Delmenhorst, Stadt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Delmenhorst with 23.7% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 23.7%. Below, the results of all 1 municipalities.
- Turnout77.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters42,301 of 54,470 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonySPD +0.7 · AfD +5.9 · CDU −4.9 · Linke +0.3
- SPD range across municipalities23.7% to 23.7%
2026 local elections in Delmenhorst, Stadt
On 13 September 2026, the city council was newly elected, along with the lord mayor. Preliminary official final result, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 23.8% · 11 of 44 seats
- Lord mayor: run-offGerlach 44.6% v Mittag 30.1% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout53.6%
- SPD23.8% · 11 seats
- AfD23.4% · 10 seats
- CDU21.3% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE8.4% · 4 seats
- Die Linke7.9% · 4 seats
- FDP7.4% · 3 seats
- DL3.3% · 1 seat
- BSW2.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 53.6% · 59,427 eligible voters · 44 seats · Preliminary official final result · 67 of 67 results
Source: Stadt Delmenhorst, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03401000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Gerlach and Mittag. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Gerlach, CDU44.6%
- Mittag, SPD30.1%
- Kuty, DL13.4%
- Paschke, Die Linke11.9%
Turnout 53.5% · 59,427 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 67 of 67 results
Second votes in Delmenhorst
Deviation from the state result in points.
- SPD23.7%+0.7
- AfD23.7%+5.9
- CDU23.2%-4.9
- Linke8.4%+0.3
- Grüne7.7%-3.8
- BSW5.5%+1.7
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Delmenhorst
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Delmenhorst
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: SPD 23.7 to 23.7%, AfD 23.7 to 23.7%, CDU 23.2 to 23.2%, Linke 8.4 to 8.4%, Grüne 7.7 to 7.7%, BSW 5.5 to 5.5%, FDP 3.8 to 3.8%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | SPD | AfD | CDU | Linke | Grüne | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmenhorst | 42,301 | 77.7% | 23.7 | 23.7 | 23.2 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.