 Although the Socialist Party got the most electoral votes, it is not part of the coalition.2014 municipal election
!colspan="2" align="left"|Party
!Votes
!Seats
!colspan="2" align="left"|Total
!4,191
!100
!align="center"|13

Bellingwedde is twinned with Rhede in Germany since 1979 and Nowogród Bobrzański in Poland since 2004.Since 1968, when the municipality was established, Bellingwedde had a population between 8,561 and 9,748.