Leer: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Leer with 26.2% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 25.5%. Below, the results of all 19 municipalities.
- Turnout82.8% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters108,801 of 131,392 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −1.9 · SPD +2.5 · AfD +4.1 · Grüne −3.4
- CDU range across municipalities22.1% to 38.4%
2026 local elections in Leer
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Preliminary result, as of 23.09.2026 10:10. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 30.9% · 17 of 54 seats
- District administratorMatthias Groote (SPD), 51.7%
- Turnout65.1%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)2 with their own council
- SPD30.9% · 17 seats
- CDU23.9% · 13 seats
- AfD19.3% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE10.6% · 6 seats
- Die Linke4.7% · 3 seats
- MOIN Landkreis Leer4.5% · 2 seats
- FDP2.5% · 1 seat
- BSW2.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 65.1% · 139,384 eligible voters · 54 seats · Preliminary result · 263 of 263 results
Source: Landkreis Leer, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 10:10. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03457000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
- Groote, SPD51.7%
- Bade, Einzelwahlvorschlag40.7%
- Völker, FDP7.6%
Turnout 65.1% · 139,384 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 263 of 263 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | Die Linke | MOIN Landkreis Leer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Borkum | 55.7% | 38.3% | 24.0% | 11.2% | 16.2% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| Gemeinde Jemgum | 76.8% | 40.4% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 14.1% | 4.6% | 2.3% |
| Stadt Leer (Ostfriesland) | 64.0% | 28.9% | 23.3% | 14.7% | 15.8% | 7.3% | 4.4% |
| Gemeinde Moormerland | 63.9% | 32.9% | 24.2% | 18.8% | 9.6% | 4.3% | – |
| Gemeinde Ostrhauderfehn | 63.2% | 27.7% | 25.2% | 23.3% | 9.5% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Gemeinde Rhauderfehn | 64.6% | 31.4% | 16.3% | 21.1% | 6.8% | 4.8% | 11.6% |
| Gemeinde Uplengen | 74.2% | 15.1% | 38.5% | 16.8% | 7.4% | 2.8% | 15.1% |
| Stadt Weener (Ems) | 61.7% | 43.7% | 16.4% | 21.5% | 9.5% | 3.2% | 2.0% |
| Westoverledingen | 63.9% | 33.6% | 19.9% | 24.1% | 11.5% | 4.7% | 2.1% |
| Gemeinde Bunde | 62.4% | 45.6% | 17.1% | 20.3% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Samtgemeinde Hesel | 70.8% | 23.3% | 33.7% | 20.5% | 8.6% | 3.8% | – |
| Samtgemeinde Jümme | 68.7% | 21.0% | 36.6% | 20.3% | 9.2% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
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 Leer
- Samtgemeinde HeselCouncil: AWG der SG Hesel 33.0%, 28 seats · mayoral election: Rademacher 67.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde JümmeCouncil: CDU 52.4%, 18 seats · mayoral election: Busboom 80.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Leer
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU26.2%-1.9
- SPD25.5%+2.5
- AfD21.9%+4.1
- Grüne8.1%-3.4
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.5%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.4%+0.2
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 Leer
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Leer
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 22.1 to 38.4%, SPD 12.7 to 30.5%, AfD 13.9 to 31.2%, Grüne 3.7 to 14%, Linke 4 to 9.2%, BSW 2.8 to 5.2%, FDP 2.8 to 5.2%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leer (Ostfriesland) | 20,765 | 81.7% | 24.0 | 26.3 | 16.2 | 12.9 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Moormerland | 15,349 | 82.8% | 25.3 | 27.5 | 22.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| Westoverledingen | 13,403 | 83.1% | 24.2 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Rhauderfehn | 11,912 | 82.4% | 26.7 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Weener | 9,640 | 82.2% | 23.7 | 29.5 | 24.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Uplengen | 8,292 | 86.0% | 34.5 | 19.0 | 22.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| Ostrhauderfehn | 7,620 | 80.6% | 25.7 | 24.6 | 25.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Bunde | 4,576 | 83.6% | 23.9 | 30.5 | 23.5 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Borkum | 2,933 | 80.0% | 27.3 | 24.5 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| Jemgum | 2,441 | 85.6% | 25.2 | 30.4 | 20.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Hesel | 2,336 | 62.9% | 28.2 | 21.2 | 25.8 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Briefwahl SG Hesel | 1,665 | – | 32.4 | 22.7 | 16.2 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Detern, Flecken | 1,482 | 67.4% | 29.3 | 21.1 | 27.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Filsum | 1,241 | 74.0% | 37.1 | 18.2 | 22.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| Holtland | 1,084 | 61.9% | 28.0 | 25.4 | 20.1 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| Nortmoor | 990 | 70.0% | 26.7 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Neukamperfehn | 967 | 67.0% | 22.1 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Jümme | 821 | – | 32.9 | 25.1 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
| Firrel | 435 | 67.1% | 38.4 | 12.7 | 31.2 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Brinkum | 425 | 68.7% | 29.1 | 25.3 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| Schwerinsdorf | 424 | 71.9% | 32.1 | 20.0 | 28.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 5.2 |
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.