Pennigsehl: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Rainer Lesemann became the largest group on the council of Pennigsehl with 19.8%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Pennigsehl with 32.5% of the second votes, SPD took 26.0%.
- Turnout68.3% · Nienburg (Weser) (Wkr. 033, 040) 82.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters654 of 957 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −4.6 · CDU +4.4 · Linke −3.3
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency40 Nienburg II – Schaumburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Pennigsehl
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Pennigsehl, as of 13.09.2026 22:34. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilRainer Lesemann 19.8%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 37.2% in the Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Weser-AueCDU 33.8%
- Turnout68.7% · district council election 66.0%
- Rainer Lesemann19.8%
- Florian Arndt17.3%
- Sabrina Kammann8.1%
- Karsten von Felden6.4%
- Franziska Witte6.3%
- Dennis Köper6.3%
- Till Wolters5.6%
- Henning Ballerstaedt5.2%
- Sven Schomburg5.1%
- Daniel Stingl5.1%
- Kerstin Märtens4.0%
- Niklas Nietfeld3.3%
- René Hormann3.0%
- Alexander Dubs2.6%
- Anna-Christina Hillmann1.8%
Turnout 68.7% · 1,008 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:34. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032565411/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Weser-Aue, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU37.2% · 11 seats
- SPD29.6% · 9 seats
- FWAL18.2% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE10.6% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.1% · 11,729 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Rötschke, Einzelbewerber82.3%
- Hille, FDP17.7%
Turnout 65.9% · 11,729 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 27 of 27 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:50. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Nienburg (Weser) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.8%
- SPD24.4%
- AfD17.2%
- GRÜNE12.6%
Turnout 66.0% · 11,772 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Seebode, CDU40.8%
- Duensing, Einzelwahlvorschlag Duensing26.2%
- Schiemann, AfD17.4%
- Franke, Einzelwahlvorschlag Franke15.5%
Turnout 66.0% · 11,772 eligible voters · 27 of 27 results
Second votes in Pennigsehl
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU32.5%+4.4
- SPD26.0%+3.0
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- Linke4.8%-3.3
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- BSW2.0%-1.8
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 211 | 32.5% | 28.2% | 28.1% (+4.4) | 22.6% (+9.9) |
| SPD | 169 | 26.0% | 23.4% | 23.0% (+3.0) | 16.4% (+9.6) |
| AfD | 134 | 20.6% | 21.2% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 45 | 6.9% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 31 | 4.8% | 6.6% | 8.1% (-3.3) | 8.8% (-4.0) |
| FDP | 25 | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 13 | 2.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-1.8) | 5.0% (-3.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 14 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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 Weser-Aue: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Pennigsehl. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Pennigsehl only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,185 postal voters, which is 23.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.3%
- Voters9,470 of 11,105 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.1% · 2,185
- Member municipalities6
- CDU29.9%-2.6
- SPD24.4%-1.6
- AfD18.4%-2.2
- Grüne10.2%+3.3
- Linke6.1%+1.3
- FDP3.6%-0.2
- BSW3.1%+1.1
- Freie Wähler1.8%+0.7
- Volt0.5%+0.3
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Pennigsehl.
| Party | Polling station Pennigsehl | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 211 (32.5%) | 692 (31.7%) | 2,822 | 29.9% |
| SPD | 169 (26.0%) | 594 (27.2%) | 2,301 | 24.4% |
| AfD | 134 (20.6%) | 295 (13.5%) | 1,735 | 18.4% |
| Grüne | 45 (6.9%) | 255 (11.7%) | 958 | 10.2% |
| Linke | 31 (4.8%) | 103 (4.7%) | 577 | 6.1% |
| FDP | 25 (3.8%) | 64 (2.9%) | 335 | 3.6% |
| BSW | 13 (2.0%) | 75 (3.4%) | 288 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.1%) | 39 (1.8%) | 168 | 1.8% |
| Volt | 1 (0.2%) | 12 (0.6%) | 51 | 0.5% |
| Others | 14 (2.2%) | 51 (2.3%) | 191 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BalgeSPD 29.7%
- BinnenCDU 29.2%
- Liebenau, FleckenCDU 28.2%
- MarkloheCDU 29.7%
- PennigsehlCDU 32.5%
- WietzenCDU 30.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Pennigsehl: location in the Nienburg (Weser) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Pennigsehl highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Weser-Aue 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%