Sulingen: 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 Sulingen with 23.0% (6 of 26 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Sulingen with 29.5% of the second votes, SPD took 23.2%.
- MayorDirk Rauschkolb, since 2013 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.6% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters7,591 of 9,657 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
2026 local elections in Sulingen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Sulingen, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 23.0% · 6 of 26 seats
- District council, votes from SulingenCDU 24.3%
- Turnout62.0% · district council election 61.9%
- CDU23.0% · 6 seats
- Sulingen!18.5% · 5 seats
- SPD17.2% · 4 seats
- AfD13.8% · 4 seats
Turnout 62.0% · 10,100 eligible voters · 26 seats · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Stadt Sulingen, 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. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03251040/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Sulingen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU24.3%
- SPD19.0%
- Sulingen!16.2%
- AfD15.0%
- GRÜNE8.2%
- FDP6.9%
- UWG6.7%
- Die Linke3.7%
Turnout 61.9% · 10,148 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Sulingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.5%+1.4
- SPD23.2%+0.2
- AfD19.0%+1.2
- Grüne9.1%-2.4
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.7%-0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,229 | 29.5% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+1.4) | 22.6% (+6.9) |
| SPD | 1,752 | 23.2% | 22.9% | 23.0% (+0.2) | 16.4% (+6.8) |
| AfD | 1,432 | 19.0% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+1.2) | 20.8% (-1.8) |
| Grüne | 686 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-2.4) | 11.6% (-2.5) |
| Linke | 522 | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| FDP | 344 | 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| BSW | 335 | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 84 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 32 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 132 | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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.
Sulingen: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Sulingen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.