Bramsche: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Bramsche with 39.5% (14 of 36 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Bramsche with 27.2% of the second votes, CDU took 24.3%.
- Turnout83.0% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters19,443 of 23,421 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +4.2 · CDU −3.8 · AfD +0.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency38 Osnabrück-Land
2026 local elections in Bramsche
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bramsche, as of 22.09.2026 14:29. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 39.5% · 14 of 36 seats
- Mayor: run-offRehling 49.7% v Kuhlmann 35.6% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from BramscheSPD 34.7%
- Turnout65.4% · district council election 65.2%
- SPD39.5% · 14 seats
- CDU22.3% · 8 seats
- AfD15.4% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE14.1% · 5 seats
- FDP3.5% · 1 seat
- Volt2.7% · 1 seat
- Die Linke2.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 65.4% · 24,735 eligible voters · 36 seats · Official final result · 45 of 45 results
Source: Stadt Bramsche, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 14:29. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03459014/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bramsche
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Rehling and Kuhlmann. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Rehling, SPD49.7%
- Kuhlmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag35.6%
- Strunk, CDU14.7%
Turnout 65.4% · 24,735 eligible voters · Official final result · 45 of 45 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bramsche
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD34.7%
- CDU21.4%
- AfD15.3%
- GRÜNE13.7%
- Die Linke5.6%
- FDP4.1%
- BSW2.0%
- Volt1.9%
- UWG0.8%
- FREIE WÄHLER0.6%
Turnout 65.2% · 24,785 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag30.7%
- Bartz, SPD24.2%
- Spieker, CDU17.1%
- Dilge, AfD16.6%
- Frerker, Die Linke8.3%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.1%
Turnout 65.3% · 24,785 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
Second votes in Bramsche
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD27.2%+4.2
- CDU24.3%-3.8
- AfD18.4%+0.6
- Grüne11.1%-0.4
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 5,257 | 27.2% | 23.1% | 23.0% (+4.2) | 16.4% (+10.8) |
| CDU | 4,711 | 24.3% | 32.1% | 28.1% (-3.8) | 22.6% (+1.7) |
| AfD | 3,563 | 18.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+0.6) | 20.8% (-2.4) |
| Grüne | 2,147 | 11.1% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-0.4) | 11.6% (-0.5) |
| Linke | 1,472 | 7.6% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 820 | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 763 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 137 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 87 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 400 | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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.
Bramsche: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bramsche highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.