New mayoral parliament: These faces will shape Neu-Ulm 2026!

New mayoral parliament: These faces will shape Neu-Ulm 2026!

What is brewing in the local elections in Bavaria? On March 8, 2026 the time has come - citizens in the Neu-Ulm district are called upon to cast their vote. But this year a big change is coming. Many well-known faces from local politics are no longer running, which increases the chance for new, perhaps younger and more female candidates to make a name for themselves in town halls. [Augsburger Allgemeine](https://www.augsburger- Allgemeine.de/illertissen/kommunalwahl-2026-wer-im-kreis-neu-ulm-buergermeister- Werden-will-eine-uebersicht-112866846) provides an overview of the outgoing officials: Wolfgang Höß (Altenstadt), Joachim Eisenkolb (Elchingen), Erich Winkler (Nersingen), Willibold Graf (Oberroth), Mathias Stölzle (Roggenburg), Norbert Poppele (Unterroth) and Wolfgang Fendt (Weißenhorn) are retiring.

The exact election date is March 8, 2026, and all eligible voters, around 138,500, can cast their votes from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is important to note that nominations can be submitted until January 9, 2026, and approved candidates will be announced on February 3, 2026. Neu-Ulm District provides information about the most important features of this election. A total of 70 mandates in the district council must be filled and the term of office is six years, starting on May 1, 2026.

Candidates and election procedures

The tension is growing! Over 80 candidates want to run in a wide variety of communities in the district, including Neu-Ulm, where there are seven applicants alone. But even in ten places there is only one candidate. An alphabetical overview of the mayoral candidates provides good orientation:

• Altenstadt: Konstantin Zanker (Unabhängige Wähler)
• Bellenberg: Oliver Schönfeld (CSU, SPD)
• Buch: Markus Wöhrle (CSU, Freie Wähler)
• Elchingen:
  • Miriam Gruß (Dorfgemeinschaft Elchingen, UFWG, Freie Wähler, CSU)
  • Daniel Schaefer (Grüne, SPD)
• Holzheim: Thomas Hartmann (CSU, Dorfgemeinschaft)
• Kellmünz: Michael Obst (Wählergemeinschaft Kellmünz)
• Nersingen: Informationen folgen
• Oberroth: Susanne Zanker (Bürgerblock)
• Osterberg: Sebastian Sparwasser (CSU)
• Roggenburg:
  • Manuel Korn (SPD)
  • Thomas Franke (Wählergruppe Biberach, Wählergruppe Ingstetten, Wählergemeinschaft Meßhofen/Roggenburg, Überparteiliche Wählervereinigung)
• Schießen:
  • Claudia Schäfer-Rudolf (CSU)
  • Andreas Büch (SPD)
• Unterroth: Josef Lessmann (Dorfgemeinschaft Unterroth)
• Vöhringen: Informationen folgen
• Weißenhorn:
  • Kerstin Lutz (CSU)
  • Sven Ticks (WÜW, SPD)

The voting process is made easier by various options. According to Statistics Bavaria, there are several options for voting: from variegation, where you can choose from different lists, to cumulation, where you can cast up to three votes for specific candidates. So it is up to the voters how they make their decisions.

The offer is enormous and voters are spoiled for choice! The interactive sample ballot paper will be available on the district office's homepage from mid-February 2026 so that everyone can go to the polls well prepared. Let's be excited to see how the election in the Neu-Ulm district turns out!