Lehre: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Lehre with 34.9% (10 of 28 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Lehre with 29.2% of the second votes, SPD took 24.3%.
- Turnout86.6% · Helmstedt (Wkr. 051) 82.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters8,120 of 9,373 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
2026 local elections in Lehre
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Lehre, as of 13.09.2026 23:47. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 34.9% · 10 of 28 seats
- MayorAndreas Busch (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 86.5%
- District council, votes from LehreSPD 32.8%
- Turnout70.3% · district council election 70.3%
- SPD34.9% · 10 seats
- CDU23.3% · 7 seats
- AfD15.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE12.8% · 4 seats
- UWG-Lehre8.4% · 2 seats
- FDP3.5% · 1 seat
- Brose, Einzelwahlvorschlag Brose1.6%
Turnout 70.3% · 9,759 eligible voters · 28 seats · Preliminary official final result · 18 of 18 results
Source: Gemeinde Lehre, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:47. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03154014/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Lehre
- Busch, Einzelwahlvorschlag86.5%
- Lerch, AfD Niedersachsen13.5%
Turnout 70.3% · 9,759 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 18 of 18 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Lehre
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Helmstedt is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.8%
- CDU25.2%
- AfD16.8%
- GRÜNE14.6%
- UWG6.4%
- FDP3.5%
- WGD0.7%
Turnout 70.3% · 9,762 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schneider, SPD45.9%
- Wendt, CDU26.5%
- Stober, AfD17.1%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein10.5%
Turnout 70.3% · 9,762 eligible voters · 18 of 18 results
Second votes in Lehre
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.2%+1.1
- SPD24.3%+1.3
- AfD16.6%-1.2
- Grüne11.6%+0.1
- Linke6.6%-1.5
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,359 | 29.2% | 28.5% | 28.1% (+1.1) | 22.6% (+6.6) |
| SPD | 1,962 | 24.3% | 23.0% | 23.0% (+1.3) | 16.4% (+7.9) |
| AfD | 1,341 | 16.6% | 22.4% | 17.8% (-1.2) | 20.8% (-4.2) |
| Grüne | 933 | 11.6% | 7.8% | 11.5% (+0.1) | 11.6% (±0) |
| Linke | 534 | 6.6% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.5) | 8.8% (-2.2) |
| FDP | 359 | 4.5% | 3.6% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 275 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Volt | 59 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 42 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 201 | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Lehre: location in the Helmstedt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lehre highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.