Lindhorst: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Lindhorst with 36.7% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Lindhorst with 26.8% of the second votes, CDU took 23.5%.
- Turnout66.0% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,099 of 3,179 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.9 · CDU −4.6 · SPD +3.8
- 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 Lindhorst
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Lindhorst, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 36.7% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 25.6% in the Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde LindhorstSPD 33.0%
- Turnout62.0% · district council election 63.7%
- SPD36.7% · 5 seats
- DIE BÜRGER33.5% · 5 seats
- CDU12.8% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE10.7% · 2 seats
- FDP6.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 62.0% · 3,373 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lindhorst, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032575402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Lindhorst, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- SPD25.6% · 5 seats
- CDU21.7% · 4 seats
- DIE BÜRGER17.3% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.9% · 2 seats
- WGB9.7% · 2 seats
- WGL7.2% · 1 seat
- Die Linke5.1% · 1 seat
- FDP3.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 63.8% · 6,142 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 13 of 13 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Edler, 54.9%
- Marx, 45.1%
Turnout 63.9% · 6,142 eligible voters · Official final result · 13 of 13 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lindhorst, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD33.0%
- AfD19.0%
- CDU18.5%
- WGS10.8%
- GRÜNE9.7%
- Die Linke5.3%
- FDP3.0%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein0.7%
Turnout 63.7% · 6,173 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD63.9%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU36.1%
Turnout 63.8% · 6,173 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
Second votes in Lindhorst
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD26.8%+3.8
- CDU23.5%-4.6
- AfD22.7%+4.9
- Grüne8.8%-2.7
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- FDP3.3%-0.8
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 560 | 26.8% | 24.6% | 23.0% (+3.8) | 16.4% (+10.4) |
| CDU | 490 | 23.5% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-4.6) | 22.6% (+0.9) |
| AfD | 475 | 22.7% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+4.9) | 20.8% (+1.9) |
| Grüne | 183 | 8.8% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-2.7) | 11.6% (-2.8) |
| Linke | 146 | 7.0% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| BSW | 85 | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| FDP | 69 | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.8) | 4.3% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 21 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 49 | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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 Lindhorst: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Lindhorst are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Lindhorst. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lindhorst only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 971 postal voters, which is 19.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.0%
- Voters4,943 of 5,886 eligible voters
- Postal vote share19.6% · 971
- Member municipalities4
- CDU26.4%+2.9
- SPD25.0%-1.8
- AfD21.0%-1.7
- Grüne10.5%+1.7
- Linke6.6%-0.4
- BSW3.5%-0.6
- FDP3.0%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.0%±0
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others2.4%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lindhorst.
| Party | Polling station Lindhorst | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Lindhorst total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 490 (23.5%) | 289 (29.9%) | 1,297 | 26.4% |
| SPD | 560 (26.8%) | 262 (27.1%) | 1,230 | 25.0% |
| AfD | 475 (22.7%) | 132 (13.7%) | 1,031 | 21.0% |
| Grüne | 183 (8.8%) | 128 (13.3%) | 518 | 10.5% |
| Linke | 146 (7.0%) | 55 (5.7%) | 323 | 6.6% |
| BSW | 85 (4.1%) | 27 (2.8%) | 174 | 3.5% |
| FDP | 69 (3.3%) | 18 (1.9%) | 146 | 3.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 21 (1.0%) | 14 (1.4%) | 50 | 1.0% |
| Volt | 10 (0.5%) | 9 (0.9%) | 29 | 0.6% |
| Others | 49 (2.3%) | 32 (3.3%) | 117 | 2.4% |
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.
Lindhorst: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lindhorst highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Lindhorst shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.