Tappenbeck: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WTB became the largest group on the council of Tappenbeck with 60.3% (7 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Tappenbeck with 25.8% of the second votes, CDU took 25.1%.
- Turnout70.8% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters838 of 1,184 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +3.6 · CDU −3.0 · SPD +2.8
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Tappenbeck
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Tappenbeck, as of 15.09.2026 09:51. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWTB 60.3% · 7 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 22.5% in the Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Boldecker LandSPD 31.5%
- Turnout69.4% · district council election 65.0%
- WTB60.3% · 7 seats
- GUT28.2% · 3 seats
- SPD8.6% · 1 seat
- Specht, Einzelbewerber Specht2.9%
Turnout 69.4% · 1,298 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 09:51. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031515401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Boldecker Land, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 22 seats
- SPD22.5% · 5 seats
- WBL22.5% · 5 seats
- CDU18.5% · 4 seats
- AfD17.8% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.6% · 2 seats
Turnout 65.0% · 8,890 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 16:11. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD31.5%
- CDU21.5%
- AfD20.8%
- GRÜNE13.0%
- Die Linke5.1%
Turnout 65.0% · 8,901 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
Second votes in Tappenbeck
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD25.8%+2.8
- CDU25.1%-3.0
- AfD21.4%+3.6
- Grüne9.4%-2.1
- Linke6.6%-1.5
- BSW4.9%+1.1
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 216 | 25.8% | 22.1% | 23.0% (+2.8) | 16.4% (+9.4) |
| CDU | 210 | 25.1% | 28.3% | 28.1% (-3.0) | 22.6% (+2.5) |
| AfD | 179 | 21.4% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+3.6) | 20.8% (+0.6) |
| Grüne | 79 | 9.4% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-2.2) |
| Linke | 55 | 6.6% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.5) | 8.8% (-2.2) |
| BSW | 41 | 4.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+1.1) | 5.0% (-0.1) |
| FDP | 30 | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 4 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 17 | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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 Boldecker Land: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Tappenbeck. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Tappenbeck only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,854 postal voters, which is 25.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.0%
- Voters7,177 of 8,344 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.8% · 1,854
- Member municipalities6
- CDU27.8%+2.7
- SPD25.0%-0.8
- AfD21.3%-0.1
- Grüne8.6%-0.8
- Linke5.5%-1.1
- BSW4.2%-0.7
- FDP3.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.1
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others2.7%+0.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Tappenbeck.
| Party | Polling station Tappenbeck | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 210 (25.1%) | 567 (30.8%) | 1,990 | 27.8% |
| SPD | 216 (25.8%) | 534 (29.0%) | 1,790 | 25.0% |
| AfD | 179 (21.4%) | 244 (13.2%) | 1,519 | 21.3% |
| Grüne | 79 (9.4%) | 195 (10.6%) | 611 | 8.6% |
| Linke | 55 (6.6%) | 76 (4.1%) | 390 | 5.5% |
| BSW | 41 (4.9%) | 75 (4.1%) | 303 | 4.2% |
| FDP | 30 (3.6%) | 65 (3.5%) | 264 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.6%) | 13 (0.7%) | 47 | 0.7% |
| Volt | 4 (0.5%) | 14 (0.8%) | 36 | 0.5% |
| Others | 17 (2.0%) | 60 (3.3%) | 196 | 2.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BarwedelCDU 31.0%
- BokensdorfCDU 26.7%
- JembkeAfD 26.2%
- OsloßCDU 26.8%
- TappenbeckSPD 25.8%
- WeyhausenCDU 27.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Tappenbeck: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Tappenbeck highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.