Hechthausen: 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 Hechthausen with 51.5% (8 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Hechthausen with 27.9% of the second votes, CDU took 27.6%.
- Turnout61.5% · Cuxhaven (Wkr. 029) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,789 of 2,909 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +10.1 · Grüne −4.5 · Linke −3.4
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Hechthausen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hechthausen, as of 21.09.2026 11:31. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 51.5% · 8 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 32.1% in the Samtgemeinde Hemmoor
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HemmoorSPD 32.5%
- Turnout71.6% · district council election 64.2%
- SPD51.5% · 8 seats
- AfD20.1% · 3 seats
- BVH12.4% · 2 seats
- "Wir für Euch"12.1% · 2 seats
- Freiherr Marschalck von Bachtenbrock, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.9%
Turnout 71.6% · 2,988 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 7 of 7 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hemmoor, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 11:31. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033525407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Hemmoor
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Hemmoor, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- SPD32.1% · 10 seats
- CDU24.5% · 7 seats
- AfD21.5% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE8.2% · 3 seats
Turnout 64.4% · 11,659 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Lunden, Einzelbewerber63.4%
- Krüger, Einzelbewerber36.6%
Turnout 64.3% · 11,659 eligible voters · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hemmoor, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 11:31. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Hemmoor
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Cuxhaven is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD32.5%
- CDU26.0%
- AfD23.7%
- GRÜNE8.3%
Turnout 64.2% · 11,693 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Hechthausen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD27.9%+10.1
- CDU27.6%-0.5
- SPD22.2%-0.8
- Grüne7.0%-4.5
- Linke4.7%-3.4
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW2.9%-0.9
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 497 | 27.9% | 19.5% | 17.8% (+10.1) | 20.8% (+7.1) |
| CDU | 491 | 27.6% | 29.5% | 28.1% (-0.5) | 22.6% (+5.0) |
| SPD | 395 | 22.2% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-0.8) | 16.4% (+5.8) |
| Grüne | 125 | 7.0% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-4.5) | 11.6% (-4.6) |
| Linke | 84 | 4.7% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-3.4) | 8.8% (-4.1) |
| FDP | 78 | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| BSW | 52 | 2.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.9) | 5.0% (-2.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 9 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 39 | 2.2% | 2.5% | 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 Hemmoor: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Hemmoor are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Hechthausen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Hechthausen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,661 postal voters, which is 29.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association80.7%
- Voters9,025 of 11,185 eligible voters
- Postal vote share29.5% · 2,661
- Member municipalities3
- CDU27.9%+0.3
- SPD24.2%+2.0
- AfD23.7%-4.2
- Grüne7.3%+0.3
- Linke5.6%+0.9
- FDP4.0%-0.4
- BSW3.4%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.6%+0.1
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Hechthausen.
| Party | Polling station Hechthausen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hemmoor total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 491 (27.6%) | 814 (30.6%) | 2,508 | 27.9% |
| SPD | 395 (22.2%) | 764 (28.8%) | 2,172 | 24.2% |
| AfD | 497 (27.9%) | 373 (14.0%) | 2,127 | 23.7% |
| Grüne | 125 (7.0%) | 231 (8.7%) | 658 | 7.3% |
| Linke | 84 (4.7%) | 136 (5.1%) | 503 | 5.6% |
| FDP | 78 (4.4%) | 113 (4.3%) | 362 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 52 (2.9%) | 100 (3.8%) | 308 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (0.5%) | 30 (1.1%) | 70 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 9 (0.5%) | 17 (0.6%) | 52 | 0.6% |
| Others | 39 (2.2%) | 79 (3.0%) | 227 | 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.
Hechthausen: location in the Cuxhaven district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hechthausen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hemmoor shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.