Cuxhaven: 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 Cuxhaven with 32.2% (13 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Cuxhaven with 28.0% of the second votes, SPD took 27.3%.
- MayorUwe Santjer (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout79.1% · Cuxhaven (Wkr. 029) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters29,042 of 36,708 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +4.3 · Grüne −2.2 · Linke −1.1
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
2026 local elections in Cuxhaven
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Cuxhaven, as of 22.09.2026 11:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 32.2% · 13 of 40 seats
- Lord mayorUwe Santjer (SPD), 58.9%
- District council, votes from CuxhavenSPD 32.4%
- Turnout57.5% · district council election 57.5%
- SPD32.2% · 13 seats
- CDU25.1% · 10 seats
- AfD13.4% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE11.1% · 5 seats
- Die Cuxhavener5.7% · 2 seats
Turnout 57.5% · 39,242 eligible voters · 40 seats · Official final result · 76 of 76 results
Source: Stadt Cuxhaven, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 11:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03352011/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election Cuxhaven
- Santjer, SPD58.9%
- Brunken, CDU19.5%
- Bremer, Die Cuxhavener12.6%
- Wichert, FDP6.3%
- Schneider, Die Demokraten2.7%
Turnout 57.4% · 39,242 eligible voters · Official final result · 76 of 76 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Cuxhaven
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cuxhaven is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.4%
- CDU26.1%
- AfD13.8%
- GRÜNE12.5%
- FDP5.3%
Turnout 57.5% · 39,299 eligible voters · 76 of 76 results
Second votes in Cuxhaven
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.0%-0.1
- SPD27.3%+4.3
- AfD17.0%-0.8
- Grüne9.3%-2.2
- Linke7.0%-1.1
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 8,071 | 28.0% | 29.5% | 28.1% (-0.1) | 22.6% (+5.4) |
| SPD | 7,894 | 27.3% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+4.3) | 16.4% (+10.9) |
| AfD | 4,908 | 17.0% | 19.5% | 17.8% (-0.8) | 20.8% (-3.8) |
| Grüne | 2,696 | 9.3% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-2.2) | 11.6% (-2.3) |
| Linke | 2,017 | 7.0% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.1) | 8.8% (-1.8) |
| BSW | 1,114 | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| FDP | 1,093 | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 238 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 162 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 673 | 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.
Cuxhaven: location in the Cuxhaven district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Cuxhaven highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.