Dahlem: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, DL became the largest group on the council of Dahlem with 86.8% (6 of 7 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Dahlem with 20.9% of the second votes, CDU took 18.9%.
- Turnout62.3% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters245 of 393 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU −9.2 · Linke +6.2 · SPD −5.8
- 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 Dahlem
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Dahlem, as of 13.09.2026 21:45. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilDL 86.8% · 6 of 7 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilAfD 20.3% in the Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde DahlenburgSPD 24.4%
- Turnout84.8% · district council election 69.9%
- DL86.8% · 6 seats
- AfD13.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 84.8% · 401 eligible voters · 7 seats · Preliminary result
Source: Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:45. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Dahlenburg, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 16 seats
- AfD20.3% · 3 seats
- SPD18.0% · 3 seats
- ULD16.5% · 3 seats
- CDU15.2% · 3 seats
Turnout 70.4% · 5,095 eligible voters · 16 seats · Preliminary result · 13 of 13 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg, 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 Dahlenburg
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD24.4%
- AfD24.3%
- CDU19.7%
- GRÜNE14.8%
Turnout 69.9% · 5,132 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gärtner, CDU47.4%
- Schuler, SPD28.2%
- Franz, GRÜNE24.3%
Turnout 69.8% · 5,132 eligible voters · 13 of 13 results
Second votes in Dahlem
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD20.9%+3.1
- CDU18.9%-9.2
- SPD17.2%-5.8
- Grüne16.8%+5.3
- Linke14.3%+6.2
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Others2.9%+0.7
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 51 | 20.9% | 16.1% | 17.8% (+3.1) | 20.8% (+0.1) |
| CDU | 46 | 18.9% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-9.2) | 22.6% (-3.7) |
| SPD | 42 | 17.2% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-5.8) | 16.4% (+0.8) |
| Grüne | 41 | 16.8% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+5.3) | 11.6% (+5.2) |
| Linke | 35 | 14.3% | 10.3% | 8.1% (+6.2) | 8.8% (+5.5) |
| FDP | 11 | 4.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.4) | 4.3% (+0.2) |
| BSW | 8 | 3.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 3 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Others | 7 | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.7) | 10.6% (-7.7) |
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 Dahlenburg: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Dahlem. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Dahlem only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,161 postal voters, which is 29.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.8%
- Voters4,001 of 4,718 eligible voters
- Postal vote share29.0% · 1,161
- Member municipalities5
- CDU24.5%+5.6
- AfD22.8%+1.9
- SPD18.6%+1.4
- Grüne13.3%-3.5
- Linke8.2%-6.1
- BSW4.2%+0.9
- FDP3.9%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.9%-0.3
- Volt0.5%
- Others3.1%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Dahlem.
| Party | Polling station Dahlem | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 46 (18.9%) | 309 (27.0%) | 974 | 24.5% |
| AfD | 51 (20.9%) | 184 (16.1%) | 907 | 22.8% |
| SPD | 42 (17.2%) | 234 (20.4%) | 737 | 18.6% |
| Grüne | 41 (16.8%) | 188 (16.4%) | 528 | 13.3% |
| Linke | 35 (14.3%) | 94 (8.2%) | 324 | 8.2% |
| BSW | 8 (3.3%) | 38 (3.3%) | 166 | 4.2% |
| FDP | 11 (4.5%) | 41 (3.6%) | 153 | 3.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 3 (1.2%) | 15 (1.3%) | 36 | 0.9% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (0.3%) | 20 | 0.5% |
| Others | 7 (2.9%) | 39 (3.4%) | 125 | 3.1% |
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.
Dahlem: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Dahlem highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Dahlenburg shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.