Martfeld: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Martfeld with 38.0% (5 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Martfeld with 27.6% of the second votes, SPD took 23.8%.
- Turnout66.5% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,569 of 2,358 eligible voters
- 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 Martfeld
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Martfeld, as of 13.09.2026 22:32. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 38.0% · 5 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 23.5% in the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-VilsenSPD 23.1%
- Turnout68.9% · district council election 66.5%
- SPD38.0% · 5 seats
- ULM22.8% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE19.3% · 3 seats
- CDU14.7% · 2 seats
- Kramer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Kramer3.0%
- FDP2.1%
Turnout 68.9% · 2,508 eligible voters · 13 seats · Preliminary result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:32. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032515403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Bruchhausen-Vilsen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD23.5% · 8 seats
- CDU21.2% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE16.6% · 5 seats
- AfD12.8% · 4 seats
- FDP10.8% · 3 seats
- UWG8.3% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.2% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI1.5% · 1 seat
- Wimmer, Einzelwahlvorschlag0.7%
- Kramer, Einzelwahlvorschlag Kramer0.4%
Turnout 66.5% · 14,454 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Bierfischer, Einzelwahlvorschlag64.0%
- Fischer, Einzelwahlvorschlag36.0%
Turnout 66.4% · 14,454 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 18:04. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD23.1%
- CDU20.3%
- GRÜNE18.7%
- AfD14.1%
- FDP11.6%
- UWG7.6%
- Die Linke4.7%
Turnout 66.5% · 14,483 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
Second votes in Martfeld
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.6%-0.5
- SPD23.8%+0.8
- AfD17.0%-0.8
- Grüne13.3%+1.8
- Linke7.3%-0.8
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 430 | 27.6% | 30.4% | 28.1% (-0.5) | 22.6% (+5.0) |
| SPD | 371 | 23.8% | 22.9% | 23.0% (+0.8) | 16.4% (+7.4) |
| AfD | 265 | 17.0% | 17.3% | 17.8% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 207 | 13.3% | 10.4% | 11.5% (+1.8) | 11.6% (+1.7) |
| Linke | 114 | 7.3% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-0.8) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 60 | 3.8% | 4.7% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 55 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 18 | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 35 | 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.
Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Martfeld. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Martfeld only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,935 postal voters, which is 25.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.1%
- Voters11,674 of 13,879 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.1% · 2,935
- Member municipalities4
- CDU28.7%+1.1
- SPD22.8%-1.0
- AfD17.6%+0.6
- Grüne12.1%-1.2
- Linke6.9%-0.4
- FDP4.2%+0.4
- BSW3.4%-0.1
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.3
- Volt0.5%+0.2
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Martfeld.
| Party | Polling station Martfeld | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 430 (27.6%) | 852 (29.1%) | 3,335 | 28.7% |
| SPD | 371 (23.8%) | 729 (24.9%) | 2,647 | 22.8% |
| AfD | 265 (17.0%) | 375 (12.8%) | 2,049 | 17.6% |
| Grüne | 207 (13.3%) | 407 (13.9%) | 1,412 | 12.1% |
| Linke | 114 (7.3%) | 184 (6.3%) | 802 | 6.9% |
| FDP | 60 (3.8%) | 122 (4.2%) | 488 | 4.2% |
| BSW | 55 (3.5%) | 102 (3.5%) | 391 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 18 (1.2%) | 63 (2.2%) | 174 | 1.5% |
| Volt | 4 (0.3%) | 13 (0.4%) | 61 | 0.5% |
| Others | 35 (2.2%) | 78 (2.7%) | 265 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Martfeld: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Martfeld highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.