Belm: 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 Belm with 30.9% (8 of 26 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Belm with 26.9% of the second votes, AfD took 22.7%.
- Turnout81.8% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,370 of 10,231 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.9 · Grüne −1.6 · CDU −1.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency39 Stadt Osnabrück
2026 local elections in Belm
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Belm, as of 15.09.2026 15:15. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 30.9% · 8 of 26 seats
- MayorMarcus Hensing (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 66.1%
- District council, votes from BelmCDU 26.7%
- Turnout59.7% · district council election 59.6%
- CDU30.9% · 8 seats
- SPD26.8% · 7 seats
- UWG19.2% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE18.0% · 5 seats
- FDP5.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 59.7% · 10,979 eligible voters · 26 seats · Preliminary official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Gemeinde Belm, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 15:15. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03459008/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Belm
- Hensing, Einzelwahlvorschlag66.1%
- Strootmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag34.0%
Turnout 59.7% · 10,979 eligible voters · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Belm
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU26.7%
- SPD21.4%
- AfD17.9%
- GRÜNE14.9%
- UWG6.9%
- Die Linke5.1%
- FDP3.3%
- BSW2.1%
- Volt1.0%
- CDW/W0.7%
Turnout 59.6% · 11,011 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag34.3%
- Spieker, CDU19.8%
- Dilge, AfD19.1%
- Bartz, SPD15.7%
- Frerker, Die Linke7.4%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.6%
Turnout 59.5% · 11,011 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Belm
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.9%-1.2
- AfD22.7%+4.9
- SPD22.6%-0.4
- Grüne9.9%-1.6
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,243 | 26.9% | 32.1% | 28.1% (-1.2) | 22.6% (+4.3) |
| AfD | 1,889 | 22.7% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+4.9) | 20.8% (+1.9) |
| SPD | 1,881 | 22.6% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-0.4) | 16.4% (+6.2) |
| Grüne | 824 | 9.9% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-1.6) | 11.6% (-1.7) |
| Linke | 581 | 7.0% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| BSW | 352 | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 279 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 74 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 41 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 162 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.2% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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.
Belm: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Belm highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.