Bückeburg: 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 Bückeburg with 31.7% (10 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bückeburg with 27.1% of the second votes, SPD took 24.1%.
- Turnout83.8% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters12,865 of 15,354 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
2026 local elections in Bückeburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bückeburg, as of 23.09.2026 15:41. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 31.7% · 10 of 32 seats
- Mayor: run-offWohlgemuth 45.1% v Schauer-Bolte 35.7% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from BückeburgSPD 28.4%
- Turnout63.2% · district council election 63.0%
- CDU31.7% · 10 seats
- SPD31.1% · 10 seats
- FREIE WÄHLER14.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.8% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.2% · 1 seat
- BfB2.4% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI1.9% · 1 seat
- WLB1.5% · 1 seat
- DAVA-Niedersachsen1.3%
Turnout 63.2% · 15,925 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Stadt Bückeburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 15:41. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03257009/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bückeburg
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Wohlgemuth and Schauer-Bolte. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Wohlgemuth, CDU45.1%
- Schauer-Bolte, SPD35.7%
- Schöniger, FREIE WÄHLER19.2%
Turnout 63.2% · 15,925 eligible voters · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bückeburg
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.4%
- CDU27.9%
- AfD14.6%
- GRÜNE11.9%
- FREIE WÄHLER9.6%
- Die Linke4.3%
- FDP1.6%
- BSW1.1%
- WGS0.5%
Turnout 63.0% · 15,982 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD59.1%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU40.9%
Turnout 63.1% · 15,982 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Bückeburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.1%-1.0
- SPD24.1%+1.1
- AfD18.6%+0.8
- Grüne11.8%+0.3
- Linke6.4%-1.7
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.5
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,476 | 27.1% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-1.0) | 22.6% (+4.5) |
| SPD | 3,083 | 24.1% | 24.6% | 23.0% (+1.1) | 16.4% (+7.7) |
| AfD | 2,388 | 18.6% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+0.8) | 20.8% (-2.2) |
| Grüne | 1,514 | 11.8% | 10.4% | 11.5% (+0.3) | 11.6% (+0.2) |
| Linke | 815 | 6.4% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.7) | 8.8% (-2.4) |
| FDP | 560 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 450 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 166 | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 47 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 315 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Bückeburg: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bückeburg highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.