Pollhagen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGP became the largest group on the council of Pollhagen with 50.1% (6 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Pollhagen with 30.3% of the second votes, SPD took 26.7%.
- Turnout65.1% · Schaumburg (Wkr. 040) 83.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters572 of 879 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −4.6 · SPD +3.7 · AfD +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 Pollhagen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Pollhagen, as of 13.09.2026 21:59. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGP 50.1% · 6 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 41.3% in the Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NiedernwöhrenSPD 34.9%
- Turnout69.8% · district council election 68.0%
- WGP50.1% · 6 seats
- SPD39.8% · 4 seats
- CDU10.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.8% · 907 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:59. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/032575404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Niedernwöhren, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- SPD41.3% · 8 seats
- CDU34.8% · 7 seats
- WGN9.8% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE8.9% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.1% · 6,521 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Borschke, Einzelbewerber85.6%
- Nein-Stimmen14.4%
Turnout 68.1% · 6,521 eligible voters · Official final result · 15 of 15 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:46. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Schaumburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD34.9%
- CDU28.9%
- AfD15.4%
- GRÜNE8.6%
- Die Linke4.4%
- WGS3.9%
- BSW1.2%
- FREIE WÄHLER1.1%
- FDP1.1%
- Volt0.6%
Turnout 68.0% · 6,556 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
District administrator election
- Stüdemann, SPD60.4%
- Dr. Steinbeck, CDU39.6%
Turnout 67.8% · 6,556 eligible voters · 15 of 15 results
Second votes in Pollhagen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.3%+2.2
- SPD26.7%+3.7
- AfD21.1%+3.3
- Grüne6.9%-4.6
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW1.9%-1.9
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 171 | 30.3% | 27.4% | 28.1% (+2.2) | 22.6% (+7.7) |
| SPD | 151 | 26.7% | 24.6% | 23.0% (+3.7) | 16.4% (+10.3) |
| AfD | 119 | 21.1% | 19.9% | 17.8% (+3.3) | 20.8% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 39 | 6.9% | 10.4% | 11.5% (-4.6) | 11.6% (-4.7) |
| Linke | 35 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 25 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 11 | 1.9% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-1.9) | 5.0% (-3.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 9 | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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 Niedernwöhren: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Pollhagen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Pollhagen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,403 postal voters, which is 25.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.0%
- Voters5,594 of 6,355 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.1% · 1,403
- Member municipalities6
- CDU29.6%-0.7
- SPD27.3%+0.6
- AfD17.7%-3.4
- Grüne9.8%+2.9
- Linke5.9%-0.3
- FDP3.3%-1.1
- BSW2.8%+0.9
- Freie Wähler0.9%±0
- Volt0.2%
- Others2.5%+0.9
Change compared with polling-station votes in Pollhagen.
| Party | Polling station Pollhagen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 171 (30.3%) | 437 (31.2%) | 1,651 | 29.6% |
| SPD | 151 (26.7%) | 420 (30.0%) | 1,519 | 27.3% |
| AfD | 119 (21.1%) | 166 (11.8%) | 988 | 17.7% |
| Grüne | 39 (6.9%) | 176 (12.6%) | 543 | 9.8% |
| Linke | 35 (6.2%) | 78 (5.6%) | 326 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 25 (4.4%) | 38 (2.7%) | 186 | 3.3% |
| BSW | 11 (1.9%) | 35 (2.5%) | 155 | 2.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.9%) | 21 (1.5%) | 48 | 0.9% |
| Others | 9 (1.6%) | 27 (1.9%) | 142 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- LauenhagenCDU 30.9%
- MeerbeckCDU 27.3%
- NiedernwöhrenCDU 29.7%
- NordsehlCDU 30.7%
- PollhagenCDU 30.3%
- Wiedensahl, FleckenCDU 26.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Pollhagen: location in the Schaumburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Pollhagen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.