Geestland: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Geestland with 37.1% (14 of 38 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Geestland with 31.8% of the second votes, SPD took 22.4%.
- MayorThorsten Krüger (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout84.1% · Cuxhaven (Wkr. 029) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters20,844 of 24,787 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +3.7 · Grüne −2.9 · Linke −2.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
2026 local elections in Geestland
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Geestland, as of 14.09.2026 01:12. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 37.1% · 14 of 38 seats
- District council, votes from GeestlandCDU 37.4%
- Turnout63.4% · district council election 63.3%
- CDU37.1% · 14 seats
- SPD20.7% · 8 seats
- AfD18.1% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE10.3% · 4 seats
Turnout 63.4% · 25,674 eligible voters · 38 seats · Preliminary result · 36 of 36 results
Source: Stadt Geestland, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:12. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03352062/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Geestland
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Cuxhaven is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.4%
- SPD20.6%
- AfD18.2%
- GRÜNE10.7%
Turnout 63.3% · 25,741 eligible voters · 36 of 36 results
Second votes in Geestland
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.8%+3.7
- SPD22.4%-0.6
- AfD20.1%+2.3
- Grüne8.6%-2.9
- Linke5.6%-2.5
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 6,594 | 31.8% | 29.5% | 28.1% (+3.7) | 22.6% (+9.2) |
| SPD | 4,643 | 22.4% | 24.4% | 23.0% (-0.6) | 16.4% (+6.0) |
| AfD | 4,159 | 20.1% | 19.5% | 17.8% (+2.3) | 20.8% (-0.7) |
| Grüne | 1,785 | 8.6% | 9.1% | 11.5% (-2.9) | 11.6% (-3.0) |
| Linke | 1,154 | 5.6% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-2.5) | 8.8% (-3.2) |
| BSW | 883 | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 747 | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 140 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 141 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 495 | 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.
Geestland: location in the Cuxhaven district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Geestland highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.