Wilsum: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Holger Schoneveld became the largest group on the council of Wilsum with 40.8%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wilsum with 54.0% of the second votes, SPD took 19.5%.
- Turnout78.9% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters823 of 1,043 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +25.9 · AfD −10.0 · Linke −5.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Wilsum
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wilsum, as of 24.09.2026 08:09. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilHolger Schoneveld 40.8%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 56.0% in the Samtgemeinde Uelsen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde UelsenCDU 52.7%
- Turnout70.5% · district council election 67.4%
- Holger Schoneveld40.8%
- Jonas Ensink7.5%
- Lisa Harsmann7.2%
- Frank Hölter6.7%
- Gerrit Bergjan6.5%
- Friedchen Harsmann5.0%
- Mathilda Snieder4.8%
- Jutta Aufderhaar4.5%
- Hans Gageler4.3%
- Guido Eggengoor3.7%
- Jürgen Timmerhuis3.7%
- Guido Wolbink3.6%
- Alexander Mersch1.8%
Turnout 70.5% · 1,304 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Uelsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 08:09. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034565404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Uelsen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Uelsen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 28 seats
- CDU56.0% · 16 seats
- SPD23.8% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 2 seats
- AfD7.1% · 2 seats
- UWG Uelsen4.4% · 1 seat
Turnout 67.7% · 9,399 eligible voters · 28 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kamphuis, Einzelbewerber85.0%
- Nein-Stimmen15.0%
Turnout 67.6% · 9,399 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Uelsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 08:09. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Uelsen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU52.7%
- SPD25.6%
- AfD8.3%
- GRÜNE7.4%
Turnout 67.4% · 9,437 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag40.6%
- Terhorst, CDU34.9%
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD24.5%
Turnout 67.4% · 9,437 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Wilsum
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU54.0%+25.9
- SPD19.5%-3.5
- AfD7.8%-10.0
- Grüne7.6%-3.9
- FDP5.6%+1.5
- Linke2.7%-5.4
- BSW1.3%-2.5
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others0.6%-1.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 443 | 54.0% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+25.9) | 22.6% (+31.4) |
| SPD | 160 | 19.5% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-3.5) | 16.4% (+3.1) |
| AfD | 64 | 7.8% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-10.0) | 20.8% (-13.0) |
| Grüne | 62 | 7.6% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-3.9) | 11.6% (-4.0) |
| FDP | 46 | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4.1% (+1.5) | 4.3% (+1.3) |
| Linke | 22 | 2.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-5.4) | 8.8% (-6.1) |
| BSW | 11 | 1.3% | 3.2% | 3.8% (-2.5) | 5.0% (-3.7) |
| Volt | 4 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 5 | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.6) | 10.6% (-10.0) |
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 Uelsen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Uelsen are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Wilsum. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Wilsum only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 990 postal voters, which is 14.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association89.3%
- Voters6,699 of 7,499 eligible voters
- Postal vote share14.8% · 990
- Member municipalities7
- CDU43.7%-10.3
- SPD24.1%+4.6
- AfD10.5%+2.7
- Grüne7.7%+0.1
- Linke5.4%+2.7
- FDP4.6%-1.0
- BSW2.0%+0.7
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.2
- Others1.2%+0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Wilsum.
| Party | Polling station Wilsum | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Uelsen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 443 (54.0%) | 422 (42.7%) | 2,917 | 43.7% |
| SPD | 160 (19.5%) | 249 (25.2%) | 1,608 | 24.1% |
| AfD | 64 (7.8%) | 79 (8.0%) | 703 | 10.5% |
| Grüne | 62 (7.6%) | 110 (11.1%) | 512 | 7.7% |
| Linke | 22 (2.7%) | 45 (4.6%) | 358 | 5.4% |
| FDP | 46 (5.6%) | 43 (4.4%) | 307 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 11 (1.3%) | 26 (2.6%) | 135 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (0.4%) | 4 (0.4%) | 41 | 0.6% |
| Others | 5 (0.6%) | 9 (0.9%) | 78 | 1.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- GeteloCDU 50.7%
- GölenkampCDU 57.0%
- HalleCDU 49.6%
- ItterbeckCDU 49.6%
- UelsenCDU 36.4%
- WielenCDU 45.9%
- WilsumCDU 54.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Wilsum: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wilsum highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Uelsen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.