Lüneburg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, GRÜNE became the largest group on the council of Lüneburg with 29.3% (12 of 42 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, Grüne led in Lüneburg with 22.9% of the second votes, SPD took 20.8%.
- MayorClaudia Kalisch (Grüne), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.6% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters48,805 of 58,361 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +11.4 · CDU −8.6 · Linke +6.5
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency37 Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg
2026 local elections in Lüneburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Lüneburg, as of 22.09.2026 16:11. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilGRÜNE 29.3% · 12 of 42 seats
- Lord mayor: run-offKalisch 36.1% v Meyer 28.2% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from LüneburgGRÜNE 28.3%
- Turnout67.4% · district council election 67.3%
- GRÜNE29.3% · 12 seats
- SPD21.1% · 9 seats
- CDU16.8% · 7 seats
- Die Linke12.2% · 5 seats
- AfD9.9% · 4 seats
- FDP4.3% · 2 seats
- Volt2.3% · 1 seat
- BSW1.9% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI1.7% · 1 seat
- dieBasis LV0.5%
Turnout 67.4% · 60,303 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 97 of 97 results
Source: Hansestadt Lüneburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 16:11. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03355022/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election Lüneburg
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Kalisch and Meyer. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Kalisch, Einzelwahlvorschlag36.1%
- Meyer, Die Unabhängigen28.2%
- Schröder-Ehlers, SPD13.0%
- Pietruck, CDU9.7%
- Peters, Die Linke8.1%
- Soldan, FDP2.3%
- Pauly, Volt1.4%
- Dedow, Die PARTEI1.2%
Turnout 67.5% · 60,303 eligible voters · Official final result · 97 of 97 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Lüneburg
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- GRÜNE28.3%
- SPD22.6%
- CDU15.5%
- Die Linke12.3%
- AfD10.1%
- FDP4.1%
- Volt2.0%
- BSW1.7%
- DIE UNABHÄNGIGEN1.6%
- Die PARTEI1.4%
- dieBasis LV0.5%
Turnout 67.3% · 60,475 eligible voters · 97 of 97 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Franz, GRÜNE38.7%
- Gärtner, CDU34.4%
- Schuler, SPD26.9%
Turnout 67.3% · 60,475 eligible voters · 97 of 97 results
Second votes in Lüneburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- Grüne22.9%+11.4
- SPD20.8%-2.2
- CDU19.5%-8.6
- Linke14.6%+6.5
- AfD11.6%-6.2
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- FDP3.5%-0.6
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grüne | 11,104 | 22.9% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+11.4) | 11.6% (+11.3) |
| SPD | 10,083 | 20.8% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-2.2) | 16.4% (+4.4) |
| CDU | 9,454 | 19.5% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-8.6) | 22.6% (-3.1) |
| Linke | 7,084 | 14.6% | 10.3% | 8.1% (+6.5) | 8.8% (+5.8) |
| AfD | 5,649 | 11.6% | 16.1% | 17.8% (-6.2) | 20.8% (-9.2) |
| BSW | 1,778 | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.1) | 5.0% (-1.3) |
| FDP | 1,696 | 3.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-0.8) |
| Volt | 420 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 203 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 1,118 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Lüneburg: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lüneburg highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.