Cloppenburg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Cloppenburg with 37.7% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 24.2%. Below, the results of all 13 municipalities.
- District AdministratorJohann Wimberg (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout82.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters101,166 of 122,303 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +9.6 · AfD +6.4 · SPD −7.9 · Grüne −5.4
- CDU range across municipalities28.9% to 48.8%
2026 local elections in Cloppenburg
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 45.1% · 23 of 52 seats
- District administratorDirk Gehrmann (CDU), 52.6%
- Turnout62.1%
- CDU45.1% · 23 seats
- AfD20.4% · 11 seats
- SPD16.3% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE8.3% · 4 seats
- BLC3.7% · 2 seats
Turnout 62.1% · 138,629 eligible voters · 52 seats · Official final result · 213 of 213 results
Source: Landkreis Cloppenburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final 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/20260913/03453000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Gehrmann, CDU52.6%
- Möddeken, AfD Niedersachsen23.1%
- Christ, GRÜNE15.9%
- Baxmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag8.3%
Turnout 62.1% · 138,629 eligible voters · Official final result · 213 of 213 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | GRÜNE | BLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Barßel | 63.5% | 37.0% | 24.8% | 17.5% | 10.3% | 3.5% |
| Gemeinde Bösel | 58.8% | 42.0% | 18.6% | 15.1% | 6.0% | 11.0% |
| Gemeinde Cappeln (Oldenburg) | 60.7% | 47.0% | 22.0% | 13.9% | 8.2% | – |
| Stadt Cloppenburg | 56.9% | 32.1% | 24.2% | 20.5% | 12.6% | – |
| Gemeinde Emstek | 61.3% | 54.2% | 18.4% | 12.1% | 9.7% | – |
| Gemeinde Essen (Oldenburg) | 58.7% | 50.9% | 17.8% | 19.7% | 6.0% | – |
| Stadt Friesoythe | 63.5% | 47.7% | 16.2% | 26.5% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Gemeinde Garrel | 60.7% | 40.0% | 18.8% | 8.8% | 6.3% | 16.6% |
| Gemeinde Lastrup | 64.2% | 61.3% | 16.1% | 9.0% | 8.8% | 1.9% |
| Gemeinde Lindern (Oldb) | 72.4% | 65.9% | 16.1% | 9.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% |
| Stadt Löningen | 67.1% | 49.8% | 16.8% | 12.0% | 9.4% | 9.4% |
| Gemeinde Molbergen | 69.7% | 52.9% | 28.3% | 9.2% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| Gemeinde Saterland | 63.3% | 44.5% | 22.0% | 16.6% | 10.3% | 1.2% |
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.
Second votes in Cloppenburg
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU37.7%+9.6
- AfD24.2%+6.4
- SPD15.1%-7.9
- Grüne6.1%-5.4
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.7%-0.5
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 Cloppenburg
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Cloppenburg
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 28.9 to 48.8%, AfD 18.4 to 33.7%, SPD 9.5 to 19.7%, Grüne 2.9 to 8%, Linke 4.1 to 7.2%, FDP 3.9 to 5.1%, BSW 2.7 to 4.4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloppenburg | 19,186 | 80.0% | 31.9 | 25.5 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Friesoythe | 13,749 | 82.4% | 38.3 | 23.2 | 16.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Löningen | 8,630 | 85.0% | 42.5 | 20.1 | 14.4 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| Barßel | 8,460 | 80.6% | 28.9 | 26.9 | 19.7 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Garrel | 8,320 | 85.4% | 42.8 | 23.2 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
| Saterland | 8,252 | 79.2% | 33.2 | 26.1 | 17.5 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Emstek | 7,284 | 84.9% | 40.7 | 22.7 | 13.2 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Molbergen | 5,100 | 84.8% | 38.1 | 33.7 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Bösel | 5,025 | 83.1% | 39.2 | 23.8 | 14.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Essen (Oldenburg) | 4,949 | 82.9% | 41.5 | 22.3 | 14.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Lastrup | 4,691 | 85.8% | 46.9 | 18.4 | 13.5 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| Cappeln (Oldenburg) | 4,336 | 84.5% | 38.8 | 25.2 | 14.1 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Lindern (Oldenburg) | 3,184 | 88.3% | 48.8 | 20.7 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 |
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.