Diepholz: 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 Diepholz with 30.0% (10 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Diepholz with 28.2% of the second votes, SPD took 21.8%.
- MayorThomas Schulze, since 2005 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.1% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters9,339 of 11,959 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
2026 local elections in Diepholz
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Diepholz, as of 15.09.2026 16:35. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 30.0% · 10 of 32 seats
- MayorFlorian Marré (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 79.3%
- District council, votes from DiepholzCDU 32.6%
- Turnout53.5% · district council election 53.4%
- CDU30.0% · 10 seats
- SPD27.8% · 9 seats
- AfD18.3% · 6 seats
- FDP8.9% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 3 seats
- Die Linke5.0% · 1 seat
- Kuhlmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Kuhlmann1.2%
Turnout 53.5% · 13,695 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
Source: Stadt Diepholz, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 16:35. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03251012/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Diepholz
- Marré, Einzelwahlvorschlag79.3%
- Behrens, Die Linke20.7%
Turnout 53.5% · 13,695 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Diepholz
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU32.6%
- SPD23.7%
- AfD19.2%
- GRÜNE11.4%
- FDP7.9%
- Die Linke5.2%
Turnout 53.4% · 13,704 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
Second votes in Diepholz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.2%+0.1
- SPD21.8%-1.2
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- Grüne9.2%-2.3
- Linke7.4%-0.7
- FDP4.9%+0.8
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,621 | 28.2% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+0.1) | 22.6% (+5.6) |
| SPD | 2,028 | 21.8% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-1.2) | 16.4% (+5.4) |
| AfD | 1,912 | 20.6% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 851 | 9.2% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-2.3) | 11.6% (-2.4) |
| Linke | 684 | 7.4% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-0.7) | 8.8% (-1.4) |
| FDP | 458 | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+0.8) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| BSW | 407 | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 80 | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 54 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 192 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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.
Diepholz: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Diepholz highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.