Mariental: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, MF became the largest group on the council of Mariental with 34.8% (3 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Mariental with 30.1% of the second votes, CDU took 28.5%.
- Turnout63.2% · Helmstedt (Wkr. 051) 82.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters494 of 782 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +12.3 · SPD −7.9 · Grüne −5.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Mariental
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Mariental, as of 13.09.2026 21:31. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilMF 34.8% · 3 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 40.3% in the Samtgemeinde Grasleben
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde GraslebenCDU 26.1%
- Turnout69.8% · district council election 69.2%
- MF34.8% · 3 seats
- CDU30.0% · 3 seats
- ZGM24.1% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE11.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.8% · 833 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Grasleben, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:31. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031545401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Grasleben
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Grasleben, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 14 seats
- CDU40.3% · 6 seats
- SPD21.2% · 3 seats
- BLSG21.0% · 3 seats
- LF17.6% · 2 seats
Turnout 69.6% · 3,767 eligible voters · 14 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Werner, CDU65.8%
- Kollmorgen, BLSG34.2%
Turnout 69.2% · 3,767 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Grasleben, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 17:24. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Grasleben
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Helmstedt is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU26.1%
- SPD22.3%
- AfD21.5%
- UWG17.5%
- Die Linke5.9%
- GRÜNE4.7%
- FDP2.0%
Turnout 69.2% · 3,792 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein37.7%
- Schneider, SPD25.0%
- Wendt, CDU19.2%
- Stober, AfD18.2%
Turnout 69.0% · 3,792 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Mariental
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD30.1%+12.3
- CDU28.5%+0.4
- SPD15.1%-7.9
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- Grüne5.7%-5.8
- BSW5.3%+1.5
- FDP3.1%-1.0
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt1.0%+0.4
- Others3.5%+1.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 148 | 30.1% | 22.4% | 17.8% (+12.3) | 20.8% (+9.3) |
| CDU | 140 | 28.5% | 28.5% | 28.1% (+0.4) | 22.6% (+5.9) |
| SPD | 74 | 15.1% | 23.0% | 23.0% (-7.9) | 16.4% (-1.3) |
| Linke | 32 | 6.5% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.6) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| Grüne | 28 | 5.7% | 7.8% | 11.5% (-5.8) | 11.6% (-5.9) |
| BSW | 26 | 5.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.3) |
| FDP | 15 | 3.1% | 3.6% | 4.1% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 17 | 3.5% | 2.8% | 2.2% (+1.3) | 10.6% (-7.1) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Grasleben: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Grasleben are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Mariental. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Mariental only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 732 postal voters, which is 23.7% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.6%
- Voters3,086 of 3,692 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.7% · 732
- Member municipalities4
- CDU30.9%+2.4
- AfD26.4%-3.7
- SPD18.7%+3.6
- Linke6.7%+0.2
- Grüne6.1%+0.4
- BSW4.1%-1.2
- FDP3.3%+0.2
- Volt0.8%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.6
- Others2.4%-1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Mariental.
| Party | Polling station Mariental | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Grasleben total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 140 (28.5%) | 249 (34.2%) | 947 | 30.9% |
| AfD | 148 (30.1%) | 126 (17.3%) | 810 | 26.4% |
| SPD | 74 (15.1%) | 172 (23.6%) | 575 | 18.7% |
| Linke | 32 (6.5%) | 49 (6.7%) | 206 | 6.7% |
| Grüne | 28 (5.7%) | 62 (8.5%) | 188 | 6.1% |
| BSW | 26 (5.3%) | 24 (3.3%) | 126 | 4.1% |
| FDP | 15 (3.1%) | 15 (2.1%) | 101 | 3.3% |
| Volt | 5 (1.0%) | 12 (1.6%) | 25 | 0.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (1.2%) | 5 (0.7%) | 17 | 0.6% |
| Others | 17 (3.5%) | 15 (2.1%) | 73 | 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.
Mariental: location in the Helmstedt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Mariental highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Grasleben shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.