Barendorf: 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 Barendorf with 36.9% (5 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Barendorf with 23.2% of the second votes, AfD took 22.1%.
- MayorKay Benson · Wikidata
- Turnout69.0% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,324 of 1,918 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU −4.9 · AfD +4.3 · SPD −2.2
- 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 Barendorf
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Barendorf, as of 13.09.2026 22:50. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 36.9% · 5 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 40.2% in the Samtgemeinde Ostheide
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde OstheideCDU 27.5%
- Turnout72.0% · district council election 74.3%
- SPD36.9% · 5 seats
- BFB32.7% · 4 seats
- CDU30.4% · 4 seats
Turnout 72.0% · 1,971 eligible voters · 13 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Ostheide, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:50. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Ostheide
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Ostheide, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- CDU40.2% · 10 seats
- SPD32.4% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE14.2% · 4 seats
- UBO13.3% · 4 seats
Turnout 74.2% · 8,610 eligible voters · 26 seats · Preliminary result · 17 of 17 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Johansson, CDU51.7%
- Peyko, SPD48.3%
Turnout 74.1% · 8,610 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 17 of 17 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Ostheide, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 10:24. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Ostheide
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.5%
- SPD27.0%
- AfD18.5%
- GRÜNE13.1%
Turnout 74.3% · 8,667 eligible voters · 17 of 17 results
District administrator election
- Gärtner, CDU50.4%
- Schuler, SPD30.0%
- Franz, GRÜNE19.7%
Turnout 74.0% · 8,673 eligible voters · 17 of 17 results
Second votes in Barendorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU23.2%-4.9
- AfD22.1%+4.3
- SPD20.8%-2.2
- Grüne12.8%+1.3
- Linke8.3%+0.2
- BSW4.5%+0.7
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 306 | 23.2% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-4.9) | 22.6% (+0.6) |
| AfD | 292 | 22.1% | 16.1% | 17.8% (+4.3) | 20.8% (+1.3) |
| SPD | 275 | 20.8% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-2.2) | 16.4% (+4.4) |
| Grüne | 169 | 12.8% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+1.3) | 11.6% (+1.2) |
| Linke | 109 | 8.3% | 10.3% | 8.1% (+0.2) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 60 | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.7) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 58 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.3) | 4.3% (+0.1) |
| Volt | 10 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 33 | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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 Ostheide: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Ostheide are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Barendorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Barendorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,772 postal voters, which is 24.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.8%
- Voters7,346 of 8,364 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.1% · 1,772
- Member municipalities6
- CDU26.3%+3.1
- SPD20.7%-0.1
- AfD20.4%-1.7
- Grüne13.4%+0.6
- Linke7.3%-1.0
- FDP3.9%-0.5
- BSW3.9%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.7%-0.1
- Others2.5%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Barendorf.
| Party | Polling station Barendorf | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Ostheide total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 306 (23.2%) | 489 (27.7%) | 1,928 | 26.3% |
| SPD | 275 (20.8%) | 396 (22.4%) | 1,513 | 20.7% |
| AfD | 292 (22.1%) | 237 (13.4%) | 1,494 | 20.4% |
| Grüne | 169 (12.8%) | 300 (17.0%) | 980 | 13.4% |
| Linke | 109 (8.3%) | 111 (6.3%) | 538 | 7.3% |
| FDP | 58 (4.4%) | 68 (3.9%) | 287 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 60 (4.5%) | 64 (3.6%) | 287 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (0.5%) | 24 (1.4%) | 62 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 10 (0.8%) | 15 (0.8%) | 52 | 0.7% |
| Others | 33 (2.5%) | 62 (3.5%) | 185 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BarendorfCDU 23.2%
- NeetzeCDU 27.6%
- ReinstorfCDU 27.2%
- ThomasburgAfD 29.6%
- VastorfCDU 24.9%
- Wendisch EvernCDU 27.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Barendorf: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Barendorf highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Ostheide shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.