Bassum: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Bassum with 30.1% (9 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bassum with 29.8% of the second votes, SPD took 22.2%.
- Turnout83.0% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters10,664 of 12,847 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
2026 local elections in Bassum
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bassum, as of 16.09.2026 08:54. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 30.1% · 9 of 30 seats
- Mayor: run-offZurmühlen 26.6% v Marx 25.3% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from BassumCDU 36.0%
- Turnout66.2% · district council election 66.0%
- CDU30.1% · 9 seats
- SPD20.6% · 6 seats
- BB13.8% · 4 seats
- AfD13.1% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE12.0% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.3% · 1 seat
- Gemeinsam für Bassum3.4% · 1 seat
- Roor, Einzelwahlvorschlag Roor1.5%
- FDP1.2%
Turnout 66.2% · 13,521 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 25 of 25 results
Source: Stadt Bassum, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 08:54. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03251007/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bassum
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Zurmühlen and Marx. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Zurmühlen, CDU26.6%
- Marx, Einzelwahlvorschlag25.3%
- Schöpe, SPD17.9%
- Strahmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag10.1%
- Kougblenou, Einzelwahlvorschlag8.1%
- Michel, GRÜNE6.1%
- Wiegmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag5.9%
Turnout 66.2% · 13,521 eligible voters · Official final result · 25 of 25 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bassum
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU36.0%
- SPD19.6%
- AfD16.1%
- GRÜNE14.8%
- Die Linke6.3%
- UWG4.5%
- FDP2.7%
Turnout 66.0% · 13,558 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
Second votes in Bassum
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.8%+1.7
- SPD22.2%-0.8
- AfD18.1%+0.3
- Grüne10.4%-1.1
- Linke7.5%-0.6
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,169 | 29.8% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+1.7) | 22.6% (+7.2) |
| SPD | 2,358 | 22.2% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-0.8) | 16.4% (+5.8) |
| AfD | 1,921 | 18.1% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+0.3) | 20.8% (-2.7) |
| Grüne | 1,105 | 10.4% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-1.1) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 801 | 7.5% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-1.3) |
| FDP | 444 | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 437 | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 106 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 49 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 233 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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.
Bassum: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bassum highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.