Heemsen: 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 Heemsen with 45.4% (5 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Heemsen with 29.6% of the second votes, CDU took 27.6%.
- Turnout68.0% · Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters964 of 1,417 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +11.8 · Grüne −6.6 · Linke −3.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Heemsen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Heemsen, as of 17.09.2026 08:56. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 45.4% · 5 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 30.8% in the Samtgemeinde Heemsen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HeemsenCDU 30.2%
- Turnout69.0% · district council election 66.0%
- CDU45.4% · 5 seats
- SPD29.6% · 3 seats
- WG18.5% · 2 seats
- Volt6.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.0% · 1,444 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Heemsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 08:56. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032565402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Heemsen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Heemsen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 18 seats
- CDU30.8% · 5 seats
- SPD25.5% · 5 seats
- AfD18.6% · 3 seats
- WG8.7% · 2 seats
- UWG DorfLeben6.0% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE4.9% · 1 seat
- Die Linke3.9% · 1 seat
- Volt1.6%
Turnout 66.3% · 5,154 eligible voters · 18 seats · Official final result · 12 of 12 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Mischke, Torsten59.0%
- Kalaitzis, Periklis41.0%
Turnout 66.4% · 5,154 eligible voters · Official final result · 12 of 12 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Heemsen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 17:10. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Heemsen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Nienburg (Weser) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU30.2%
- SPD26.9%
- AfD23.4%
- GRÜNE8.7%
- Die Linke4.2%
- WG3.3%
- FDP2.0%
- Volt1.3%
Turnout 66.0% · 5,183 eligible voters · 12 of 12 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Duensing, Einzelwahlvorschlag Duensing29.9%
- Seebode, CDU29.3%
- Schiemann, AfD25.0%
- Franke, Einzelwahlvorschlag Franke15.8%
Turnout 66.2% · 5,177 eligible voters · 12 of 12 results
Second votes in Heemsen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD29.6%+11.8
- CDU27.6%-0.5
- SPD21.3%-1.7
- Grüne4.9%-6.6
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- Linke4.6%-3.5
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.5
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.7%-0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 284 | 29.6% | 21.2% | 17.8% (+11.8) | 20.8% (+8.8) |
| CDU | 265 | 27.6% | 28.2% | 28.1% (-0.5) | 22.6% (+5.0) |
| SPD | 204 | 21.3% | 23.4% | 23.0% (-1.7) | 16.4% (+4.9) |
| Grüne | 47 | 4.9% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-6.6) | 11.6% (-6.7) |
| FDP | 46 | 4.8% | 3.7% | 4.1% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| Linke | 44 | 4.6% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-3.5) | 8.8% (-4.2) |
| BSW | 36 | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% (±0) | 5.0% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 5 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 16 | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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 Heemsen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Heemsen are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Heemsen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Heemsen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 870 postal voters, which is 20.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.0%
- Voters4,253 of 5,005 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.5% · 870
- Member municipalities4
- AfD26.9%-2.7
- CDU26.7%-0.9
- SPD22.1%+0.8
- Grüne7.3%+2.4
- Linke6.2%+1.6
- FDP3.5%-1.3
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.4%+0.1
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others1.9%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Heemsen.
| Party | Polling station Heemsen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Heemsen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 284 (29.6%) | 152 (17.5%) | 1,139 | 26.9% |
| CDU | 265 (27.6%) | 265 (30.5%) | 1,131 | 26.7% |
| SPD | 204 (21.3%) | 224 (25.8%) | 936 | 22.1% |
| Grüne | 47 (4.9%) | 76 (8.7%) | 309 | 7.3% |
| Linke | 44 (4.6%) | 45 (5.2%) | 264 | 6.2% |
| FDP | 46 (4.8%) | 22 (2.5%) | 149 | 3.5% |
| BSW | 36 (3.8%) | 35 (4.0%) | 149 | 3.5% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (1.3%) | 19 (2.2%) | 58 | 1.4% |
| Volt | 5 (0.5%) | 7 (0.8%) | 23 | 0.5% |
| Others | 16 (1.7%) | 24 (2.8%) | 79 | 1.9% |
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.
Heemsen: location in the Nienburg (Weser) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Heemsen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Heemsen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040)
- Nienburg (Weser)SPD 24.1%
- Rehburg-LoccumCDU 27.2%
- Steyerberg, FleckenCDU 30.0%
- StolzenauAfD 31.3%
- Briefwahl SG MittelweserCDU 31.9%
- Briefwahl SG Grafschaft HoyaCDU 28.7%
- Briefwahl SG UchteCDU 36.4%
- MarkloheCDU 29.7%
- Briefwahl SG Weser-AueCDU 31.7%
- Uchte, FleckenCDU 31.2%
- Diepenau, FleckenCDU 36.9%
- HoyaSPD 25.7%