Bad Bentheim: 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 Bad Bentheim with 43.3% (13 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Bentheim with 33.0% of the second votes, SPD took 25.5%.
- Turnout83.8% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,817 of 10,525 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +4.9 · AfD −3.9 · SPD +2.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
2026 local elections in Bad Bentheim
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Bentheim, as of 23.09.2026 16:02. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 43.3% · 13 of 30 seats
- MayorFrank Spickmann (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 58.2%
- District council, votes from Bad BentheimCDU 36.9%
- Turnout57.7% · district council election 57.5%
- CDU43.3% · 13 seats
- SPD37.6% · 11 seats
- GRÜNE11.0% · 3 seats
- FDP8.1% · 3 seats
Turnout 57.7% · 13,348 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 22 of 22 results
Source: Stadt Bad Bentheim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 16:02. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03456001/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bad Bentheim
- Spickmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag58.2%
- Dr. Pannen, SPD41.8%
Turnout 57.7% · 13,348 eligible voters · Official final result · 22 of 22 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bad Bentheim
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU36.9%
- SPD33.1%
- GRÜNE11.1%
- AfD10.5%
- Die Linke3.6%
- FDP3.4%
- IPG1.4%
Turnout 57.5% · 13,391 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD35.9%
- Terhorst, CDU33.2%
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag30.9%
Turnout 57.5% · 13,391 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
Second votes in Bad Bentheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.0%+4.9
- SPD25.5%+2.5
- AfD13.9%-3.9
- Grüne10.2%-1.3
- Linke6.6%-1.5
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.8%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,894 | 33.0% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+4.9) | 22.6% (+10.4) |
| SPD | 2,240 | 25.5% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+2.5) | 16.4% (+9.1) |
| AfD | 1,222 | 13.9% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-3.9) | 20.8% (-6.9) |
| Grüne | 894 | 10.2% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-1.3) | 11.6% (-1.4) |
| Linke | 576 | 6.6% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.5) | 8.8% (-2.2) |
| FDP | 414 | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 296 | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 51 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 34 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 159 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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.
Bad Bentheim: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Bentheim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.