Gifhorn: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Gifhorn with 29.5% (12 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Gifhorn with 26.9% of the second votes, AfD took 22.8%.
- MayorMatthias Nerlich (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout80.4% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters24,242 of 30,147 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +5.0 · Grüne −1.3 · CDU −1.2
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency45 Gifhorn – Peine
2026 local elections in Gifhorn
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Gifhorn, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 29.5% · 12 of 40 seats
- Mayor: run-offNerlich 37.2% v Finck 33.1% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from GifhornSPD 27.9%
- Turnout61.6% · district council election 61.5%
- SPD29.5% · 12 seats
- CDU27.8% · 11 seats
- AfD21.3% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE10.6% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.4% · 2 seats
- FDP2.3% · 1 seat
- ULG2.2% · 1 seat
- ZZZ1.0%
- BSW0.9%
Turnout 61.6% · 31,661 eligible voters · 40 seats · Preliminary result · 47 of 47 results
Source: Stadt Gifhorn, 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/20260913/03151009/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Gifhorn
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Nerlich and Finck. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Nerlich, CDU37.2%
- Finck, SPD33.1%
- Preuß, AfD Niedersachsen20.5%
- Ruder, GRÜNE4.6%
- Zecchino, Die Linke3.1%
- Kleinhans, ZZZ1.5%
Turnout 61.6% · 31,661 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 47 of 47 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Gifhorn
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD27.9%
- CDU26.4%
- AfD21.9%
- GRÜNE11.8%
- Die Linke4.7%
- FDP2.9%
- UNABHÄNGIGE1.6%
- ZZZ0.9%
- Die PARTEI0.8%
- Bündnis C0.7%
- B-In-G0.4%
Turnout 61.5% · 31,750 eligible voters · 47 of 47 results
Second votes in Gifhorn
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.9%-1.2
- AfD22.8%+5.0
- SPD22.5%-0.5
- Grüne10.2%-1.3
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 6,483 | 26.9% | 28.3% | 28.1% (-1.2) | 22.6% (+4.3) |
| AfD | 5,500 | 22.8% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+5.0) | 20.8% (+2.0) |
| SPD | 5,426 | 22.5% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-0.5) | 16.4% (+6.1) |
| Grüne | 2,451 | 10.2% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-1.3) | 11.6% (-1.4) |
| Linke | 1,653 | 6.9% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| BSW | 977 | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 824 | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 138 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 128 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 502 | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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.
Gifhorn: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gifhorn highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.