Badbergen: 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 Badbergen with 23.5% (3 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Badbergen with 26.8% of the second votes, AfD took 25.0%.
- Turnout62.2% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,986 of 3,192 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.2 · Grüne −3.2 · SPD −1.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency38 Osnabrück-Land
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Badbergen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Badbergen, as of 14.09.2026 00:41. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 23.5% · 3 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 28.7% in the Samtgemeinde Artland
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ArtlandSPD 30.1%
- Turnout59.7% · district council election 56.5%
- CDU23.5% · 3 seats
- SPD18.3% · 3 seats
- AfD16.1% · 2 seats
- UWG Badbergen e.V.15.8% · 2 seats
- PWGA11.3% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE10.3% · 2 seats
- FDP4.8% · 1 seat
Turnout 59.7% · 3,998 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Artland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:41. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034595401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Artland
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Artland, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 34 seats
- SPD28.7% · 10 seats
- CDU24.1% · 8 seats
- AfD17.5% · 6 seats
- PWGA9.9% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE8.9% · 3 seats
- FDP4.9% · 2 seats
- UWG Badbergen e.V.2.4% · 1 seat
- Die Linke1.9% · 1 seat
- ULA1.1%
- BSW0.8%
Turnout 56.4% · 19,940 eligible voters · 34 seats · Official final result · 31 of 31 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Wilms and Bürgel.
- Wilms, PWGA33.4%
- Bürgel, SPD30.0%
- Brüggemann, CDU21.1%
- Hartschwager, AfD Niedersachsen15.5%
Turnout 56.5% · 19,940 eligible voters · Official final result · 31 of 31 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Artland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 09:51. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Artland
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD30.1%
- CDU23.1%
- AfD19.5%
- GRÜNE9.3%
- FDP6.9%
- Die Linke4.1%
- UWG4.0%
- BSW2.1%
- Volt0.6%
- dieBasis LV0.3%
Turnout 56.5% · 19,971 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag26.5%
- Bartz, SPD21.6%
- Dilge, AfD21.1%
- Spieker, CDU20.1%
- Frerker, Die Linke6.4%
- Dr. Koch, FDP4.3%
Turnout 56.4% · 19,972 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
Second votes in Badbergen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.8%-1.3
- AfD25.0%+7.2
- SPD21.6%-1.4
- Grüne8.3%-3.2
- Linke6.7%-1.4
- FDP5.1%+1.0
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 530 | 26.8% | 32.1% | 28.1% (-1.3) | 22.6% (+4.2) |
| AfD | 494 | 25.0% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+7.2) | 20.8% (+4.2) |
| SPD | 428 | 21.6% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-1.4) | 16.4% (+5.2) |
| Grüne | 165 | 8.3% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-3.2) | 11.6% (-3.3) |
| Linke | 132 | 6.7% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| FDP | 100 | 5.1% | 4.2% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| BSW | 66 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 16 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 8 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 40 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 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.
Samtgemeinde Artland: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Artland are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Badbergen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Badbergen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,298 postal voters, which is 26.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.8%
- Voters12,599 of 15,588 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.2% · 3,298
- Member municipalities4
- CDU26.7%-0.1
- SPD24.1%+2.5
- AfD22.2%-2.8
- Grüne7.9%-0.4
- Linke7.0%+0.3
- BSW4.6%+1.3
- FDP4.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%±0
- Others2.1%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Badbergen.
| Party | Polling station Badbergen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Artland total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 530 (26.8%) | 1,018 (30.9%) | 3,350 | 26.7% |
| SPD | 428 (21.6%) | 928 (28.2%) | 3,021 | 24.1% |
| AfD | 494 (25.0%) | 400 (12.1%) | 2,784 | 22.2% |
| Grüne | 165 (8.3%) | 308 (9.4%) | 985 | 7.9% |
| Linke | 132 (6.7%) | 192 (5.8%) | 873 | 7.0% |
| BSW | 66 (3.3%) | 144 (4.4%) | 576 | 4.6% |
| FDP | 100 (5.1%) | 159 (4.8%) | 557 | 4.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 16 (0.8%) | 33 (1.0%) | 83 | 0.7% |
| Others | 40 (2.0%) | 90 (2.7%) | 260 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Badbergen: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Badbergen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Artland shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.