Osnabrück, Stadt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Osnabrück with 23.8% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 22.6%. Below, the results of all 1 municipalities.
- Lord MayorKatharina Pötter (CDU), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout82.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters99,407 of 120,138 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonySPD +0.8 · CDU −5.5 · Grüne +7.2 · Linke +5.6
- SPD range across municipalities23.8% to 23.8%
2026 local elections in Osnabrück, Stadt
On 13 September 2026, the city council was newly elected, along with the lord mayor. Preliminary official final result, as of 14.09.2026 12:46. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilGRÜNE 24.7% · 12 of 50 seats
- Lord mayor: run-offPötter 42.2% v Bajus 22.3% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout62.0%
- GRÜNE24.7% · 12 seats
- CDU24.5% · 12 seats
- SPD20.0% · 10 seats
- Die Linke12.7% · 6 seats
- AfD8.5% · 4 seats
- FDP4.3% · 2 seats
- Volt2.7% · 2 seats
- BSW1.5% · 1 seat
- UWG1.1% · 1 seat
- dieBasis LV0.0%
- PdH0.0%
Turnout 62.0% · 128,031 eligible voters · 50 seats · Preliminary official final result · 157 of 157 results
Source: Stadt Osnabrück, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 12:46. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03404000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Pötter and Bajus. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Pötter, CDU42.2%
- Bajus, GRÜNE22.3%
- Alferink, SPD17.1%
- Dr. Groß, Die Linke8.4%
- Wassermann, AfD Niedersachsen7.8%
- Hasskamp, FDP2.2%
Turnout 61.9% · 128,031 eligible voters · Official final result · 157 of 157 results
Second votes in Osnabrück
Deviation from the state result in points.
- SPD23.8%+0.8
- CDU22.6%-5.5
- Grüne18.7%+7.2
- Linke13.7%+5.6
- AfD10.1%-7.7
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Volt1.0%+0.4
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others1.9%-0.3
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 Osnabrück
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Osnabrück
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: SPD 23.8 to 23.8%, CDU 22.6 to 22.6%, Grüne 18.7 to 18.7%, Linke 13.7 to 13.7%, AfD 10.1 to 10.1%, FDP 4.2 to 4.2%, BSW 3.6 to 3.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | SPD | CDU | Grüne | Linke | AfD | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osnabrück | 99,407 | 82.7% | 23.8 | 22.6 | 18.7 | 13.7 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.