Zernien: 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 Zernien with 28.2% (3 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Zernien with 25.8% of the second votes, AfD took 20.6%.
- Turnout56.9% · Lüchow-Dannenberg (Wkr. 037) 82.9% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters774 of 1,360 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyFreie Wähler +4.5 · AfD +2.8 · SPD −2.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Zernien
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Zernien, as of 24.09.2026 10:05. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 28.2% · 3 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 23.1% in the Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ElbtalaueCDU 23.5%
- Turnout72.2% · district council election 68.0%
- CDU28.2% · 3 seats
- SOLI16.9% · 2 seats
- UWG16.8% · 2 seats
- Bürgerliste14.1% · 1 seat
- MuN8.5% · 1 seat
- SPD6.4% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE5.6% · 1 seat
- Die Linke3.5%
Turnout 72.2% · 1,392 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 10:05. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033545406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Elbtalaue, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU23.1% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE16.3% · 5 seats
- AfD13.9% · 5 seats
- SPD12.0% · 4 seats
- UWG9.8% · 3 seats
- SOLI7.5% · 2 seats
- Die Linke6.3% · 2 seats
- FDP3.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.1% · 17,138 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Behning and Weiss.
- Behning, CDU35.7%
- Weiss, GRÜNE32.2%
- Schütz, Einzelwahlvorschlag17.3%
- Schwidder, SPD14.8%
Turnout 68.1% · 17,138 eligible voters · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 10:05. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüchow-Dannenberg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU23.5%
- GRÜNE14.6%
- AfD14.2%
- SPD13.8%
- SOLI9.7%
- UWG7.2%
- Die Linke6.0%
- FDP3.7%
Turnout 68.0% · 17,155 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schulz, Einzelwahlvorschlag Schulz38.9%
- Donat, SOLI17.7%
- Carmienke, CDU15.4%
- Römer, AfD14.5%
- Huske, SPD13.5%
Turnout 68.0% · 17,155 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Zernien
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU25.8%-2.3
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- SPD20.2%-2.8
- Grüne12.0%+0.5
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- Freie Wähler5.3%+4.5
- BSW4.6%+0.8
- FDP2.9%-1.2
- Volt0.1%-0.5
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 198 | 25.8% | 24.0% | 28.1% (-2.3) | 22.6% (+3.2) |
| AfD | 158 | 20.6% | 16.8% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| SPD | 155 | 20.2% | 20.9% | 23.0% (-2.8) | 16.4% (+3.8) |
| Grüne | 92 | 12.0% | 15.0% | 11.5% (+0.5) | 11.6% (+0.4) |
| Linke | 53 | 6.9% | 10.8% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 41 | 5.3% | 2.9% | 0.8% (+4.5) | – |
| BSW | 35 | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.8% (+0.8) | 5.0% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 22 | 2.9% | 2.8% | 4.1% (-1.2) | 4.3% (-1.4) |
| Volt | 1 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 12 | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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 Elbtalaue: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Zernien. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Zernien only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 4,493 postal voters, which is 33.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association82.7%
- Voters13,607 of 16,462 eligible voters
- Postal vote share33.0% · 4,493
- Member municipalities10
- CDU21.9%-3.9
- SPD21.5%+1.3
- AfD16.9%-3.7
- Grüne15.3%+3.3
- Linke10.5%+3.6
- BSW4.6%±0
- Freie Wähler3.9%-1.4
- FDP2.8%-0.1
- Volt0.3%+0.2
- Others2.4%+0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Zernien.
| Party | Polling station Zernien | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 198 (25.8%) | 1,069 (23.9%) | 2,963 | 21.9% |
| SPD | 155 (20.2%) | 1,066 (23.8%) | 2,905 | 21.5% |
| AfD | 158 (20.6%) | 492 (11.0%) | 2,280 | 16.9% |
| Grüne | 92 (12.0%) | 760 (17.0%) | 2,065 | 15.3% |
| Linke | 53 (6.9%) | 446 (10.0%) | 1,420 | 10.5% |
| BSW | 35 (4.6%) | 200 (4.5%) | 621 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 41 (5.3%) | 188 (4.2%) | 524 | 3.9% |
| FDP | 22 (2.9%) | 122 (2.7%) | 384 | 2.8% |
| Others | 12 (1.6%) | 118 (2.6%) | 331 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- DamnatzGrüne 19.6%
- Dannenberg (Elbe)AfD 22.4%
- GöhrdeSPD 20.2%
- GusbornSPD 22.7%
- Hitzacker (Elbe)AfD 19.2%
- JamelnCDU 24.8%
- KarwitzCDU 23.4%
- LangendorfGrüne 20.4%
- Neu DarchauSPD 21.9%
- ZernienCDU 25.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Zernien: location in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Zernien highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue 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%
- Gartow, FleckenCDU 27.3%
- Neu DarchauSPD 21.9%
- KüstenGrüne 19.9%
- GusbornSPD 22.7%