Spelle: 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 Spelle with 48.7% (12 of 25 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Spelle with 40.5% of the second votes, AfD took 24.3%.
- Turnout65.4% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,709 of 7,204 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +12.4 · SPD −9.4 · AfD +6.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Spelle
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Spelle, as of 21.09.2026 14:48. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 48.7% · 12 of 25 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 52.0% in the Samtgemeinde Spelle
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SpelleCDU 54.2%
- Turnout63.8% · district council election 66.4%
- CDU48.7% · 12 seats
- Zukunftsbündnis Spelle21.7% · 5 seats
- AfD15.4% · 4 seats
- Wenninghoff, Einzelwahlvorschlag7.3%
- SPD6.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 63.8% · 7,674 eligible voters · 25 seats · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Spelle, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 14:48. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545408/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Spelle
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Spelle, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU52.0% · 16 seats
- Zukunftsbündnis Spelle16.5% · 5 seats
- AfD13.2% · 4 seats
- SWG6.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.4% · 11,434 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Spelle, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 14:48. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Spelle
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU54.2%
- AfD14.4%
- GRÜNE11.0%
- SPD7.4%
Turnout 66.4% · 11,449 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU57.1%
- Minich, AfD17.2%
- Außel, SPD12.6%
- Engelken, GRÜNE9.4%
- Meyer, FDP3.8%
Turnout 66.4% · 11,449 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Spelle
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU40.5%+12.4
- AfD24.3%+6.5
- SPD13.6%-9.4
- Grüne7.0%-4.5
- Linke5.2%-2.9
- FDP4.1%±0
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.5
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others1.3%-0.9
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,894 | 40.5% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+12.4) | 22.6% (+17.9) |
| AfD | 1,136 | 24.3% | 16.6% | 17.8% (+6.5) | 20.8% (+3.5) |
| SPD | 635 | 13.6% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-9.4) | 16.4% (-2.8) |
| Grüne | 328 | 7.0% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-4.5) | 11.6% (-4.6) |
| Linke | 245 | 5.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-2.9) | 8.8% (-3.6) |
| FDP | 193 | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% (±0) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 159 | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 14 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Volt | 16 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 60 | 1.3% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.9) | 10.6% (-9.3) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Spelle: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Spelle are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Spelle. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Spelle only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,215 postal voters, which is 23.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.5%
- Voters9,281 of 10,732 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.9% · 2,215
- Member municipalities3
- CDU44.2%+3.7
- AfD19.9%-4.4
- SPD14.3%+0.7
- Grüne7.3%+0.3
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- Linke4.5%-0.7
- BSW3.1%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.3
- Volt0.3%±0
- Others1.3%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Spelle.
| Party | Polling station Spelle | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Spelle total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,894 (40.5%) | 984 (44.5%) | 4,089 | 44.2% |
| AfD | 1,136 (24.3%) | 320 (14.5%) | 1,840 | 19.9% |
| SPD | 635 (13.6%) | 359 (16.2%) | 1,317 | 14.3% |
| Grüne | 328 (7.0%) | 218 (9.9%) | 673 | 7.3% |
| FDP | 193 (4.1%) | 90 (4.1%) | 420 | 4.5% |
| Linke | 245 (5.2%) | 100 (4.5%) | 414 | 4.5% |
| BSW | 159 (3.4%) | 69 (3.1%) | 283 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 14 (0.3%) | 28 (1.3%) | 58 | 0.6% |
| Others | 60 (1.3%) | 38 (1.7%) | 117 | 1.3% |
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.
Spelle: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Spelle highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Spelle shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.