Höhbeck: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, GLH became the largest group on the council of Höhbeck with 53.2% (5 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, Grüne led in Höhbeck with 23.6% of the second votes, SPD took 21.2%.
- Turnout60.5% · Lüchow-Dannenberg (Wkr. 037) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters342 of 565 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +12.1 · CDU −6.9 · AfD −6.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Höhbeck
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Höhbeck, as of 24.09.2026 10:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilGLH 53.2% · 5 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 39.3% in the Samtgemeinde Gartow
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde GartowCDU 35.1%
- Turnout75.0% · district council election 73.1%
- GLH53.2% · 5 seats
- FWGH31.7% · 3 seats
- SPD15.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 75.0% · 600 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Gartow, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 10:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033545403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Gartow
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Gartow, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 14 seats
- CDU39.3% · 5 seats
- UWG20.0% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE16.3% · 2 seats
- WG13.0% · 2 seats
- SPD11.5% · 2 seats
Turnout 73.2% · 3,279 eligible voters · 14 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Järnecke, CDU71.5%
- Queißer, Einzelwahlvorschlag28.5%
Turnout 73.3% · 3,279 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Gartow, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 10:26. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Gartow
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüchow-Dannenberg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU35.1%
- UWG14.1%
- GRÜNE12.2%
- AfD12.2%
- SPD12.1%
- Die Linke5.3%
Turnout 73.1% · 3,284 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schulz, Einzelwahlvorschlag Schulz41.6%
- Carmienke, CDU23.3%
- Donat, SOLI12.1%
- Römer, AfD12.1%
- Huske, SPD10.9%
Turnout 73.0% · 3,284 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Höhbeck
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- Grüne23.6%+12.1
- SPD21.2%-1.8
- CDU21.2%-6.9
- Linke13.3%+5.2
- AfD11.2%-6.6
- BSW3.2%-0.6
- FDP2.7%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others1.8%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grüne | 80 | 23.6% | 15.0% | 11.5% (+12.1) | 11.6% (+12.0) |
| SPD | 72 | 21.2% | 20.9% | 23.0% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| CDU | 72 | 21.2% | 24.0% | 28.1% (-6.9) | 22.6% (-1.4) |
| Linke | 45 | 13.3% | 10.8% | 8.1% (+5.2) | 8.8% (+4.5) |
| AfD | 38 | 11.2% | 16.8% | 17.8% (-6.6) | 20.8% (-9.6) |
| BSW | 11 | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.8% (-0.6) | 5.0% (-1.8) |
| FDP | 9 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4.1% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.2% | 2.9% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 6 | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.8) |
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 Gartow: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Gartow are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Höhbeck. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Höhbeck only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 891 postal voters, which is 33.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.7%
- Voters2,694 of 3,182 eligible voters
- Postal vote share33.1% · 891
- Member municipalities5
- CDU29.2%+8.0
- SPD21.1%-0.1
- Grüne15.0%-8.6
- AfD14.9%+3.7
- Linke9.4%-3.9
- BSW3.4%+0.2
- FDP2.6%-0.1
- Freie Wähler2.0%+0.8
- Volt0.1%-0.5
- Others2.4%+0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Höhbeck.
| Party | Polling station Höhbeck | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Gartow total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 72 (21.2%) | 292 (32.8%) | 782 | 29.2% |
| SPD | 72 (21.2%) | 200 (22.4%) | 564 | 21.1% |
| Grüne | 80 (23.6%) | 144 (16.2%) | 403 | 15.0% |
| AfD | 38 (11.2%) | 85 (9.5%) | 399 | 14.9% |
| Linke | 45 (13.3%) | 69 (7.7%) | 252 | 9.4% |
| BSW | 11 (3.2%) | 31 (3.5%) | 90 | 3.4% |
| FDP | 9 (2.7%) | 22 (2.5%) | 69 | 2.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.2%) | 15 (1.7%) | 53 | 2.0% |
| Others | 6 (1.8%) | 33 (3.7%) | 63 | 2.4% |
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.
Höhbeck: location in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Höhbeck highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Gartow shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.
In context
More municipalities in Lüchow-Dannenberg (Wkr. 037)
- Briefwahl SG Lüchow (Wendland)CDU 27.7%
- Briefwahl SG ElbtalaueCDU 23.9%
- Lüchow (Wendland)CDU 23.6%
- Dannenberg (Elbe)AfD 22.4%
- Hitzacker (Elbe)AfD 19.2%
- Wustrow (Wendland)CDU 23.7%
- Clenze, FleckenCDU 24.5%
- Briefwahl SG GartowCDU 32.8%
- ZernienCDU 25.8%
- Gartow, FleckenCDU 27.3%
- Neu DarchauSPD 21.9%
- KüstenGrüne 19.9%