Aurich: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Aurich with 28.4% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 24.2%. Below, the results of all 24 municipalities.
- Turnout82.8% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters126,932 of 153,270 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonySPD +5.4 · CDU −3.9 · AfD +3.3 · Grüne −3.5
- SPD range across municipalities19.6% to 33.9%
2026 local elections in Aurich
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 23.09.2026 15:18. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 33.9% · 20 of 58 seats
- District administrator: run-offWiltfang 47.5% v Krüger 26.1% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout64.9%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)2 with their own council
- SPD33.9% · 20 seats
- CDU19.2% · 11 seats
- AfD17.3% · 10 seats
- FREIE WÄHLER9.8% · 6 seats
Turnout 64.9% · 159,771 eligible voters · 58 seats · Official final result · 307 of 307 results
Source: Landkreis Aurich, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 15:18. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03452000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Wiltfang and Krüger. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Wiltfang, SPD47.5%
- Krüger, FREIE WÄHLER26.1%
- Dr. Ulferts, CDU19.7%
- Emkes, FDP6.7%
Turnout 64.8% · 159,771 eligible voters · Official final result · 307 of 307 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | FREIE WÄHLER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Aurich | 61.6% | 28.9% | 24.8% | 12.9% | 1.8% |
| Gemeinde Baltrum | 77.7% | 14.6% | 52.4% | 7.1% | 2.9% |
| Gemeinde Großefehn | 64.6% | 33.2% | 17.2% | 17.9% | 10.2% |
| Gemeinde Großheide | 70.7% | 36.7% | 18.2% | 26.0% | 7.5% |
| Gemeinde Hinte | 64.5% | 40.8% | 19.4% | 20.0% | 2.7% |
| Gemeinde Ihlow | 72.7% | 36.3% | 12.6% | 15.6% | 20.6% |
| Inselgemeinde Juist | 57.9% | 12.9% | 57.6% | 7.2% | 2.7% |
| Gemeinde Krummhörn | 69.3% | 42.5% | 17.8% | 15.9% | 13.8% |
| Stadt Norden | 61.5% | 46.5% | 14.6% | 16.4% | 5.7% |
| Stadt Norderney | 63.5% | 35.0% | 26.8% | 6.6% | 10.0% |
| Gemeinde Südbrookmerland | 68.9% | 22.4% | 10.9% | 24.6% | 21.2% |
| Stadt Wiesmoor | 63.5% | 36.7% | 16.7% | 17.5% | 13.3% |
| Gemeinde Dornum | 66.9% | 38.6% | 25.2% | 17.4% | 4.6% |
| Samtgemeinde Brookmerland | 61.1% | 27.0% | 11.4% | 21.3% | 19.3% |
| Samtgemeinde Hage | 67.1% | 32.1% | 33.9% | 18.8% | 2.0% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Samtgemeinde councils in Aurich
- Samtgemeinde BrookmerlandCouncil: BWG/BfB 32.1%, 30 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde HageCouncil: CDU 33.5%, 28 seats · mayoral election: Behrens 61.1%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Aurich
Deviation from the state result in points.
- SPD28.4%+5.4
- CDU24.2%-3.9
- AfD21.1%+3.3
- Grüne8.0%-3.5
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- FDP3.3%-0.8
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Aurich
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Aurich
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: SPD 19.6 to 33.9%, CDU 18.5 to 36%, AfD 8.8 to 34.4%, Grüne 2.8 to 19.3%, Linke 3.3 to 8.4%, BSW 2.1 to 5.4%, FDP 2 to 5.1%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurich | 27,050 | 82.3% | 26.3 | 24.8 | 17.8 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Norden | 15,867 | 79.1% | 28.5 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Südbrookmerland | 12,541 | 83.4% | 29.4 | 18.5 | 28.4 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 2.6 |
| Großefehn | 9,707 | 83.7% | 25.8 | 27.7 | 20.8 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Wiesmoor | 9,616 | 83.1% | 27.1 | 26.5 | 20.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Ihlow | 8,831 | 86.5% | 31.2 | 23.1 | 20.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Krummhörn | 8,291 | 85.3% | 33.4 | 24.6 | 20.9 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
| Großheide | 5,791 | 82.8% | 26.6 | 23.5 | 27.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
| Hinte | 4,971 | 86.7% | 33.9 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| Hage, Flecken | 4,579 | 82.9% | 31.0 | 25.9 | 19.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Norderney | 3,511 | 83.0% | 28.3 | 29.0 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 4.9 |
| Dornum | 3,125 | 82.2% | 28.4 | 28.4 | 20.1 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Upgant-Schott | 2,545 | 83.3% | 30.7 | 20.4 | 25.0 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Berumbur | 1,829 | 82.6% | 29.6 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Marienhafe, Flecken | 1,557 | 77.7% | 29.0 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Osteel | 1,411 | 82.2% | 28.4 | 21.7 | 26.1 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Rechtsupweg | 1,379 | 82.3% | 25.3 | 19.6 | 31.9 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| Leezdorf | 1,257 | 84.6% | 26.8 | 22.3 | 31.8 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 |
| Wirdum | 694 | 83.9% | 30.2 | 21.1 | 27.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| Juist, Inselgemeinde | 670 | 79.9% | 21.1 | 35.7 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| Halbemond | 640 | 80.8% | 23.1 | 22.3 | 34.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 2.0 |
| Lütetsburg | 470 | 79.4% | 21.8 | 31.1 | 21.2 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Baltrum | 338 | 85.6% | 19.6 | 36.0 | 11.6 | 19.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| Hagermarsch | 262 | 83.2% | 23.0 | 20.3 | 31.8 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.3 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.