Barnstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, UWI became the largest group on the council of Barnstedt with 29.9% (3 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Barnstedt with 23.4% of the second votes, CDU took 21.9%.
- Turnout71.0% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters467 of 658 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +6.3 · CDU −6.2 · AfD −3.8
- 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 Barnstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Barnstedt, as of 13.09.2026 23:22. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilUWI 29.9% · 3 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 34.5% in the Samtgemeinde Ilmenau
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde IlmenauSPD 26.3%
- Turnout78.6% · district council election 73.0%
- UWI29.9% · 3 seats
- SPD27.4% · 2 seats
- Für B + K19.5% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE10.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 78.6% · 664 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Ilmenau, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:22. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555405/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Ilmenau
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Ilmenau, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- SPD34.5% · 8 seats
- UWI23.7% · 6 seats
- CDU17.4% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE12.7% · 3 seats
Turnout 73.0% · 8,716 eligible voters · 24 seats · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Rowohlt, SPD78.7%
- Lietzke, CDU21.3%
Turnout 73.1% · 8,716 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Ilmenau, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Ilmenau
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD26.3%
- CDU23.2%
- AfD15.7%
- GRÜNE14.8%
Turnout 73.0% · 8,733 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gärtner, CDU43.0%
- Schuler, SPD36.7%
- Franz, GRÜNE20.3%
Turnout 73.0% · 8,733 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Barnstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD23.4%+0.4
- CDU21.9%-6.2
- Grüne17.8%+6.3
- AfD14.0%-3.8
- Linke11.2%+3.1
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 109 | 23.4% | 21.0% | 23.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+7.0) |
| CDU | 102 | 21.9% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-6.2) | 22.6% (-0.7) |
| Grüne | 83 | 17.8% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+6.3) | 11.6% (+6.2) |
| AfD | 65 | 14.0% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-3.8) | 20.8% (-6.8) |
| Linke | 52 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 8.1% (+3.1) | 8.8% (+2.4) |
| BSW | 20 | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 17 | 3.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Volt | 4 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 10 | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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 Ilmenau: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Ilmenau are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Barnstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Barnstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,082 postal voters, which is 28.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.5%
- Voters7,381 of 8,432 eligible voters
- Postal vote share28.2% · 2,082
- Member municipalities4
- CDU26.2%+4.3
- SPD22.2%-1.2
- AfD17.6%+3.6
- Grüne14.3%-3.5
- Linke7.9%-3.3
- FDP4.0%+0.3
- BSW3.7%-0.6
- Volt0.9%±0
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.1
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Barnstedt.
| Party | Polling station Barnstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Ilmenau total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 102 (21.9%) | 608 (29.3%) | 1,927 | 26.2% |
| SPD | 109 (23.4%) | 559 (26.9%) | 1,636 | 22.2% |
| AfD | 65 (14.0%) | 204 (9.8%) | 1,295 | 17.6% |
| Grüne | 83 (17.8%) | 322 (15.5%) | 1,049 | 14.3% |
| Linke | 52 (11.2%) | 133 (6.4%) | 582 | 7.9% |
| FDP | 17 (3.7%) | 68 (3.3%) | 297 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 20 (4.3%) | 78 (3.8%) | 270 | 3.7% |
| Volt | 4 (0.9%) | 29 (1.4%) | 64 | 0.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (0.6%) | 20 (1.0%) | 52 | 0.7% |
| Others | 10 (2.2%) | 57 (2.7%) | 181 | 2.5% |
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.
Barnstedt: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Barnstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Ilmenau shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.