Heiningen: 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 Heiningen with 53.7% (5 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Heiningen with 25.1% of the second votes, SPD took 21.4%.
- Turnout62.8% · Wolfenbüttel (Wkr. 049) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters323 of 514 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU −10.1 · AfD +7.3 · BSW +3.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency49 Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Heiningen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Heiningen, as of 18.09.2026 11:18. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 53.7% · 5 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilWGO 46.8% in the Samtgemeinde Oderwald
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde OderwaldSPD 37.6%
- Turnout75.1% · district council election 73.7%
- SPD53.7% · 5 seats
- Wählergemeinschaft für Heiningen27.2%
- CDU11.2% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE7.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 75.1% · 534 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Oderwald, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 11:18. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031585403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Oderwald
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Oderwald, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- WGO46.8% · 8 seats
- SPD36.9% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE6.8% · 1 seat
- Bassy, Einzelwahlvorschlag5.3%
- Wählergemeinschaft für Heiningen4.2%
Turnout 74.2% · 5,523 eligible voters · 18 seats · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Lohmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag87.1%
- Nein-Stimmen12.9%
Turnout 74.1% · 5,523 eligible voters · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Oderwald, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 09:30. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Oderwald
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Wolfenbüttel is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD37.6%
- CDU24.5%
- AfD19.5%
- GRÜNE9.4%
Turnout 73.7% · 5,545 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Thurau, CDU42.9%
- Albinus, SPD31.6%
- Pröttel, GRÜNE12.8%
- Försterling, FDP12.6%
Turnout 74.2% · 5,545 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Heiningen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD25.1%+7.3
- SPD21.4%-1.6
- CDU18.0%-10.1
- Grüne13.9%+2.4
- Linke8.7%+0.6
- BSW6.8%+3.0
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.5
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 81 | 25.1% | 17.4% | 17.8% (+7.3) | 20.8% (+4.3) |
| SPD | 69 | 21.4% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-1.6) | 16.4% (+5.0) |
| CDU | 58 | 18.0% | 28.1% | 28.1% (-10.1) | 22.6% (-4.6) |
| Grüne | 45 | 13.9% | 11.3% | 11.5% (+2.4) | 11.6% (+2.3) |
| Linke | 28 | 8.7% | 7.7% | 8.1% (+0.6) | 8.8% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 22 | 6.8% | 3.3% | 3.8% (+3.0) | 5.0% (+1.8) |
| FDP | 11 | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 8 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 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.
Samtgemeinde Oderwald: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Oderwald are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Heiningen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Heiningen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,174 postal voters, which is 24.8% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.8%
- Voters4,728 of 5,383 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.8% · 1,174
- Member municipalities6
- SPD26.1%+4.7
- CDU25.0%+7.0
- AfD21.4%-3.7
- Grüne8.6%-5.3
- Linke7.3%-1.4
- BSW3.9%-2.9
- FDP3.4%±0
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.8
- Volt0.3%
- Others2.8%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Heiningen.
| Party | Polling station Heiningen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Oderwald total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 69 (21.4%) | 337 (28.8%) | 1,232 | 26.1% |
| CDU | 58 (18.0%) | 342 (29.2%) | 1,177 | 25.0% |
| AfD | 81 (25.1%) | 164 (14.0%) | 1,007 | 21.4% |
| Grüne | 45 (13.9%) | 112 (9.6%) | 405 | 8.6% |
| Linke | 28 (8.7%) | 64 (5.5%) | 346 | 7.3% |
| BSW | 22 (6.8%) | 43 (3.7%) | 183 | 3.9% |
| FDP | 11 (3.4%) | 40 (3.4%) | 159 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.3%) | 22 (1.9%) | 54 | 1.1% |
| Others | 8 (2.5%) | 41 (3.5%) | 133 | 2.8% |
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.
Heiningen: location in the Wolfenbüttel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Heiningen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Oderwald shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.