Winnigstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Michael Waßmann became the largest group on the council of Winnigstedt with 37.7%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Winnigstedt with 30.6% of the second votes, SPD took 22.6%.
- Turnout66.4% · Wolfenbüttel (Wkr. 049) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters353 of 532 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +12.8 · CDU −6.1 · Grüne −5.2
- 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 Winnigstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Winnigstedt, as of 14.09.2026 01:20. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilMichael Waßmann 37.7%
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 33.9% in the Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Elm-AsseSPD 34.2%
- Turnout64.2% · district council election 71.1%
- Michael Waßmann37.7%
- Jennifer Burtzlaff11.9%
- Lennart Borchers8.1%
- Oliver Hörmann7.7%
- Raphael Mühlegger7.6%
- Lars Waßmann7.6%
- Philipp Hölscher7.4%
- Jennifer Wendland6.3%
- Jan Wendland5.6%
Turnout 64.2% · 530 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:20. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031585407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Elm-Asse, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD33.9% · 11 seats
- CDU30.9% · 10 seats
- AfD18.4% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE8.1% · 2 seats
Turnout 71.3% · 14,553 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 44 of 44 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Föniger and Niehoff.
- Föniger, SPD36.3%
- Niehoff, Einzelwahlvorschlag35.5%
- Dr. Schieder, CDU28.2%
Turnout 71.3% · 14,553 eligible voters · Official final result · 44 of 44 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 16:47. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Wolfenbüttel is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD34.2%
- CDU26.0%
- AfD19.4%
- GRÜNE9.9%
Turnout 71.1% · 14,606 eligible voters · 44 of 44 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Thurau, CDU36.1%
- Albinus, SPD33.0%
- Försterling, FDP16.9%
- Pröttel, GRÜNE14.1%
Turnout 71.0% · 14,606 eligible voters · 44 of 44 results
Second votes in Winnigstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD30.6%+12.8
- SPD22.6%-0.4
- CDU22.0%-6.1
- Linke8.9%+0.8
- Grüne6.3%-5.2
- FDP3.1%-1.0
- BSW2.3%-1.5
- Others4.3%+2.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 107 | 30.6% | 17.4% | 17.8% (+12.8) | 20.8% (+9.8) |
| SPD | 79 | 22.6% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-0.4) | 16.4% (+6.2) |
| CDU | 77 | 22.0% | 28.1% | 28.1% (-6.1) | 22.6% (-0.6) |
| Linke | 31 | 8.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% (+0.8) | 8.8% (+0.1) |
| Grüne | 22 | 6.3% | 11.3% | 11.5% (-5.2) | 11.6% (-5.3) |
| FDP | 11 | 3.1% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-1.0) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| BSW | 8 | 2.3% | 3.3% | 3.8% (-1.5) | 5.0% (-2.7) |
| Others | 15 | 4.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+2.1) | 10.6% (-6.3) |
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 Elm-Asse: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse are counted jointly for all 12 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Winnigstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Winnigstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,317 postal voters, which is 26.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.5%
- Voters12,349 of 14,277 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.9% · 3,317
- Member municipalities12
- CDU28.5%+6.5
- SPD24.5%+1.9
- AfD20.5%-10.1
- Grüne8.6%+2.3
- Linke7.1%-1.8
- FDP3.8%+0.7
- BSW3.1%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.8%
- Volt0.5%
- Others2.7%-1.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Winnigstedt.
| Party | Polling station Winnigstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 77 (22.0%) | 1,021 (30.9%) | 3,496 | 28.5% |
| SPD | 79 (22.6%) | 882 (26.7%) | 3,013 | 24.5% |
| AfD | 107 (30.6%) | 463 (14.0%) | 2,516 | 20.5% |
| Grüne | 22 (6.3%) | 363 (11.0%) | 1,060 | 8.6% |
| Linke | 31 (8.9%) | 189 (5.7%) | 868 | 7.1% |
| FDP | 11 (3.1%) | 122 (3.7%) | 463 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 8 (2.3%) | 127 (3.8%) | 387 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 0 (0.0%) | 34 (1.0%) | 95 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (0.5%) | 58 | 0.5% |
| Others | 15 (4.3%) | 87 (2.6%) | 332 | 2.7% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DahlumAfD 29.5%
- DenkteCDU 32.1%
- HedeperCDU 26.6%
- KissenbrückCDU 33.2%
- KneitlingenCDU 28.8%
- RoklumSPD 32.9%
- SchöppenstedtCDU 24.9%
- UehrdeSPD 27.2%
- VahlbergCDU 29.5%
- WinnigstedtAfD 30.6%
- WittmarSPD 27.9%
- Remlingen-SemmenstedtAfD 28.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Winnigstedt: location in the Wolfenbüttel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Winnigstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.