Wangelnstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Dirk Wollenweber became the largest group on the council of Wangelnstedt with 19.9%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wangelnstedt with 35.1% of the second votes, AfD took 20.7%.
- Turnout60.2% · Holzminden (Wkr. 046) 81.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters280 of 465 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +7.0 · SPD −6.3 · FDP +5.0
- 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 Wangelnstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wangelnstedt, as of 21.09.2026 18:05. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilDirk Wollenweber 19.9%
- Samtgemeinde councilUWG 23.6% in the Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-StadtoldendorfUWG 22.1%
- Turnout78.7% · district council election 66.2%
- Dirk Wollenweber19.9%
- Dennis Kleinsorge13.9%
- Axel Spangenberg13.9%
- Bianca Bartels10.0%
- Markus Siebert8.6%
- Diana Engelke8.5%
- Matthias Mosel7.5%
- Maico Heise6.3%
- Sven Rössing5.0%
- Martin Schimmel3.4%
- Marcel Lohmann3.0%
Turnout 78.7% · 455 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result
Source: Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 18:05. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032555409/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- UWG23.6% · 7 seats
- CDU19.2% · 6 seats
- AfD18.2% · 5 seats
- SPD17.0% · 5 seats
- FDP14.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE4.9% · 2 seats
- Die Linke2.4% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.5% · 11,907 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 25 of 25 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 20:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Holzminden is on the district page.
District council election
- UWG22.1%
- AfD19.2%
- SPD18.9%
- CDU16.6%
- FDP14.2%
- GRÜNE5.6%
Turnout 66.2% · 11,929 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Lange, CDU38.8%
- Allruth, SPD37.1%
- Albrecht, AfD24.1%
Turnout 66.2% · 11,929 eligible voters · 25 of 25 results
Second votes in Wangelnstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU35.1%+7.0
- AfD20.7%+2.9
- SPD16.7%-6.3
- Grüne9.4%-2.1
- FDP9.1%+5.0
- Linke4.7%-3.4
- BSW1.8%-2.0
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others1.8%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 97 | 35.1% | 26.3% | 28.1% (+7.0) | 22.6% (+12.5) |
| AfD | 57 | 20.7% | 22.3% | 17.8% (+2.9) | 20.8% (-0.1) |
| SPD | 46 | 16.7% | 25.5% | 23.0% (-6.3) | 16.4% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 26 | 9.4% | 8.2% | 11.5% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-2.2) |
| FDP | 25 | 9.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+5.0) | 4.3% (+4.8) |
| Linke | 13 | 4.7% | 6.2% | 8.1% (-3.4) | 8.8% (-4.1) |
| BSW | 5 | 1.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-2.0) | 5.0% (-3.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf are counted jointly for all 11 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Wangelnstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Wangelnstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,134 postal voters, which is 32.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.5%
- Voters9,630 of 11,672 eligible voters
- Postal vote share32.5% · 3,134
- Member municipalities11
- CDU26.8%-8.3
- AfD26.3%+5.6
- SPD23.7%+7.0
- Grüne6.2%-3.2
- Linke5.1%+0.4
- FDP5.0%-4.1
- BSW3.8%+2.0
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.2
- Volt0.5%+0.1
- Others2.0%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Wangelnstedt.
| Party | Polling station Wangelnstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 97 (35.1%) | 992 (31.8%) | 2,550 | 26.8% |
| AfD | 57 (20.7%) | 573 (18.4%) | 2,504 | 26.3% |
| SPD | 46 (16.7%) | 844 (27.0%) | 2,255 | 23.7% |
| Grüne | 26 (9.4%) | 222 (7.1%) | 593 | 6.2% |
| Linke | 13 (4.7%) | 129 (4.1%) | 482 | 5.1% |
| FDP | 25 (9.1%) | 138 (4.4%) | 473 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 5 (1.8%) | 113 (3.6%) | 366 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.4%) | 25 (0.8%) | 56 | 0.6% |
| Volt | 1 (0.4%) | 18 (0.6%) | 43 | 0.5% |
| Others | 5 (1.8%) | 67 (2.1%) | 195 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- ArholzenSPD 31.5%
- DeensenAfD 30.3%
- DielmissenAfD 35.6%
- EimenSPD 29.3%
- EschershausenAfD 32.8%
- HeinadeSPD 26.4%
- HolzenSPD 27.3%
- LenneCDU 28.9%
- LüerdissenAfD 26.8%
- StadtoldendorfAfD 34.8%
- WangelnstedtCDU 35.1%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Wangelnstedt: location in the Holzminden district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wangelnstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf 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%