Bad Rothenfelde: 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 Rothenfelde with 36.4% (7 of 20 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Rothenfelde with 33.9% of the second votes, SPD took 22.1%.
- Turnout80.6% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,909 of 6,089 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +5.8 · Grüne −1.9 · Linke −1.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency38 Osnabrück-Land
2026 local elections in Bad Rothenfelde
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Rothenfelde, as of 24.09.2026 09:35. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 36.4% · 7 of 20 seats
- MayorDirk Rauschkolb (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 84.2%
- District council, votes from Bad RothenfeldeCDU 37.7%
- Turnout53.2% · district council election 52.7%
- CDU36.4% · 7 seats
- SPD22.2% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE19.2% · 4 seats
- AfD14.0% · 3 seats
- FDP8.2% · 2 seats
Turnout 53.2% · 6,989 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 9 of 9 results
Source: Gemeinde Bad Rothenfelde, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 09:35. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03459006/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bad Rothenfelde
- Rauschkolb, Einzelwahlvorschlag84.2%
- Nein-Stimmen15.8%
Turnout 53.3% · 6,989 eligible voters · Official final result · 9 of 9 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bad Rothenfelde
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.7%
- SPD18.4%
- GRÜNE16.6%
- AfD14.2%
- FDP6.4%
- Die Linke4.2%
- BSW1.6%
- UWG0.9%
Turnout 52.7% · 7,033 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag42.8%
- Spieker, CDU24.4%
- Dilge, AfD14.2%
- Bartz, SPD11.1%
- Frerker, Die Linke4.4%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.2%
Turnout 52.7% · 7,033 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
Second votes in Bad Rothenfelde
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.9%+5.8
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- AfD17.0%-0.8
- Grüne9.6%-1.9
- Linke6.3%-1.8
- FDP5.4%+1.3
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,652 | 33.9% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+5.8) | 22.6% (+11.3) |
| SPD | 1,076 | 22.1% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-0.9) | 16.4% (+5.7) |
| AfD | 829 | 17.0% | 16.9% | 17.8% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 466 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-1.9) | 11.6% (-2.0) |
| Linke | 307 | 6.3% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.8) | 8.8% (-2.5) |
| FDP | 263 | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.1% (+1.3) | 4.3% (+1.1) |
| BSW | 147 | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.8) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 45 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 14 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 80 | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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.
Bad Rothenfelde: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Rothenfelde highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.