Velpke: 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 Velpke with 50.3% (8 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Velpke with 28.7% of the second votes, AfD took 25.2%.
- Turnout64.2% · Helmstedt (Wkr. 051) 82.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,423 of 3,773 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.4 · Grüne −6.9 · Linke −2.3
- 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 Velpke
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Velpke, as of 13.09.2026 23:53. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 50.3% · 8 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 30.4% in the Samtgemeinde Velpke
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde VelpkeSPD 32.5%
- Turnout66.7% · district council election 68.2%
- SPD50.3% · 8 seats
- CDU24.6% · 4 seats
- AfD20.7% · 3 seats
- Volt4.5%
Turnout 66.7% · 3,950 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 7 of 7 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Velpke, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:53. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031545404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Velpke
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Velpke, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- SPD30.4% · 9 seats
- CDU28.8% · 9 seats
- AfD18.1% · 6 seats
- WGD11.1% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE6.1% · 2 seats
- Die Linke4.1% · 1 seat
- Volt1.4%
Turnout 68.2% · 10,580 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 25 of 25 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Ehrlich, Einzelbewerber59.5%
- Kreutzberg, SPD40.5%
Turnout 68.2% · 10,582 eligible voters · Official final result · 25 of 25 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Velpke, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 12:57. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Velpke
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Helmstedt is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.5%
- CDU24.6%
- AfD20.4%
- WGD10.1%
- GRÜNE9.6%
- FDP1.7%
- UWG1.2%
Turnout 68.2% · 10,587 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schneider, SPD37.6%
- Wendt, CDU28.0%
- Stober, AfD21.7%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein12.7%
Turnout 68.2% · 10,587 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
Second votes in Velpke
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.7%+0.6
- AfD25.2%+7.4
- SPD23.9%+0.9
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- Grüne4.6%-6.9
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%-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 | 694 | 28.7% | 28.5% | 28.1% (+0.6) | 22.6% (+6.1) |
| AfD | 610 | 25.2% | 22.4% | 17.8% (+7.4) | 20.8% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 578 | 23.9% | 23.0% | 23.0% (+0.9) | 16.4% (+7.5) |
| Linke | 141 | 5.8% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| Grüne | 112 | 4.6% | 7.8% | 11.5% (-6.9) | 11.6% (-7.0) |
| BSW | 105 | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 89 | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.1% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 14 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 12 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 62 | 2.6% | 2.8% | 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.
Samtgemeinde Velpke: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Velpke are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Velpke. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Velpke only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,032 postal voters, which is 23.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.8%
- Voters8,815 of 10,157 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.1% · 2,032
- Member municipalities5
- CDU31.1%+2.4
- SPD22.8%-1.1
- AfD22.8%-2.4
- Grüne6.0%+1.4
- Linke5.5%-0.3
- BSW4.1%-0.2
- FDP3.9%+0.2
- Volt0.8%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.6%±0
- Others2.4%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Velpke.
| Party | Polling station Velpke | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Velpke total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 694 (28.7%) | 726 (35.9%) | 2,724 | 31.1% |
| SPD | 578 (23.9%) | 520 (25.7%) | 1,997 | 22.8% |
| AfD | 610 (25.2%) | 273 (13.5%) | 1,997 | 22.8% |
| Grüne | 112 (4.6%) | 151 (7.5%) | 530 | 6.0% |
| Linke | 141 (5.8%) | 106 (5.2%) | 485 | 5.5% |
| BSW | 105 (4.3%) | 83 (4.1%) | 360 | 4.1% |
| FDP | 89 (3.7%) | 67 (3.3%) | 342 | 3.9% |
| Volt | 12 (0.5%) | 26 (1.3%) | 73 | 0.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 14 (0.6%) | 13 (0.6%) | 51 | 0.6% |
| Others | 62 (2.6%) | 60 (3.0%) | 213 | 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.
Velpke: location in the Helmstedt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Velpke highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Velpke shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.