Wittingen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, F.W.G. became the largest group on the council of Wittingen with 36.1% (10 of 28 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wittingen with 30.5% of the second votes, SPD took 23.6%.
- Turnout83.4% · Gifhorn (Wkr. 045, 051) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters7,366 of 8,831 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −4.1 · CDU +2.4 · AfD +2.4
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency45 Gifhorn – Peine
2026 local elections in Wittingen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wittingen, as of 14.09.2026 16:31. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilF.W.G. 36.1% · 10 of 28 seats
- MayorAndreas Ritter (Einzelbewerber), 85.2%
- District council, votes from WittingenCDU 34.0%
- Turnout64.1% · district council election 64.1%
- F.W.G.36.1% · 10 seats
- CDU32.1% · 9 seats
- SPD18.9% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.0% · 2 seats
- FDP2.5% · 1 seat
- Volt2.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.1% · 9,157 eligible voters · 28 seats · Preliminary result · 23 of 23 results
Source: Stadt Wittingen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 16:31. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03151040/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Wittingen
- Ritter, Einzelbewerber85.2%
- Nein-Stimmen14.8%
Turnout 64.1% · 9,157 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 23 of 23 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Wittingen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Gifhorn is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU34.0%
- SPD26.0%
- AfD17.5%
- GRÜNE9.5%
- FDP4.5%
- Die Linke4.0%
- B-In-G1.4%
- Die PARTEI1.3%
- UNABHÄNGIGE1.2%
- ZZZ0.6%
- Bündnis C0.1%
Turnout 64.1% · 9,166 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
Second votes in Wittingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.5%+2.4
- SPD23.6%+0.6
- AfD20.2%+2.4
- Grüne7.4%-4.1
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,236 | 30.5% | 28.3% | 28.1% (+2.4) | 22.6% (+7.9) |
| SPD | 1,732 | 23.6% | 22.1% | 23.0% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+7.2) |
| AfD | 1,483 | 20.2% | 22.6% | 17.8% (+2.4) | 20.8% (-0.6) |
| Grüne | 541 | 7.4% | 9.5% | 11.5% (-4.1) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| Linke | 457 | 6.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 331 | 4.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 265 | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 76 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 34 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 188 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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.
Wittingen: location in the Gifhorn district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wittingen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.