Peine: 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 Peine with 36.4% (15 of 42 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Peine with 27.4% of the second votes, CDU took 24.2%.
- MayorKlaus Saemann (SPD), since 2016 · Wikidata
- Turnout81.1% · Peine (Wkr. 045) 85.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters28,891 of 35,617 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +4.4 · CDU −3.9 · Grüne −2.9
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency45 Gifhorn – Peine
2026 local elections in Peine
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Peine, as of 23.09.2026 14:52. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 36.4% · 15 of 42 seats
- MayorKlaus Saemann (SPD), 51.4%
- District council, votes from PeineSPD 36.4%
- Turnout61.4% · district council election 61.3%
- SPD36.4% · 15 seats
- CDU22.1% · 9 seats
- AfD19.2% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.7% · 2 seats
- PB4.4% · 2 seats
- FDP1.8% · 1 seat
- Volt1.2% · 1 seat
- Weitling, Einzelwahlvorschlag Weitling0.7%
Turnout 61.4% · 37,817 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 57 of 57 results
Source: Stadt Peine, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 14:52. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03157006/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Peine
- Saemann, SPD51.4%
- Nilz, AfD Niedersachsen18.9%
- Yazidi, CDU18.6%
- Akyalcin, Einzelwahlvorschlag5.9%
- Weidlich, PB5.1%
Turnout 61.4% · 37,817 eligible voters · Official final result · 57 of 57 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Peine
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Peine is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD36.4%
- CDU20.3%
- AfD20.0%
- GRÜNE8.6%
- Die Linke5.6%
- PB4.4%
- FDP2.2%
- Volt1.5%
- dieBasis LV0.7%
- FBI0.4%
Turnout 61.3% · 37,885 eligible voters · 57 of 57 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Semper, SPD44.8%
- Rudzka, AfD19.4%
- Lauenstein, CDU18.6%
- Weigand, GRÜNE10.1%
- Seelis, FDP2.3%
- Laue, Einzelwahlvorschlag Laue1.8%
- Schampera, Volt1.7%
- Meyer, dieBasis LV1.4%
Turnout 61.3% · 37,885 eligible voters · 57 of 57 results
Second votes in Peine
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD27.4%+4.4
- CDU24.2%-3.9
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- Grüne8.6%-2.9
- Linke8.0%-0.1
- BSW4.2%+0.4
- FDP3.2%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 7,885 | 27.4% | 25.9% | 23.0% (+4.4) | 16.4% (+11.0) |
| CDU | 6,946 | 24.2% | 26.4% | 28.1% (-3.9) | 22.6% (+1.6) |
| AfD | 5,918 | 20.6% | 20.1% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 2,468 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 11.5% (-2.9) | 11.6% (-3.0) |
| Linke | 2,286 | 8.0% | 6.8% | 8.1% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-0.8) |
| BSW | 1,194 | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.4) | 5.0% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 920 | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4.1% (-0.9) | 4.3% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 199 | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 161 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 749 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 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.
Peine: location in the Peine district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Peine highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.