Ummern: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WUP became the largest group on the council of Ummern with 81.0% (9 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ummern with 32.7% of the second votes, CDU took 29.4%.
- Turnout68.1% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters791 of 1,162 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +14.9 · Grüne −7.0 · SPD −6.5
- 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 Ummern
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ummern, as of 18.09.2026 09:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWUP 81.0% · 9 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 29.7% in the Samtgemeinde Wesendorf
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde WesendorfCDU 35.1%
- Turnout70.5% · district council election 65.6%
- WUP81.0% · 9 seats
- AfD19.0% · 2 seats
Turnout 70.5% · 1,208 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Wesendorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 09:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031515407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Wesendorf
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Wesendorf, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU29.7% · 9 seats
- AfD26.1% · 8 seats
- SPD25.5% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE5.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 65.7% · 11,885 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 28 of 28 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Grühl, Einzelwahlvorschlag76.9%
- Nein-Stimmen23.1%
Turnout 65.7% · 11,885 eligible voters · Official final result · 28 of 28 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Wesendorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 09:26. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Wesendorf
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU35.1%
- AfD27.8%
- SPD22.3%
- GRÜNE5.7%
Turnout 65.6% · 11,908 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
Second votes in Ummern
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD32.7%+14.9
- CDU29.4%+1.3
- SPD16.5%-6.5
- FDP5.1%+1.0
- Linke5.0%-3.1
- Grüne4.5%-7.0
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.5%+0.7
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.8%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 255 | 32.7% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+14.9) | 20.8% (+11.9) |
| CDU | 230 | 29.4% | 28.3% | 28.1% (+1.3) | 22.6% (+6.8) |
| SPD | 129 | 16.5% | 22.1% | 23.0% (-6.5) | 16.4% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 40 | 5.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| Linke | 39 | 5.0% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-3.1) | 8.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 35 | 4.5% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-7.0) | 11.6% (-7.1) |
| BSW | 24 | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.7) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 14 | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Wesendorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Wesendorf are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ummern. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ummern only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,977 postal voters, which is 20.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.0%
- Voters9,485 of 11,427 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.8% · 1,977
- Member municipalities6
- AfD32.2%-0.5
- CDU27.8%-1.6
- SPD17.5%+1.0
- Grüne5.7%+1.2
- Linke5.7%+0.7
- BSW4.0%+0.9
- FDP3.3%-1.8
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.6
- Volt0.4%±0
- Others2.5%+0.7
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ummern.
| Party | Polling station Ummern | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Wesendorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 255 (32.7%) | 322 (16.4%) | 3,037 | 32.2% |
| CDU | 230 (29.4%) | 643 (32.8%) | 2,622 | 27.8% |
| SPD | 129 (16.5%) | 455 (23.2%) | 1,647 | 17.5% |
| Grüne | 35 (4.5%) | 143 (7.3%) | 536 | 5.7% |
| Linke | 39 (5.0%) | 115 (5.9%) | 534 | 5.7% |
| BSW | 24 (3.1%) | 101 (5.2%) | 380 | 4.0% |
| FDP | 40 (5.1%) | 70 (3.6%) | 314 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (1.5%) | 28 (1.4%) | 82 | 0.9% |
| Others | 14 (1.8%) | 67 (3.4%) | 234 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Groß OesingenCDU 36.5%
- SchönewördeCDU 30.8%
- UmmernAfD 32.7%
- WagenhoffAfD 35.0%
- WahrenholzAfD 36.0%
- WesendorfAfD 43.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Ummern: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ummern highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Wesendorf shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.