Ehra-Lessien: 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 Ehra-Lessien with 52.2% (6 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ehra-Lessien with 30.8% of the second votes, CDU took 22.5%.
- Turnout71.8% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters946 of 1,317 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +13.0 · CDU −5.6 · Grüne −4.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Ehra-Lessien
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ehra-Lessien, as of 13.09.2026 23:46. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 52.2% · 6 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 32.4% in the Samtgemeinde Brome
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BromeSPD 30.0%
- Turnout64.9% · district council election 67.8%
- CDU52.2% · 6 seats
- SPD40.8% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE7.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.9% · 1,397 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Brome, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:46. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031515402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Brome
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Brome, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD32.4% · 10 seats
- CDU24.1% · 8 seats
- AfD22.3% · 7 seats
- FWG SG Brome8.0% · 3 seats
Turnout 67.8% · 13,206 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Bartels, SPD73.5%
- Fechner, AfD Niedersachsen26.5%
Turnout 67.7% · 13,206 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Brome, 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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Brome
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD30.0%
- AfD25.8%
- CDU24.4%
- GRÜNE8.2%
Turnout 67.8% · 13,222 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Ehra-Lessien
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD30.8%+13.0
- CDU22.5%-5.6
- SPD21.5%-1.5
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke5.4%-2.7
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others4.3%+2.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 291 | 30.8% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+13.0) | 20.8% (+10.0) |
| CDU | 213 | 22.5% | 28.3% | 28.1% (-5.6) | 22.6% (-0.1) |
| SPD | 203 | 21.5% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-1.5) | 16.4% (+5.1) |
| Grüne | 68 | 7.2% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 51 | 5.4% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-2.7) | 8.8% (-3.4) |
| BSW | 39 | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 32 | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 41 | 4.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+2.1) | 10.6% (-6.3) |
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 Brome: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Brome are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ehra-Lessien. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ehra-Lessien only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,455 postal voters, which is 22.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.9%
- Voters10,821 of 12,594 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.7% · 2,455
- Member municipalities7
- CDU28.0%+5.5
- AfD25.8%-5.0
- SPD21.5%±0
- Grüne6.6%-0.6
- Linke5.7%+0.3
- BSW4.3%+0.2
- FDP4.0%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.2
- Volt0.5%+0.1
- Others3.0%-1.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ehra-Lessien.
| Party | Polling station Ehra-Lessien | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Brome total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 213 (22.5%) | 820 (33.6%) | 3,015 | 28.0% |
| AfD | 291 (30.8%) | 396 (16.2%) | 2,774 | 25.8% |
| SPD | 203 (21.5%) | 609 (24.9%) | 2,315 | 21.5% |
| Grüne | 68 (7.2%) | 218 (8.9%) | 708 | 6.6% |
| Linke | 51 (5.4%) | 123 (5.0%) | 615 | 5.7% |
| BSW | 39 (4.1%) | 99 (4.1%) | 459 | 4.3% |
| FDP | 32 (3.4%) | 75 (3.1%) | 432 | 4.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (0.4%) | 19 (0.8%) | 69 | 0.6% |
| Volt | 4 (0.4%) | 11 (0.5%) | 50 | 0.5% |
| Others | 41 (4.3%) | 74 (3.0%) | 328 | 3.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BergfeldCDU 27.4%
- Brome, FleckenAfD 29.8%
- Ehra-LessienAfD 30.8%
- ParsauAfD 30.0%
- RühenAfD 29.7%
- TiddischeCDU 28.6%
- TülauAfD 27.7%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ehra-Lessien: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ehra-Lessien highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Brome shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.