Bad Eilsen: 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 Bad Eilsen with 56.4% (7 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Eilsen with 27.0% of the second votes, AfD took 25.7%.
- Turnout49.4% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,002 of 2,030 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.9 · Grüne −4.3 · SPD −2.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Bad Eilsen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Eilsen, as of 24.09.2026 08:07. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 56.4% · 7 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 36.3% in the Samtgemeinde Eilsen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde EilsenCDU 27.2%
- Turnout44.8% · district council election 55.2%
- SPD56.4% · 7 seats
- CDU43.6% · 6 seats
Turnout 44.8% · 2,130 eligible voters · 13 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Eilsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 08:07. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032575401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Eilsen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Eilsen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- SPD36.3% · 6 seats
- ZfE33.3% · 6 seats
- CDU27.1% · 5 seats
- FDP3.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 55.3% · 5,754 eligible voters · 18 seats · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Krause, Einzelbewerber57.9%
- Grimmig, SPD42.1%
Turnout 55.2% · 5,754 eligible voters · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Eilsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 08:07. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Eilsen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.2%
- SPD24.0%
- AfD19.8%
- GRÜNE8.7%
- WGS6.8%
- Die Linke5.4%
- FREIE WÄHLER4.1%
- FDP2.1%
- BSW2.0%
Turnout 55.2% · 5,801 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD58.7%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU41.3%
Turnout 55.2% · 5,801 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
Second votes in Bad Eilsen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.0%-1.1
- AfD25.7%+7.9
- SPD20.7%-2.3
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- BSW5.2%+1.4
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others3.6%+1.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 268 | 27.0% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-1.1) | 22.6% (+4.4) |
| AfD | 255 | 25.7% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+7.9) | 20.8% (+4.9) |
| SPD | 206 | 20.7% | 24.6% | 23.0% (-2.3) | 16.4% (+4.3) |
| Grüne | 72 | 7.2% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 62 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| BSW | 52 | 5.2% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+1.4) | 5.0% (+0.2) |
| FDP | 36 | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 36 | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+1.4) | 10.6% (-7.0) |
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 Eilsen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Eilsen are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bad Eilsen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bad Eilsen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,176 postal voters, which is 27.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association79.4%
- Voters4,346 of 5,477 eligible voters
- Postal vote share27.1% · 1,176
- Member municipalities5
- CDU28.6%+1.6
- AfD22.1%-3.6
- SPD21.4%+0.7
- Grüne8.2%+1.0
- Linke7.0%+0.8
- BSW4.6%-0.6
- FDP4.0%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others3.0%-0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bad Eilsen.
| Party | Polling station Bad Eilsen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Eilsen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 268 (27.0%) | 390 (33.3%) | 1,234 | 28.6% |
| AfD | 255 (25.7%) | 152 (13.0%) | 952 | 22.1% |
| SPD | 206 (20.7%) | 297 (25.4%) | 922 | 21.4% |
| Grüne | 72 (7.2%) | 98 (8.4%) | 354 | 8.2% |
| Linke | 62 (6.2%) | 82 (7.0%) | 301 | 7.0% |
| BSW | 52 (5.2%) | 47 (4.0%) | 198 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 36 (3.6%) | 53 (4.5%) | 173 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.5%) | 10 (0.9%) | 36 | 0.8% |
| Others | 36 (3.6%) | 40 (3.4%) | 130 | 3.0% |
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.
Bad Eilsen: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Eilsen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Eilsen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.