Esens shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.