Betzendorf: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, UWB became the largest group on the council of Betzendorf with 41.4% (5 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Betzendorf with 26.7% of the second votes, SPD took 18.6%.
- Turnout66.5% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters559 of 841 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +5.1 · SPD −4.4 · Freie Wähler +2.1
- 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 Betzendorf
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Betzendorf, as of 18.09.2026 11:37. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilUWB 41.4% · 5 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 24.9% in the Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde AmelinghausenCDU 31.0%
- Turnout75.4% · district council election 72.7%
- UWB41.4% · 5 seats
- CDU37.3% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE11.3% · 1 seat
- SPD10.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 75.4% · 883 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 11:37. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Amelinghausen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- SPD24.9% · 5 seats
- CDU24.7% · 5 seats
- AfD16.4% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE14.9% · 3 seats
Turnout 72.8% · 6,869 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Palesch, SPD78.9%
- Nein-Stimmen21.1%
Turnout 72.7% · 6,869 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:56. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU31.0%
- SPD20.8%
- AfD17.7%
- GRÜNE14.2%
Turnout 72.7% · 6,890 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
- Gärtner, CDU50.9%
- Schuler, SPD29.3%
- Franz, GRÜNE19.8%
Turnout 72.6% · 6,890 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Betzendorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.7%-1.4
- SPD18.6%-4.4
- AfD17.5%-0.3
- Grüne16.6%+5.1
- Linke7.2%-0.9
- FDP4.9%+0.8
- Freie Wähler2.9%+2.1
- BSW2.5%-1.3
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 148 | 26.7% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-1.4) | 22.6% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 103 | 18.6% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-4.4) | 16.4% (+2.2) |
| AfD | 97 | 17.5% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-0.3) | 20.8% (-3.3) |
| Grüne | 92 | 16.6% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+5.1) | 11.6% (+5.0) |
| Linke | 40 | 7.2% | 10.3% | 8.1% (-0.9) | 8.8% (-1.6) |
| FDP | 27 | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.8) | 4.3% (+0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 16 | 2.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+2.1) | – |
| BSW | 14 | 2.5% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-1.3) | 5.0% (-2.5) |
| Volt | 2 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 15 | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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 Amelinghausen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Betzendorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Betzendorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,526 postal voters, which is 26.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.2%
- Voters5,760 of 6,608 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.5% · 1,526
- Member municipalities5
- CDU27.4%+0.7
- SPD21.6%+3.0
- AfD18.0%+0.5
- Grüne13.6%-3.0
- Linke6.7%-0.5
- FDP4.9%±0
- BSW2.9%+0.4
- Freie Wähler1.7%-1.2
- Volt0.5%+0.1
- Others2.5%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Betzendorf.
| Party | Polling station Betzendorf | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 148 (26.7%) | 445 (29.3%) | 1,574 | 27.4% |
| SPD | 103 (18.6%) | 359 (23.6%) | 1,240 | 21.6% |
| AfD | 97 (17.5%) | 179 (11.8%) | 1,032 | 18.0% |
| Grüne | 92 (16.6%) | 222 (14.6%) | 782 | 13.6% |
| Linke | 40 (7.2%) | 112 (7.4%) | 386 | 6.7% |
| FDP | 27 (4.9%) | 69 (4.5%) | 280 | 4.9% |
| BSW | 14 (2.5%) | 47 (3.1%) | 169 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 16 (2.9%) | 27 (1.8%) | 98 | 1.7% |
| Volt | 2 (0.4%) | 6 (0.4%) | 29 | 0.5% |
| Others | 15 (2.7%) | 52 (3.4%) | 145 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AmelinghausenCDU 26.6%
- BetzendorfCDU 26.7%
- Oldendorf (Luhe)CDU 27.7%
- RehlingenCDU 30.1%
- SoderstorfCDU 24.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Betzendorf: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Betzendorf highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.