Sehlde: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Arno Festerling became the largest group on the council of Sehlde with 16.7%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Sehlde with 29.3% of the second votes, SPD took 23.0%.
- Turnout67.4% · Wolfenbüttel (Wkr. 049) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters476 of 706 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +11.5 · CDU −6.6 · Grüne −4.3
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency49 Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Sehlde
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Sehlde, as of 18.09.2026 08:13. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilArno Festerling 16.7%
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 31.8% in the Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BaddeckenstedtSPD 32.4%
- Turnout76.0% · district council election 71.8%
- Arno Festerling16.7%
- Annika Bollmeier16.6%
- Carsten Baumann10.7%
- Florian Becker10.0%
- Bernd Schwager9.7%
- Marco Harneit5.9%
- Steven Ohnheiser5.8%
- Sven Godescheit5.6%
- Charlotte Tilch4.7%
- Thomas Klenke3.9%
- Wolfgang Pöhlmann3.8%
- Bernhard Bellmer2.3%
- Lasse Stoschek-Brunke2.3%
- Clemens Bongen2.2%
Turnout 76.0% · 686 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 08:13. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031585402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Baddeckenstedt, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- SPD31.8% · 8 seats
- CDU21.7% · 5 seats
- AfD21.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.8% · 2 seats
Turnout 71.8% · 8,560 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Brandt, Einzelbewerber67.4%
- Grenz, SPD26.3%
- Schrader, Die Linke6.3%
Turnout 71.9% · 8,560 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:56. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Wolfenbüttel is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.4%
- AfD24.7%
- CDU24.2%
- GRÜNE10.4%
Turnout 71.8% · 8,563 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Albinus, SPD40.2%
- Thurau, CDU33.8%
- Försterling, FDP14.1%
- Pröttel, GRÜNE11.9%
Turnout 71.8% · 8,563 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Sehlde
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD29.3%+11.5
- SPD23.0%±0
- CDU21.5%-6.6
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- BSW5.3%+1.5
- FDP2.7%-1.4
- Volt1.1%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 139 | 29.3% | 17.4% | 17.8% (+11.5) | 20.8% (+8.5) |
| SPD | 109 | 23.0% | 24.4% | 23.0% (±0) | 16.4% (+6.6) |
| CDU | 102 | 21.5% | 28.1% | 28.1% (-6.6) | 22.6% (-1.1) |
| Grüne | 34 | 7.2% | 11.3% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 31 | 6.5% | 7.7% | 8.1% (-1.6) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| BSW | 25 | 5.3% | 3.3% | 3.8% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.3) |
| FDP | 13 | 2.7% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Volt | 5 | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.5) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 13 | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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 Baddeckenstedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Sehlde. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Sehlde only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,701 postal voters, which is 23.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.0%
- Voters7,233 of 8,315 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.5% · 1,701
- Member municipalities6
- CDU27.5%+6.0
- AfD23.8%-5.5
- SPD23.5%+0.5
- Grüne7.1%-0.1
- Linke6.5%±0
- FDP3.7%+1.0
- BSW3.7%-1.6
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.1
- Volt0.6%-0.5
- Others2.9%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Sehlde.
| Party | Polling station Sehlde | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 102 (21.5%) | 597 (35.2%) | 1,983 | 27.5% |
| AfD | 139 (29.3%) | 283 (16.7%) | 1,715 | 23.8% |
| SPD | 109 (23.0%) | 394 (23.2%) | 1,690 | 23.5% |
| Grüne | 34 (7.2%) | 133 (7.8%) | 511 | 7.1% |
| Linke | 31 (6.5%) | 106 (6.2%) | 471 | 6.5% |
| FDP | 13 (2.7%) | 45 (2.7%) | 267 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 25 (5.3%) | 65 (3.8%) | 266 | 3.7% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (0.6%) | 12 (0.7%) | 50 | 0.7% |
| Volt | 5 (1.1%) | 8 (0.5%) | 41 | 0.6% |
| Others | 13 (2.7%) | 55 (3.2%) | 206 | 2.9% |
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.
Sehlde: location in the Wolfenbüttel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Sehlde highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.