Meinersen: 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 Meinersen with 29.3% (6 of 21 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Meinersen with 26.8% of the second votes, AfD took 25.2%.
- Turnout66.8% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,183 of 6,263 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.4 · SPD −4.3 · Grüne −2.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency45 Gifhorn – Peine
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Meinersen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Meinersen, as of 15.09.2026 16:20. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 29.3% · 6 of 21 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 27.3% in the Samtgemeinde Meinersen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde MeinersenSPD 28.6%
- Turnout65.6% · district council election 68.2%
- CDU29.3% · 6 seats
- SPD21.8% · 5 seats
- AfD18.4% · 4 seats
- WAO14.2% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE9.8% · 2 seats
- Die Linke6.0% · 1 seat
- dieBasis LV0.5%
Turnout 65.6% · 6,473 eligible voters · 21 seats · Official final result · 12 of 12 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Meinersen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 16:20. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031515405/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Meinersen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Meinersen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD27.3% · 9 seats
- CDU26.6% · 9 seats
- AfD18.3% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE10.4% · 3 seats
- WAO7.8% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.5% · 2 seats
- UWG3.6% · 1 seat
- dieBasis LV0.5%
Turnout 68.5% · 16,342 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 29 of 29 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Single, Einzelbewerberin76.8%
- Nein-Stimmen23.2%
Turnout 68.5% · 16,342 eligible voters · Official final result · 29 of 29 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Meinersen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 07:53. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Meinersen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.6%
- CDU26.3%
- AfD19.2%
- GRÜNE12.4%
- Die Linke5.8%
- UNABHÄNGIGE2.4%
- FDP1.8%
- Die PARTEI1.3%
- ZZZ0.8%
Turnout 68.2% · 16,372 eligible voters · 29 of 29 results
Second votes in Meinersen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.8%-1.3
- AfD25.2%+7.4
- SPD18.7%-4.3
- Grüne9.4%-2.1
- Linke8.1%±0
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,112 | 26.8% | 28.3% | 28.1% (-1.3) | 22.6% (+4.2) |
| AfD | 1,045 | 25.2% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+7.4) | 20.8% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 776 | 18.7% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-4.3) | 16.4% (+2.3) |
| Grüne | 392 | 9.4% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-2.2) |
| Linke | 335 | 8.1% | 6.1% | 8.1% (±0) | 8.8% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 191 | 4.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| BSW | 161 | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Volt | 32 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 24 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 86 | 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.
Samtgemeinde Meinersen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Meinersen are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Meinersen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Meinersen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,040 postal voters, which is 22.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.2%
- Voters13,682 of 15,881 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.2% · 3,040
- Member municipalities4
- CDU27.6%+0.8
- AfD22.3%-2.9
- SPD21.3%+2.6
- Grüne10.4%+1.0
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- FDP4.1%-0.5
- BSW3.6%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.1
- Volt0.6%-0.2
- Others2.4%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Meinersen.
| Party | Polling station Meinersen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Meinersen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,112 (26.8%) | 896 (29.5%) | 3,750 | 27.6% |
| AfD | 1,045 (25.2%) | 388 (12.8%) | 3,040 | 22.3% |
| SPD | 776 (18.7%) | 742 (24.4%) | 2,893 | 21.3% |
| Grüne | 392 (9.4%) | 420 (13.8%) | 1,409 | 10.4% |
| Linke | 335 (8.1%) | 201 (6.6%) | 957 | 7.0% |
| FDP | 191 (4.6%) | 137 (4.5%) | 558 | 4.1% |
| BSW | 161 (3.9%) | 107 (3.5%) | 493 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 24 (0.6%) | 23 (0.8%) | 97 | 0.7% |
| Volt | 32 (0.8%) | 21 (0.7%) | 85 | 0.6% |
| Others | 86 (2.1%) | 100 (3.3%) | 328 | 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.
Meinersen: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Meinersen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Meinersen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.