Helpsen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGSN became the largest group on the council of Helpsen with 46.6% (5 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Helpsen with 26.2% of the second votes, CDU took 25.1%.
- Turnout62.7% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters960 of 1,530 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.0 · SPD +3.2 · CDU −3.0
- 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 Helpsen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Helpsen, as of 22.09.2026 09:53. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGSN 46.6% · 5 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 40.8% in the Samtgemeinde Nienstädt
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NienstädtSPD 35.0%
- Turnout66.3% · district council election 64.6%
- WGSN46.6% · 5 seats
- SPD37.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE15.7% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.3% · 1,561 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nienstädt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 09:53. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032575405/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Nienstädt
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Nienstädt, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- SPD40.8% · 10 seats
- WGSN22.5% · 5 seats
- CDU21.7% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE13.1% · 3 seats
- Gabor, Gabor2.0%
Turnout 64.7% · 8,265 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Nienstädt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 10:49. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Nienstädt
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD35.0%
- CDU20.2%
- AfD15.0%
- WGS11.4%
- GRÜNE10.1%
- Die Linke4.0%
- FREIE WÄHLER1.5%
- FDP1.3%
- BSW1.1%
- Zedlitz, Einzelwahlvorschlag Zedlitz0.4%
Turnout 64.6% · 8,300 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD63.3%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU36.7%
Turnout 64.6% · 8,300 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Helpsen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.2%+3.2
- CDU25.1%-3.0
- AfD21.8%+4.0
- Grüne12.2%+0.7
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- BSW2.9%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.1%-0.5
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 250 | 26.2% | 24.6% | 23.0% (+3.2) | 16.4% (+9.8) |
| CDU | 239 | 25.1% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-3.0) | 22.6% (+2.5) |
| AfD | 208 | 21.8% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+4.0) | 20.8% (+1.0) |
| Grüne | 116 | 12.2% | 10.4% | 11.5% (+0.7) | 11.6% (+0.6) |
| Linke | 54 | 5.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| FDP | 28 | 2.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| BSW | 28 | 2.9% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-2.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 6 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 23 | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Nienstädt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Nienstädt are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Helpsen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Helpsen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,753 postal voters, which is 25.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.2%
- Voters6,879 of 7,976 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.5% · 1,753
- Member municipalities4
- CDU27.0%+1.9
- SPD26.0%-0.2
- AfD19.5%-2.3
- Grüne11.8%-0.4
- Linke5.5%-0.2
- FDP3.6%+0.7
- BSW2.9%±0
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.3
- Volt0.3%+0.2
- Others2.5%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Helpsen.
| Party | Polling station Helpsen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Nienstädt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 239 (25.1%) | 500 (28.6%) | 1,850 | 27.0% |
| SPD | 250 (26.2%) | 514 (29.4%) | 1,782 | 26.0% |
| AfD | 208 (21.8%) | 228 (13.0%) | 1,331 | 19.5% |
| Grüne | 116 (12.2%) | 217 (12.4%) | 806 | 11.8% |
| Linke | 54 (5.7%) | 86 (4.9%) | 377 | 5.5% |
| FDP | 28 (2.9%) | 54 (3.1%) | 249 | 3.6% |
| BSW | 28 (2.9%) | 58 (3.3%) | 196 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 6 (0.6%) | 21 (1.2%) | 61 | 0.9% |
| Others | 23 (2.4%) | 58 (3.3%) | 168 | 2.5% |
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.
Helpsen: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Helpsen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Nienstädt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.