Halle: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WG became the largest group on the council of Halle with 63.6% (7 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Halle with 30.3% of the second votes, AfD took 25.4%.
- Turnout63.0% · Holzminden (Wkr. 046) 81.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters772 of 1,226 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +7.6 · Grüne −3.3 · Linke −3.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Halle
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Halle, as of 13.09.2026 22:09. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWG 63.6% · 7 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 38.5% in the Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-PolleCDU 33.1%
- Turnout73.9% · district council election 65.7%
- WG63.6% · 7 seats
- SPD25.7% · 3 seats
- FDP10.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 73.9% · 1,264 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:09. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032555408/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Bodenwerder-Polle, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- SPD38.5% · 12 seats
- CDU37.7% · 11 seats
- GRÜNE7.3% · 2 seats
- FDP6.8% · 2 seats
Turnout 65.9% · 12,037 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Rode, SPD54.9%
- Dr. Warnecke, CDU45.1%
Turnout 65.8% · 12,037 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:45. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Holzminden is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.1%
- SPD25.3%
- AfD17.9%
- GRÜNE9.6%
- FDP8.0%
- Die Linke4.0%
- UWG2.2%
Turnout 65.7% · 12,059 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Allruth, SPD43.0%
- Lange, CDU36.8%
- Albrecht, AfD20.3%
Turnout 65.8% · 12,059 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
Second votes in Halle
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.3%+2.2
- AfD25.4%+7.6
- SPD22.9%-0.1
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke4.9%-3.2
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- FDP3.0%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Others0.9%-1.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 233 | 30.3% | 26.3% | 28.1% (+2.2) | 22.6% (+7.7) |
| AfD | 195 | 25.4% | 22.3% | 17.8% (+7.6) | 20.8% (+4.6) |
| SPD | 176 | 22.9% | 25.5% | 23.0% (-0.1) | 16.4% (+6.5) |
| Grüne | 63 | 8.2% | 8.2% | 11.5% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-3.4) |
| Linke | 38 | 4.9% | 6.2% | 8.1% (-3.2) | 8.8% (-3.9) |
| BSW | 24 | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| FDP | 23 | 3.0% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-1.1) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 7 | 0.9% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-1.3) | 10.6% (-9.7) |
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 Bodenwerder-Polle: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle are counted jointly for all 11 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Halle. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Halle only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,655 postal voters, which is 28.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.4%
- Voters9,494 of 11,517 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.0% · 2,655
- Member municipalities11
- CDU28.1%-2.2
- SPD26.1%+3.2
- AfD21.7%-3.7
- Grüne7.8%-0.4
- Linke5.9%+1.0
- FDP4.0%+1.0
- BSW3.3%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.4
- Volt0.3%
- Others2.0%+1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Halle.
| Party | Polling station Halle | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 233 (30.3%) | 790 (29.9%) | 2,654 | 28.1% |
| SPD | 176 (22.9%) | 764 (28.9%) | 2,462 | 26.1% |
| AfD | 195 (25.4%) | 410 (15.5%) | 2,044 | 21.7% |
| Grüne | 63 (8.2%) | 244 (9.2%) | 734 | 7.8% |
| Linke | 38 (4.9%) | 144 (5.4%) | 561 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 23 (3.0%) | 96 (3.6%) | 375 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 24 (3.1%) | 109 (4.1%) | 312 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (1.2%) | 22 (0.8%) | 78 | 0.8% |
| Others | 7 (0.9%) | 53 (2.0%) | 191 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bodenwerder, MünchhausenstadtSPD 25.5%
- BrevördeCDU 28.1%
- HalleCDU 30.3%
- HehlenSPD 29.9%
- HeinsenCDU 30.6%
- HeyenCDU 41.8%
- KirchbrakCDU 26.6%
- Ottenstein, FleckenCDU 31.1%
- PegestorfCDU 28.0%
- Polle, FleckenCDU 27.9%
- VahlbruchCDU 29.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Halle: location in the Holzminden district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Halle highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Holzminden (Wkr. 046)
- HolzmindenCDU 25.5%
- Delligsen, FleckenSPD 31.3%
- Briefwahl SG Eschershausen-StadtoldendorfCDU 31.8%
- Briefwahl SG Bodenwerder-PolleCDU 29.9%
- Bodenwerder, MünchhausenstadtSPD 25.5%
- StadtoldendorfAfD 34.8%
- Bevern, FleckenAfD 26.4%
- EschershausenAfD 32.8%
- BoffzenSPD 28.9%
- Briefwahl SG BevernSPD 26.4%
- Briefwahl SG BoffzenSPD 31.1%
- Lauenförde, FleckenSPD 27.6%