Voltlage: 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 Voltlage with 88.9% (10 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Voltlage with 54.3% of the second votes, SPD took 16.7%.
- Turnout70.6% · Osnabrück (Wkr. 038, 039) 84.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters986 of 1,397 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +26.2 · SPD −6.3 · AfD −5.4
- 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 Voltlage
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Voltlage, as of 13.09.2026 21:24. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 88.9% · 10 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 66.3% in the Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NeuenkirchenCDU 56.9%
- Turnout76.9% · district council election 69.1%
- CDU88.9% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE11.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 76.9% · 1,466 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:24. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034595404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Neuenkirchen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- CDU66.3% · 17 seats
- FDP12.2% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE11.0% · 3 seats
- SPD10.6% · 3 seats
Turnout 69.2% · 8,364 eligible voters · 26 seats · Official final result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:18. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Osnabrück is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU56.9%
- AfD13.2%
- SPD10.3%
- FDP7.6%
- GRÜNE6.2%
- Die Linke2.6%
- UWG1.3%
- BSW0.9%
- Volt0.5%
- FREIE WÄHLER0.4%
Turnout 69.1% · 8,395 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Spieker, CDU43.0%
- Kebschull, Einzelwahlvorschlag23.6%
- Dilge, AfD14.7%
- Bartz, SPD10.7%
- Frerker, Die Linke4.1%
- Dr. Koch, FDP3.9%
Turnout 68.9% · 8,395 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Voltlage
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU54.3%+26.2
- SPD16.7%-6.3
- AfD12.4%-5.4
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- FDP3.2%-0.9
- Linke2.9%-5.2
- BSW1.5%-2.3
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others1.4%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 533 | 54.3% | 32.1% | 28.1% (+26.2) | 22.6% (+31.7) |
| SPD | 164 | 16.7% | 23.1% | 23.0% (-6.3) | 16.4% (+0.3) |
| AfD | 122 | 12.4% | 16.9% | 17.8% (-5.4) | 20.8% (-8.4) |
| Grüne | 68 | 6.9% | 10.3% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| FDP | 31 | 3.2% | 4.2% | 4.1% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 28 | 2.9% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-5.2) | 8.8% (-5.9) |
| BSW | 15 | 1.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-2.3) | 5.0% (-3.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 14 | 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 Neuenkirchen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Voltlage. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Voltlage only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,688 postal voters, which is 25.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.1%
- Voters6,738 of 7,828 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.1% · 1,688
- Member municipalities3
- CDU48.3%-6.0
- AfD17.3%+4.9
- SPD15.0%-1.7
- Grüne6.2%-0.7
- FDP4.4%+1.2
- Linke3.6%+0.7
- BSW2.7%+1.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.4
- Volt0.3%+0.1
- Others1.4%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Voltlage.
| Party | Polling station Voltlage | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 533 (54.3%) | 847 (50.2%) | 3,236 | 48.3% |
| AfD | 122 (12.4%) | 168 (10.0%) | 1,159 | 17.3% |
| SPD | 164 (16.7%) | 318 (18.8%) | 1,004 | 15.0% |
| Grüne | 68 (6.9%) | 119 (7.0%) | 419 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 31 (3.2%) | 68 (4.0%) | 294 | 4.4% |
| Linke | 28 (2.9%) | 56 (3.3%) | 242 | 3.6% |
| BSW | 15 (1.5%) | 53 (3.1%) | 183 | 2.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (0.4%) | 23 (1.4%) | 54 | 0.8% |
| Others | 14 (1.4%) | 30 (1.8%) | 93 | 1.4% |
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.
Voltlage: location in the Osnabrück district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Voltlage highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Neuenkirchen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.