Syke: 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 Syke with 26.5% (9 of 34 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Syke with 27.4% of the second votes, SPD took 23.6%.
- Turnout84.3% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters16,684 of 19,788 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency33 Diepholz – Nienburg I
2026 local elections in Syke
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Syke, as of 22.09.2026 09:03. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 26.5% · 9 of 34 seats
- Mayor: run-offHartje 30.0% v Schuch 26.6% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from SykeCDU 29.2%
- Turnout66.7% · district council election 66.5%
- CDU26.5% · 9 seats
- SPD17.3% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE16.0% · 6 seats
- UWG15.5% · 5 seats
- AfD11.8% · 4 seats
- Eilers, Einzelwahlvorschlag Eilers5.7%
- Die Linke4.1% · 1 seat
- FDP3.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.7% · 20,479 eligible voters · 34 seats · Official final result · 41 of 41 results
Source: Stadt Syke, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 09:03. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03251041/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Syke
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Hartje and Schuch. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Hartje, CDU30.0%
- Schuch, Einzelwahlvorschlag26.6%
- Kastner, UWG17.4%
- Eilers, Einzelwahlvorschlag17.4%
- Canitez, Einzelwahlvorschlag8.7%
Turnout 66.7% · 20,479 eligible voters · Official final result · 41 of 41 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Syke
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Diepholz is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU29.2%
- SPD17.6%
- GRÜNE15.4%
- AfD14.4%
- UWG14.1%
- Die Linke6.1%
- FDP3.1%
Turnout 66.5% · 20,532 eligible voters · 41 of 41 results
Second votes in Syke
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.4%-0.7
- SPD23.6%+0.6
- AfD16.0%-1.8
- Grüne13.0%+1.5
- Linke8.1%±0
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,557 | 27.4% | 30.4% | 28.1% (-0.7) | 22.6% (+4.8) |
| SPD | 3,925 | 23.6% | 22.9% | 23.0% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+7.2) |
| AfD | 2,653 | 16.0% | 17.3% | 17.8% (-1.8) | 20.8% (-4.8) |
| Grüne | 2,159 | 13.0% | 10.4% | 11.5% (+1.5) | 11.6% (+1.4) |
| Linke | 1,353 | 8.1% | 6.9% | 8.1% (±0) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 669 | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 656 | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 178 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 86 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 383 | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Syke: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Syke highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.