Wietmarschen: 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 Wietmarschen with 72.8% (22 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wietmarschen with 48.7% of the second votes, SPD took 16.7%.
- Turnout90.4% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,605 of 9,522 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +20.6 · SPD −6.3 · Grüne −5.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
2026 local elections in Wietmarschen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wietmarschen, as of 24.09.2026 09:33. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 72.8% · 22 of 30 seats
- MayorManfred Wellen (CDU), 73.5%
- District council, votes from WietmarschenCDU 61.4%
- Turnout71.0% · district council election 70.8%
- CDU72.8% · 22 seats
- SPD13.4% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE8.4% · 2 seats
- FDP5.4% · 2 seats
Turnout 71.0% · 10,101 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Gemeinde Wietmarschen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 09:33. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03456025/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Wietmarschen
- Wellen, CDU73.5%
- Gundelach, SPD26.5%
Turnout 71.0% · 10,101 eligible voters · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Wietmarschen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU61.4%
- SPD12.7%
- AfD10.3%
- GRÜNE8.1%
Turnout 70.8% · 10,121 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
- Terhorst, CDU55.4%
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag23.7%
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD20.9%
Turnout 70.8% · 10,121 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Wietmarschen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU48.7%+20.6
- SPD16.7%-6.3
- AfD13.6%-4.2
- Grüne6.4%-5.1
- FDP4.9%+0.8
- Linke4.8%-3.3
- BSW2.8%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others1.3%-0.9
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,176 | 48.7% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+20.6) | 22.6% (+26.1) |
| SPD | 1,433 | 16.7% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-6.3) | 16.4% (+0.3) |
| AfD | 1,167 | 13.6% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-4.2) | 20.8% (-7.2) |
| Grüne | 545 | 6.4% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-5.1) | 11.6% (-5.2) |
| FDP | 419 | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+0.8) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| Linke | 409 | 4.8% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-3.3) | 8.8% (-4.0) |
| BSW | 237 | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-1.0) | 5.0% (-2.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 50 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 24 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 114 | 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.
Wietmarschen: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wietmarschen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.