Ostercappeln: 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 Ostercappeln with 52.6% (13 of 24 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ostercappeln with 30.7% of the second votes, SPD took 21.9%.
- Turnout84.9% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,501 of 7,654 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency38 Osnabrück-Land
2026 local elections in Ostercappeln
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ostercappeln, as of 15.09.2026 17:06. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 52.6% · 13 of 24 seats
- MayorErik Ballmeyer (CDU), 67.3%
- District council, votes from OstercappelnCDU 38.8%
- Turnout63.6% · district council election 63.4%
- CDU52.6% · 13 seats
- GRÜNE20.8% · 5 seats
- SPD13.5% · 3 seats
- UWG Ostercappeln7.7% · 2 seats
- Ostmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag5.4%
Turnout 63.6% · 7,973 eligible voters · 24 seats · Preliminary official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Gemeinde Ostercappeln, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 17:06. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03459029/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Ostercappeln
- Ballmeyer, CDU67.3%
- Guth, GRÜNE32.7%
Turnout 63.5% · 7,974 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 15 of 15 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Ostercappeln
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU38.8%
- GRÜNE20.9%
- SPD15.7%
- AfD12.7%
- UWG3.6%
- Die Linke3.5%
- FDP2.1%
Turnout 63.4% · 8,004 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag35.6%
- Spieker, CDU27.1%
- Dilge, AfD14.9%
- Bartz, SPD13.3%
- Frerker, Die Linke6.4%
- Dr. Koch, FDP2.7%
Turnout 63.4% · 8,004 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Ostercappeln
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.7%+2.6
- SPD21.9%-1.1
- AfD18.4%+0.6
- Grüne11.0%-0.5
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,987 | 30.7% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+2.6) | 22.6% (+8.1) |
| SPD | 1,419 | 21.9% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-1.1) | 16.4% (+5.5) |
| AfD | 1,193 | 18.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% (+0.6) | 20.8% (-2.4) |
| Grüne | 712 | 11.0% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-0.5) | 11.6% (-0.6) |
| Linke | 401 | 6.2% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| BSW | 271 | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 238 | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 96 | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 22 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 130 | 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.
Ostercappeln: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ostercappeln highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.