Neuenkirchen: 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 Neuenkirchen with 52.7% (6 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Neuenkirchen with 29.0% of the second votes, CDU took 26.1%.
- Turnout70.8% · Cuxhaven (Wkr. 029) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters763 of 1,078 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +6.0 · Grüne −3.3 · CDU −2.0
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Neuenkirchen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Neuenkirchen, as of 23.09.2026 10:34. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 52.7% · 6 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 36.1% in the Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Land HadelnCDU 34.7%
- Turnout73.8% · district council election 69.7%
- SPD52.7% · 6 seats
- CDU31.6% · 3 seats
- FDP8.9% · 1 seat
- Die Linke6.8% · 1 seat
Turnout 73.8% · 1,082 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 10:34. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033525411/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Land Hadeln, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 36 seats
- CDU36.1% · 13 seats
- SPD30.8% · 11 seats
- AfD13.6% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.5% · 3 seats
Turnout 69.8% · 22,488 eligible voters · 36 seats · Official final result · 39 of 39 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Thielebeule, Einzelbewerber52.4%
- Schwanemann, Einzelbewerber24.3%
- Merz, CDU23.3%
Turnout 69.9% · 22,488 eligible voters · Official final result · 39 of 39 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 10:33. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Cuxhaven is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU34.7%
- SPD29.4%
- AfD15.6%
- GRÜNE10.0%
Turnout 69.7% · 22,559 eligible voters · 39 of 39 results
Second votes in Neuenkirchen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD29.0%+6.0
- CDU26.1%-2.0
- AfD19.6%+1.8
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.5
- Volt0.3%-0.3
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 220 | 29.0% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+6.0) | 16.4% (+12.6) |
| CDU | 198 | 26.1% | 29.5% | 28.1% (-2.0) | 22.6% (+3.5) |
| AfD | 149 | 19.6% | 19.5% | 17.8% (+1.8) | 20.8% (-1.2) |
| Grüne | 62 | 8.2% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-3.3) | 11.6% (-3.4) |
| Linke | 47 | 6.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 34 | 4.5% | 3.7% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 27 | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 18 | 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 Land Hadeln: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln are counted jointly for all 14 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Neuenkirchen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Neuenkirchen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,222 postal voters, which is 23.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.5%
- Voters18,203 of 21,789 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.2% · 4,222
- Member municipalities14
- CDU30.6%+4.5
- SPD25.0%-4.0
- AfD18.6%-1.0
- Grüne9.2%+1.0
- Linke6.1%-0.1
- FDP3.7%-0.8
- BSW3.4%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.4
- Volt0.4%+0.1
- Others2.3%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Neuenkirchen.
| Party | Polling station Neuenkirchen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 198 (26.1%) | 1,340 (31.8%) | 5,542 | 30.6% |
| SPD | 220 (29.0%) | 1,156 (27.5%) | 4,528 | 25.0% |
| AfD | 149 (19.6%) | 496 (11.8%) | 3,364 | 18.6% |
| Grüne | 62 (8.2%) | 497 (11.8%) | 1,669 | 9.2% |
| Linke | 47 (6.2%) | 236 (5.6%) | 1,099 | 6.1% |
| FDP | 34 (4.5%) | 139 (3.3%) | 673 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 27 (3.6%) | 171 (4.1%) | 613 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.3%) | 33 (0.8%) | 135 | 0.7% |
| Others | 18 (2.4%) | 119 (2.8%) | 420 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BelumCDU 27.2%
- BülkauCDU 42.9%
- IhlienworthCDU 28.5%
- NeuenkirchenSPD 29.0%
- Neuhaus (Oste), FleckenSPD 26.4%
- NordledaCDU 30.3%
- OberndorfSPD 26.5%
- OdisheimCDU 48.7%
- OsterbruchCDU 31.6%
- OtterndorfCDU 28.0%
- SteinauCDU 46.2%
- WannaCDU 32.0%
- WingstCDU 33.0%
- CadenbergeCDU 27.2%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Neuenkirchen: location in the Cuxhaven district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Neuenkirchen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.