Bockhorst: 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 Bockhorst with 80.7% (9 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bockhorst with 36.4% of the second votes, SPD took 22.1%.
- Turnout67.7% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters528 of 780 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +8.3 · Grüne −6.2 · BSW −3.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency25 Unterems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Bockhorst
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bockhorst, as of 15.09.2026 17:28. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 80.7% · 9 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 62.5% in the Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NordhümmlingCDU 52.3%
- Turnout67.5% · district council election 62.8%
- CDU80.7% · 9 seats
- SPD19.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 67.5% · 851 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 17:28. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Nordhümmling, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU62.5% · 19 seats
- UWG19.8%
- SPD14.0% · 4 seats
- Hanneken, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.7%
Turnout 62.9% · 9,997 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 11 of 11 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 15:32. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU52.3%
- AfD19.4%
- UWG Emsland9.3%
- SPD8.8%
Turnout 62.8% · 10,039 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU51.8%
- Minich, AfD21.3%
- Außel, SPD17.2%
- Engelken, GRÜNE6.5%
- Meyer, FDP3.2%
Turnout 62.8% · 10,039 eligible voters · 11 of 11 results
Second votes in Bockhorst
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU36.4%+8.3
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- AfD19.8%+2.0
- Linke9.1%+1.0
- Grüne5.3%-6.2
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- BSW0.8%-3.0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 191 | 36.4% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+8.3) | 22.6% (+13.8) |
| SPD | 116 | 22.1% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-0.9) | 16.4% (+5.7) |
| AfD | 104 | 19.8% | 16.6% | 17.8% (+2.0) | 20.8% (-1.0) |
| Linke | 48 | 9.1% | 6.1% | 8.1% (+1.0) | 8.8% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 28 | 5.3% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-6.2) | 11.6% (-6.3) |
| FDP | 18 | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| BSW | 4 | 0.8% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-3.0) | 5.0% (-4.2) |
| Volt | 3 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 11 | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Nordhümmling: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Bockhorst. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Bockhorst only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,482 postal voters, which is 19.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.4%
- Voters7,535 of 9,034 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.7% · 1,482
- Member municipalities5
- CDU37.8%+1.4
- AfD24.0%+4.2
- SPD18.5%-3.6
- Linke5.4%-3.7
- Grüne4.4%-0.9
- FDP3.7%+0.3
- BSW3.2%+2.4
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.5
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others1.8%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Bockhorst.
| Party | Polling station Bockhorst | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 191 (36.4%) | 545 (37.0%) | 2,833 | 37.8% |
| AfD | 104 (19.8%) | 254 (17.2%) | 1,799 | 24.0% |
| SPD | 116 (22.1%) | 325 (22.1%) | 1,384 | 18.5% |
| Linke | 48 (9.1%) | 86 (5.8%) | 404 | 5.4% |
| Grüne | 28 (5.3%) | 108 (7.3%) | 331 | 4.4% |
| FDP | 18 (3.4%) | 47 (3.2%) | 279 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 4 (0.8%) | 49 (3.3%) | 236 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.4%) | 18 (1.2%) | 68 | 0.9% |
| Others | 11 (2.1%) | 34 (2.3%) | 132 | 1.8% |
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.
Bockhorst: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bockhorst highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.