Remlingen-Semmenstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Remlingen-Semmenstedt with 42.8% (6 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Remlingen-Semmenstedt with 28.3% of the second votes, CDU took 25.1%.
- Turnout68.0% · Wolfenbüttel (Wkr. 049) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,291 of 1,899 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +10.5 · Grüne −6.1 · CDU −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 Remlingen-Semmenstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Remlingen-Semmenstedt, as of 14.09.2026 01:18. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 42.8% · 6 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 33.9% in the Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Elm-AsseSPD 34.2%
- Turnout70.2% · district council election 71.1%
- CDU42.8% · 6 seats
- SPD33.3% · 4 seats
- Drewes, Einzelwahlvorschlag Drewes14.7%
- FDP9.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 70.2% · 1,892 eligible voters · 13 seats · Official final result · 6 of 6 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 01:18. 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 Remlingen-Semmenstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD28.3%+10.5
- CDU25.1%-3.0
- SPD23.6%+0.6
- Linke6.8%-1.3
- Grüne5.4%-6.1
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 364 | 28.3% | 17.4% | 17.8% (+10.5) | 20.8% (+7.5) |
| CDU | 323 | 25.1% | 28.1% | 28.1% (-3.0) | 22.6% (+2.5) |
| SPD | 304 | 23.6% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+7.2) |
| Linke | 87 | 6.8% | 7.7% | 8.1% (-1.3) | 8.8% (-2.0) |
| Grüne | 70 | 5.4% | 11.3% | 11.5% (-6.1) | 11.6% (-6.2) |
| FDP | 51 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 39 | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.8% (-0.8) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Volt | 7 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 36 | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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 Remlingen-Semmenstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Remlingen-Semmenstedt 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%+3.4
- SPD24.5%+0.9
- AfD20.5%-7.8
- Grüne8.6%+3.2
- Linke7.1%+0.3
- FDP3.8%-0.2
- BSW3.1%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.4
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others2.7%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Remlingen-Semmenstedt.
| Party | Polling station Remlingen-Semmenstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 323 (25.1%) | 1,021 (30.9%) | 3,496 | 28.5% |
| SPD | 304 (23.6%) | 882 (26.7%) | 3,013 | 24.5% |
| AfD | 364 (28.3%) | 463 (14.0%) | 2,516 | 20.5% |
| Grüne | 70 (5.4%) | 363 (11.0%) | 1,060 | 8.6% |
| Linke | 87 (6.8%) | 189 (5.7%) | 868 | 7.1% |
| FDP | 51 (4.0%) | 122 (3.7%) | 463 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 39 (3.0%) | 127 (3.8%) | 387 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.4%) | 34 (1.0%) | 95 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 7 (0.5%) | 15 (0.5%) | 58 | 0.5% |
| Others | 36 (2.8%) | 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.
Remlingen-Semmenstedt: location in the Wolfenbüttel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Remlingen-Semmenstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.