Fürstenau: 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 Fürstenau with 36.6% (8 of 21 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Fürstenau with 33.3% of the second votes, AfD took 26.4%.
- Turnout61.8% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,393 of 7,106 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +8.6 · Grüne −6.2 · CDU +5.2
- 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 Fürstenau
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Fürstenau, as of 16.09.2026 07:42. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 36.6% · 8 of 21 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 41.6% in the Samtgemeinde Fürstenau
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde FürstenauSPD 36.5%
- Turnout62.3% · district council election 67.1%
- SPD36.6% · 8 seats
- CDU32.2% · 7 seats
- AfD18.3% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE7.1% · 1 seat
- FDP5.8% · 1 seat
Turnout 62.3% · 7,725 eligible voters · 21 seats · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fürstenau, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 07:42. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034595403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Fürstenau
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Fürstenau, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- SPD41.6% · 11 seats
- CDU33.8% · 9 seats
- AfD15.1% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE5.4% · 1 seat
- FDP4.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 67.2% · 13,229 eligible voters · 26 seats · Official final result · 30 of 30 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Wübbel, SPD55.2%
- Dr. Peiß, Einzelwahlvorschlag16.5%
- Stegemann, CDU13.2%
- Meyer, AfD Niedersachsen13.0%
- Albers, FDP2.2%
Turnout 67.2% · 13,229 eligible voters · Official final result · 30 of 30 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fürstenau, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 07:42. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Fürstenau
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD36.5%
- CDU33.4%
- AfD15.6%
- GRÜNE4.4%
- FDP4.4%
- Die Linke3.0%
- BSW1.3%
- UWG0.7%
- Volt0.5%
- dieBasis LV0.2%
Turnout 67.1% · 13,268 eligible voters · 30 of 30 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Bartz, SPD27.1%
- Spieker, CDU25.6%
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag22.6%
- Dilge, AfD16.8%
- Frerker, Die Linke5.1%
- Dr. Koch, FDP2.9%
Turnout 67.0% · 13,268 eligible voters · 30 of 30 results
Second votes in Fürstenau
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU33.3%+5.2
- AfD26.4%+8.6
- SPD20.4%-2.6
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- Grüne5.3%-6.2
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others1.4%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,454 | 33.3% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+5.2) | 22.6% (+10.7) |
| AfD | 1,151 | 26.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+8.6) | 20.8% (+5.6) |
| SPD | 890 | 20.4% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-2.6) | 16.4% (+4.0) |
| Linke | 249 | 5.7% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| Grüne | 232 | 5.3% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-6.2) | 11.6% (-6.3) |
| FDP | 149 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| BSW | 145 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 27 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 60 | 1.4% | 1.9% | 2.2% (-0.8) | 10.6% (-9.2) |
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 Fürstenau: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Fürstenau are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Fürstenau. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Fürstenau only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,252 postal voters, which is 22.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.9%
- Voters10,188 of 12,293 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.1% · 2,252
- Member municipalities3
- CDU35.1%+1.8
- SPD23.1%+2.7
- AfD20.0%-6.4
- Grüne6.3%+1.0
- Linke5.4%-0.3
- FDP4.4%+1.0
- BSW3.2%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%±0
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others1.6%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Fürstenau.
| Party | Polling station Fürstenau | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Fürstenau total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,454 (33.3%) | 838 (37.3%) | 3,557 | 35.1% |
| SPD | 890 (20.4%) | 593 (26.4%) | 2,345 | 23.1% |
| AfD | 1,151 (26.4%) | 241 (10.7%) | 2,024 | 20.0% |
| Grüne | 232 (5.3%) | 189 (8.4%) | 644 | 6.3% |
| Linke | 249 (5.7%) | 115 (5.1%) | 550 | 5.4% |
| FDP | 149 (3.4%) | 111 (4.9%) | 449 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 145 (3.3%) | 76 (3.4%) | 322 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 27 (0.6%) | 20 (0.9%) | 58 | 0.6% |
| Others | 60 (1.4%) | 54 (2.4%) | 164 | 1.6% |
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.
Fürstenau: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Fürstenau highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Fürstenau shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.