Nordhorn: 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 Nordhorn with 28.2% (12 of 42 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Nordhorn with 29.8% of the second votes, SPD took 26.2%.
- Turnout81.4% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters31,937 of 39,216 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +3.2 · AfD −1.8 · CDU +1.7
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
2026 local elections in Nordhorn
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Nordhorn, as of 18.09.2026 12:54. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 28.2% · 12 of 42 seats
- Mayor: run-offMeier 37.9% v van den Berg 27.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from NordhornSPD 32.9%
- Turnout56.7% · district council election 56.6%
- SPD28.2% · 12 seats
- CDU23.3% · 10 seats
- B!FN14.1% · 6 seats
- AfD12.9% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE10.0% · 4 seats
- IPG5.1% · 2 seats
- Die Linke4.4% · 2 seats
- FDP2.0% · 1 seat
- Zecher, Einzelwahlvorschlag0.2%
Turnout 56.7% · 44,478 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 43 of 43 results
Source: Stadt Nordhorn, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 12:54. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03456015/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Nordhorn
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Meier and van den Berg. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Meier, B!FN37.9%
- van den Berg, SPD27.8%
- Binnewies, CDU19.9%
- Naber, Einzelwahlvorschlag14.4%
Turnout 56.7% · 44,478 eligible voters · Official final result · 43 of 43 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Nordhorn
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.9%
- CDU24.4%
- AfD13.4%
- GRÜNE12.1%
- IPG9.6%
- Die Linke4.9%
- FDP2.7%
Turnout 56.6% · 44,552 eligible voters · 43 of 43 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD40.5%
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag36.9%
- Terhorst, CDU22.7%
Turnout 56.7% · 44,552 eligible voters · 43 of 43 results
Second votes in Nordhorn
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.8%+1.7
- SPD26.2%+3.2
- AfD16.0%-1.8
- Grüne9.9%-1.6
- Linke7.3%-0.8
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 9,473 | 29.8% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+1.7) | 22.6% (+7.2) |
| SPD | 8,322 | 26.2% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+3.2) | 16.4% (+9.8) |
| AfD | 5,076 | 16.0% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-1.8) | 20.8% (-4.8) |
| Grüne | 3,142 | 9.9% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-1.6) | 11.6% (-1.7) |
| Linke | 2,318 | 7.3% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-0.8) | 8.8% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 1,394 | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 1,113 | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 174 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 117 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 629 | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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.
Nordhorn: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Nordhorn highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.