Hankensbüttel: 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 Hankensbüttel with 34.5% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hankensbüttel with 26.4% of the second votes, AfD took 25.2%.
- Turnout55.7% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,955 of 3,510 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.4 · Grüne −3.3 · CDU −1.7
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency45 Gifhorn – Peine
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Hankensbüttel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hankensbüttel, as of 14.09.2026 01:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 34.5% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 39.9% in the Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HankensbüttelCDU 37.6%
- Turnout65.5% · district council election 71.4%
- CDU34.5% · 5 seats
- SPD25.4% · 4 seats
- AfD16.5% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 1 seat
- WIH8.1% · 1 seat
- FDP5.3% · 1 seat
- BLH1.5%
Turnout 65.5% · 3,566 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031515403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Hankensbüttel, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- CDU39.9% · 8 seats
- SPD24.6% · 5 seats
- AfD16.6% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE9.6% · 2 seats
- FDP4.3% · 1 seat
- Die Linke3.4% · 1 seat
- BLH1.6%
Turnout 71.4% · 7,247 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Evers, BSH78.5%
- Kalinowski, Einzelbewerber21.5%
Turnout 71.6% · 7,247 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 03:07. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.6%
- SPD22.9%
- AfD18.1%
- GRÜNE10.4%
- FDP4.6%
- Die Linke3.6%
Turnout 71.4% · 7,260 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Hankensbüttel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.4%-1.7
- AfD25.2%+7.4
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 514 | 26.4% | 28.3% | 28.1% (-1.7) | 22.6% (+3.8) |
| AfD | 491 | 25.2% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+7.4) | 20.8% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 430 | 22.1% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-0.9) | 16.4% (+5.7) |
| Grüne | 159 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-3.4) |
| Linke | 148 | 7.6% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 73 | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.1) | 5.0% (-1.3) |
| FDP | 67 | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 13 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 9 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 45 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Hankensbüttel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Hankensbüttel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Hankensbüttel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,755 postal voters, which is 28.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.9%
- Voters6,095 of 7,179 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.8% · 1,755
- Member municipalities5
- CDU32.5%+6.1
- SPD21.2%-0.9
- AfD20.6%-4.6
- Grüne8.6%+0.4
- Linke5.6%-2.0
- FDP4.3%+0.9
- BSW3.3%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.1
- Others2.4%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Hankensbüttel.
| Party | Polling station Hankensbüttel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 514 (26.4%) | 595 (34.1%) | 1,973 | 32.5% |
| SPD | 430 (22.1%) | 440 (25.2%) | 1,285 | 21.2% |
| AfD | 491 (25.2%) | 204 (11.7%) | 1,251 | 20.6% |
| Grüne | 159 (8.2%) | 198 (11.3%) | 523 | 8.6% |
| Linke | 148 (7.6%) | 71 (4.1%) | 341 | 5.6% |
| FDP | 67 (3.4%) | 81 (4.6%) | 260 | 4.3% |
| BSW | 73 (3.7%) | 76 (4.4%) | 201 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 13 (0.7%) | 18 (1.0%) | 64 | 1.1% |
| Others | 45 (2.3%) | 55 (3.1%) | 146 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Hankensbüttel: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hankensbüttel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.