Handorf: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, FLH became the largest group on the council of Handorf with 29.9% (4 of 13 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Handorf with 26.2% of the second votes, AfD took 23.7%.
- Turnout63.8% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,084 of 1,698 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +5.9 · Linke −3.7 · SPD −3.0
- 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 Handorf
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Handorf, as of 14.09.2026 00:21. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilFLH 29.9% · 4 of 13 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 26.4% in the Samtgemeinde Bardowick
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde BardowickCDU 26.7%
- Turnout72.2% · district council election 70.8%
- FLH29.9% · 4 seats
- SPD18.3% · 2 seats
- CDU17.3% · 2 seats
- HHB15.6% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE11.8% · 2 seats
- Volt7.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 72.2% · 1,746 eligible voters · 13 seats · Official final result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bardowick, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:21. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Bardowick
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Bardowick, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- SPD26.4% · 8 seats
- CDU22.9% · 7 seats
- AfD14.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE13.9% · 4 seats
- WfB5.4% · 2 seats
- Die Linke4.6% · 1 seat
- UWG Gemeinde Barum4.1% · 1 seat
- Gründel, Einzelwahlvorschlag Gründel2.3%
- Volt2.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 70.8% · 14,955 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Block, SPD64.7%
- Heim, Einzelwahlvorschlag35.3%
Turnout 70.9% · 14,955 eligible voters · Official final result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Bardowick, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 12:35. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Bardowick
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU26.7%
- SPD26.5%
- AfD16.3%
- GRÜNE15.9%
Turnout 70.8% · 15,027 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Gärtner, CDU46.8%
- Schuler, SPD31.3%
- Franz, GRÜNE21.9%
Turnout 70.7% · 15,027 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Handorf
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.2%-1.9
- AfD23.7%+5.9
- SPD20.0%-3.0
- Grüne12.8%+1.3
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- Linke4.4%-3.7
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.5
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others3.2%+1.0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 283 | 26.2% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-1.9) | 22.6% (+3.6) |
| AfD | 256 | 23.7% | 16.1% | 17.8% (+5.9) | 20.8% (+2.9) |
| SPD | 216 | 20.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-3.0) | 16.4% (+3.6) |
| Grüne | 138 | 12.8% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+1.3) | 11.6% (+1.2) |
| FDP | 51 | 4.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| Linke | 48 | 4.4% | 10.3% | 8.1% (-3.7) | 8.8% (-4.4) |
| BSW | 33 | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 14 | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.5) | – |
| Volt | 7 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 35 | 3.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+1.0) | 10.6% (-7.4) |
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 Bardowick: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Bardowick are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Handorf. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Handorf only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,416 postal voters, which is 27.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.1%
- Voters12,646 of 14,350 eligible voters
- Postal vote share27.0% · 3,416
- Member municipalities7
- CDU27.9%+1.7
- SPD21.9%+1.9
- AfD17.2%-6.5
- Grüne14.0%+1.2
- Linke6.8%+2.4
- FDP4.4%-0.3
- BSW3.6%+0.5
- Freie Wähler1.1%-0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.3%-0.9
Change compared with polling-station votes in Handorf.
| Party | Polling station Handorf | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Bardowick total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 283 (26.2%) | 1,046 (30.7%) | 3,524 | 27.9% |
| SPD | 216 (20.0%) | 786 (23.0%) | 2,759 | 21.9% |
| AfD | 256 (23.7%) | 405 (11.9%) | 2,169 | 17.2% |
| Grüne | 138 (12.8%) | 532 (15.6%) | 1,771 | 14.0% |
| Linke | 48 (4.4%) | 229 (6.7%) | 853 | 6.8% |
| FDP | 51 (4.7%) | 137 (4.0%) | 561 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 33 (3.1%) | 120 (3.5%) | 460 | 3.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 14 (1.3%) | 58 (1.7%) | 141 | 1.1% |
| Volt | 7 (0.6%) | 23 (0.7%) | 85 | 0.7% |
| Others | 35 (3.2%) | 76 (2.2%) | 292 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Bardowick, FleckenCDU 26.4%
- BarumCDU 26.9%
- HandorfCDU 26.2%
- MechtersenCDU 36.6%
- RadbruchCDU 27.1%
- VögelsenCDU 26.4%
- WittorfCDU 26.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Handorf: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Handorf highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Bardowick shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.