Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken: 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 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken with 28.8% (7 of 23 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken with 28.2% of the second votes, SPD took 22.8%.
- MayorLars Bierfischer, since 2016 · Wikidata
- Turnout60.8% · Diepholz (Wkr. 033) 83.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,363 of 7,174 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 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken, as of 22.09.2026 16:33. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 28.8% · 7 of 23 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 23.5% in the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-VilsenSPD 23.1%
- Turnout66.6% · district council election 66.5%
- CDU28.8% · 7 seats
- SPD23.2% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE21.4% · 5 seats
- FDP9.1% · 2 seats
- UWG8.5% · 2 seats
- Pohl, Einzelwahlvorschlag Pohl3.7%
- Böttcher, Einzelwahlvorschlag Böttcher2.8%
- Wimmer, Einzelwahlvorschlag2.4%
Turnout 66.6% · 7,393 eligible voters · 23 seats · Preliminary result · 12 of 12 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 16:33. 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 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.2%+0.1
- SPD22.8%-0.2
- AfD18.3%+0.5
- Grüne12.0%+0.5
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- FDP4.3%+0.2
- BSW3.2%-0.6
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,223 | 28.2% | 30.4% | 28.1% (+0.1) | 22.6% (+5.6) |
| SPD | 991 | 22.8% | 22.9% | 23.0% (-0.2) | 16.4% (+6.4) |
| AfD | 796 | 18.3% | 17.3% | 17.8% (+0.5) | 20.8% (-2.5) |
| Grüne | 522 | 12.0% | 10.4% | 11.5% (+0.5) | 11.6% (+0.4) |
| Linke | 306 | 7.1% | 6.9% | 8.1% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| FDP | 188 | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.1% (+0.2) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 138 | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.6) | 5.0% (-1.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 47 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 25 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 104 | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken 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%+0.5
- SPD22.8%±0
- AfD17.6%-0.7
- Grüne12.1%+0.1
- Linke6.9%-0.2
- FDP4.2%-0.1
- BSW3.4%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.4
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.3%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken.
| Party | Polling station Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,223 (28.2%) | 852 (29.1%) | 3,335 | 28.7% |
| SPD | 991 (22.8%) | 729 (24.9%) | 2,647 | 22.8% |
| AfD | 796 (18.3%) | 375 (12.8%) | 2,049 | 17.6% |
| Grüne | 522 (12.0%) | 407 (13.9%) | 1,412 | 12.1% |
| Linke | 306 (7.1%) | 184 (6.3%) | 802 | 6.9% |
| FDP | 188 (4.3%) | 122 (4.2%) | 488 | 4.2% |
| BSW | 138 (3.2%) | 102 (3.5%) | 391 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 47 (1.1%) | 63 (2.2%) | 174 | 1.5% |
| Volt | 25 (0.6%) | 13 (0.4%) | 61 | 0.5% |
| Others | 104 (2.4%) | 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.
Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken: location in the Diepholz district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Flecken highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.