Grafschaft Bentheim: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Grafschaft Bentheim with 35.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 24.4%. Below, the results of all 25 municipalities.
- District AdministratorFriedrich Kethorn (CDU), since 2004 · Wikidata
- Turnout84.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters83,044 of 98,058 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +7.4 · SPD +1.4 · AfD −3.4 · Grüne −2.7
- CDU range across municipalities28.1% to 63.9%
2026 local elections in Grafschaft Bentheim
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 24.09.2026 09:33. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 39.0% · 19 of 50 seats
- District administrator: run-offSchmidt 33.9% v Pünt-Kohoff 33.6% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout60.9%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)4 with their own council
- CDU39.0% · 19 seats
- SPD27.3% · 14 seats
- AfD11.5% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE10.6% · 5 seats
- IPG4.4% · 2 seats
- Die Linke3.8% · 2 seats
- FDP3.4% · 2 seats
Turnout 60.9% · 114,317 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 141 of 141 results
Source: Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 09:33. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03456000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Schmidt and Pünt-Kohoff. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag33.9%
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD33.6%
- Terhorst, CDU32.5%
Turnout 60.9% · 114,317 eligible voters · Official final result · 141 of 141 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | GRÜNE | IPG | Die Linke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Bad Bentheim | 57.5% | 36.9% | 33.1% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 1.4% | 3.6% |
| Stadt Nordhorn | 56.6% | 24.4% | 32.9% | 13.4% | 12.1% | 9.6% | 4.9% |
| Gemeinde Wietmarschen | 70.8% | 61.4% | 12.7% | 10.3% | 8.1% | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Samtgemeinde Emlichheim | 64.6% | 53.4% | 21.2% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus | 63.4% | 44.2% | 24.1% | 11.6% | 10.7% | 1.7% | 3.5% |
| Samtgemeinde Schüttorf | 60.9% | 36.5% | 27.6% | 14.2% | 12.4% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Samtgemeinde Uelsen | 67.4% | 52.7% | 25.6% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Samtgemeinde councils in Grafschaft Bentheim
- Samtgemeinde EmlichheimCouncil: CDU 55.5%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Breukelman 50.7%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde NeuenhausCouncil: CDU 47.6%, 32 seats · mayoral election: Kramer 70.8%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde SchüttorfCouncil: CDU 36.1%, 32 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde UelsenCouncil: CDU 56.0%, 28 seats · mayoral election: Kamphuis 85.0%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Grafschaft Bentheim
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU35.5%+7.4
- SPD24.4%+1.4
- AfD14.4%-3.4
- Grüne8.8%-2.7
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- BSW3.2%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others1.7%-0.5
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 Grafschaft Bentheim
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Grafschaft Bentheim
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 28.1 to 63.9%, SPD 8.8 to 28.7%, AfD 4.5 to 19.1%, Grüne 4.1 to 10.2%, Linke 1.3 to 7.9%, FDP 1.9 to 9.3%, BSW 0.7 to 4.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordhorn | 31,937 | 81.4% | 29.8 | 26.2 | 16.0 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Bad Bentheim | 8,817 | 83.8% | 33.0 | 25.5 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| Wietmarschen | 8,605 | 90.4% | 48.7 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| Schüttorf | 6,497 | 69.4% | 28.1 | 25.6 | 19.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Neuenhaus | 5,119 | 68.7% | 31.5 | 24.5 | 17.4 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Emlichheim | 3,363 | 69.6% | 38.7 | 26.8 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 2.7 |
| Uelsen | 2,942 | 72.8% | 36.4 | 27.3 | 12.8 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
| Briefwahl SG Schüttorf | 1,640 | – | 33.7 | 28.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Hoogstede | 1,590 | 74.4% | 46.2 | 23.1 | 10.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl SG Emlichheim | 1,523 | – | 42.6 | 24.4 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Neuenhaus | 1,515 | – | 35.3 | 25.0 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| Ringe | 1,013 | 78.5% | 46.4 | 20.5 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl SG Uelsen | 990 | – | 42.7 | 25.2 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
| Itterbeck | 861 | 78.3% | 49.6 | 20.7 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 2.0 |
| Wilsum | 823 | 78.9% | 54.0 | 19.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 1.3 |
| Laar | 792 | 75.3% | 58.4 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 1.0 |
| Georgsdorf | 681 | 70.8% | 42.3 | 20.6 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Osterwald | 666 | 80.2% | 55.3 | 19.9 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 |
| Lage | 568 | 77.5% | 34.6 | 28.3 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| Samern | 450 | 73.6% | 42.1 | 22.7 | 14.5 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 2.2 |
| Quendorf | 366 | 80.8% | 41.9 | 24.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Gölenkamp | 364 | 84.1% | 57.0 | 16.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| Ohne | 355 | 77.0% | 42.9 | 24.9 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| Halle | 340 | 81.3% | 49.6 | 20.9 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 0.9 |
| Isterberg | 324 | 74.0% | 52.8 | 17.6 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| Esche | 296 | 72.7% | 54.1 | 19.6 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| Engden | 228 | 80.9% | 63.9 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Getelo | 222 | 79.6% | 50.7 | 19.9 | 11.8 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Wielen | 157 | 84.9% | 45.9 | 28.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
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.