Melle: 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 Melle with 34.6% (14 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Melle with 30.8% of the second votes, SPD took 23.5%.
- MayorJutta Dettmann (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout85.7% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters30,503 of 35,602 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −3.8 · CDU +2.7 · Grüne +1.0
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency38 Osnabrück-Land
2026 local elections in Melle
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Melle, as of 18.09.2026 11:19. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 34.6% · 14 of 40 seats
- Mayor: run-offDettmann 39.1% v Oberwestberg 38.6% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from MelleCDU 34.3%
- Turnout67.0% · district council election 66.9%
- CDU34.6% · 14 seats
- SPD25.8% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE16.8% · 7 seats
- AfD10.4% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.6% · 2 seats
- FDP4.3% · 2 seats
- UWG Melle3.2% · 1 seat
- Huth, Einzelwahlvorschlag0.3%
Turnout 67.0% · 37,796 eligible voters · 40 seats · Official final result · 54 of 54 results
Source: Stadt Melle, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 11:19. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03459024/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Melle
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Dettmann and Oberwestberg. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Dettmann, SPD39.1%
- Oberwestberg, CDU38.6%
- Winkelmann, AfD Niedersachsen9.8%
- Pischedda, GRÜNE9.4%
- Schröter, FDP3.1%
Turnout 67.0% · 37,796 eligible voters · Official final result · 54 of 54 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Melle
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU34.3%
- SPD24.8%
- GRÜNE16.3%
- AfD10.9%
- Die Linke4.5%
- FDP4.4%
- UWG2.6%
Turnout 66.9% · 37,855 eligible voters · 54 of 54 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag34.9%
- Spieker, CDU25.6%
- Bartz, SPD17.5%
- Dilge, AfD12.0%
- Frerker, Die Linke6.7%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.3%
Turnout 66.9% · 37,855 eligible voters · 54 of 54 results
Second votes in Melle
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.8%+2.7
- SPD23.5%+0.5
- AfD14.0%-3.8
- Grüne12.5%+1.0
- Linke7.5%-0.6
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 9,366 | 30.8% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+2.7) | 22.6% (+8.2) |
| SPD | 7,128 | 23.5% | 23.1% | 23.0% (+0.5) | 16.4% (+7.1) |
| AfD | 4,257 | 14.0% | 16.9% | 17.8% (-3.8) | 20.8% (-6.8) |
| Grüne | 3,806 | 12.5% | 10.3% | 11.5% (+1.0) | 11.6% (+0.9) |
| Linke | 2,270 | 7.5% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-1.3) |
| FDP | 1,418 | 4.7% | 4.2% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 1,024 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 298 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 164 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 641 | 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.
Melle: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Melle highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.