Marl: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Maren Fischer became the largest group on the council of Marl with 31.4%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Marl with 31.9% of the second votes, SPD took 20.1%.
- Turnout60.5% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters331 of 547 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +3.8 · FDP +3.8 · SPD −2.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Marl
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Marl, as of 13.09.2026 21:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilMaren Fischer 31.4%
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 32.9% in the Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde"
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde"SPD 29.0%
- Turnout68.5% · district council election 66.1%
- Maren Fischer31.4%
- Andreas Haßelmeyer12.9%
- Christian Vogt9.5%
- Uwe Luzniack8.9%
- Michael Plaggemeyer6.5%
- Martin Möhlenpage6.1%
- Torsten Hohendorf4.8%
- Andreas Meyer4.7%
- Nicole Döll4.1%
- Christian Roll3.2%
- Sven Liebow2.9%
- Günter Trimpe2.7%
- Christoph Neumeyer2.3%
Turnout 68.5% · 571 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde", Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde"
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) "Altes Amt Lemförde", whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 22 seats
- SPD32.9% · 7 seats
- CDU25.3% · 6 seats
- FDP16.1% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE14.5% · 3 seats
- AfD11.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.2% · 7,358 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Schult, Einzelbewerberin Kerstin54.9%
- Schäffler, Einzelbewerber Frank Uwe45.1%
Turnout 66.1% · 7,358 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde", Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde "Altes Amt Lemförde"
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD29.0%
- CDU26.3%
- FDP17.0%
- AfD12.7%
- GRÜNE10.9%
- Die Linke4.2%
Turnout 66.1% · 7,367 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Marl
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.9%+3.8
- SPD20.1%-2.9
- AfD16.1%-1.7
- Grüne9.1%-2.4
- FDP7.9%+3.8
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.5
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 105 | 31.9% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+3.8) | 22.6% (+9.3) |
| SPD | 66 | 20.1% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-2.9) | 16.4% (+3.7) |
| AfD | 53 | 16.1% | 17.3% | 17.8% (-1.7) | 20.8% (-4.7) |
| Grüne | 30 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-2.5) |
| FDP | 26 | 7.9% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+3.8) | 4.3% (+3.6) |
| Linke | 25 | 7.6% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 13 | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 9 | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Lemförde: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Lemförde are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Marl. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Marl only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,697 postal voters, which is 29.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.4%
- Voters5,740 of 6,883 eligible voters
- Postal vote share29.6% · 1,697
- Member municipalities7
- CDU30.3%-1.6
- SPD24.1%+4.0
- AfD16.0%-0.1
- Grüne10.1%+1.0
- FDP6.8%-1.1
- Linke6.1%-1.5
- BSW3.3%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.2
- Others2.3%-0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Marl.
| Party | Polling station Marl | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Lemförde total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 105 (31.9%) | 582 (34.3%) | 1,731 | 30.3% |
| SPD | 66 (20.1%) | 447 (26.4%) | 1,379 | 24.1% |
| AfD | 53 (16.1%) | 162 (9.6%) | 915 | 16.0% |
| Grüne | 30 (9.1%) | 201 (11.9%) | 579 | 10.1% |
| FDP | 26 (7.9%) | 131 (7.7%) | 388 | 6.8% |
| Linke | 25 (7.6%) | 75 (4.4%) | 349 | 6.1% |
| BSW | 13 (4.0%) | 34 (2.0%) | 186 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.3%) | 12 (0.7%) | 32 | 0.6% |
| Volt | 1 (0.3%) | 10 (0.6%) | 27 | 0.5% |
| Others | 9 (2.7%) | 41 (2.4%) | 131 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BrockumCDU 28.1%
- HüdeCDU 29.6%
- LembruchCDU 35.5%
- Lemförde, FleckenCDU 25.2%
- MarlCDU 31.9%
- QuernheimCDU 28.1%
- StemshornCDU 28.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Marl: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Marl highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Lemförde shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.