Scharnebeck: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Scharnebeck with 37.2% (6 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Scharnebeck with 26.3% of the second votes, SPD took 20.8%.
- Turnout64.2% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,736 of 2,705 eligible voters
- 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 Scharnebeck
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Scharnebeck, as of 16.09.2026 14:28. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 37.2% · 6 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 30.7% in the Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ScharnebeckCDU 27.1%
- Turnout73.3% · district council election 72.2%
- SPD37.2% · 6 seats
- CDU36.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE19.4% · 3 seats
- FDP7.3% · 1 seat
Turnout 73.3% · 2,776 eligible voters · 15 seats · Preliminary official final result · 5 of 5 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 16.09.2026 14:28. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Scharnebeck, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU30.7% · 10 seats
- SPD25.6% · 8 seats
- AfD18.2% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE15.0% · 5 seats
- FW-GUBS5.9% · 2 seats
- FDP2.5% · 1 seat
- Volt2.0%
Turnout 72.4% · 13,055 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary official final result · 28 of 28 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Gerstenkorn, CDU55.8%
- Bauer, Einzelwahlvorschlag29.2%
- Lehmann, GRÜNE15.0%
Turnout 72.3% · 13,065 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 28 of 28 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck, 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 Scharnebeck
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.1%
- SPD24.5%
- AfD19.5%
- GRÜNE14.1%
- Die Linke4.7%
- FDP3.1%
- FREIE WÄHLER2.3%
- BSW1.5%
- Volt1.5%
- Die PARTEI1.1%
- DIE UNABHÄNGIGEN0.7%
Turnout 72.2% · 13,129 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
District administrator election
- Gärtner, CDU52.3%
- Schuler, SPD28.4%
- Franz, GRÜNE19.4%
Turnout 72.2% · 13,129 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
Second votes in Scharnebeck
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.3%-1.8
- SPD20.8%-2.2
- AfD18.9%+1.1
- Grüne13.1%+1.6
- Linke8.0%-0.1
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 454 | 26.3% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-1.8) | 22.6% (+3.7) |
| SPD | 359 | 20.8% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-2.2) | 16.4% (+4.4) |
| AfD | 327 | 18.9% | 16.1% | 17.8% (+1.1) | 20.8% (-1.9) |
| Grüne | 226 | 13.1% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+1.6) | 11.6% (+1.5) |
| Linke | 138 | 8.0% | 10.3% | 8.1% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-0.8) |
| FDP | 81 | 4.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| BSW | 70 | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 19 | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 11 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 41 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Scharnebeck: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Scharnebeck. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Scharnebeck only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,543 postal voters, which is 23.2% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.3%
- Voters10,979 of 12,575 eligible voters
- Postal vote share23.2% · 2,543
- Member municipalities8
- CDU27.8%+1.5
- SPD20.6%-0.2
- AfD20.0%+1.1
- Grüne11.8%-1.3
- Linke7.2%-0.8
- FDP4.2%-0.5
- BSW3.8%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.5%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Scharnebeck.
| Party | Polling station Scharnebeck | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 454 (26.3%) | 707 (27.9%) | 3,046 | 27.8% |
| SPD | 359 (20.8%) | 601 (23.7%) | 2,259 | 20.6% |
| AfD | 327 (18.9%) | 316 (12.5%) | 2,194 | 20.0% |
| Grüne | 226 (13.1%) | 403 (15.9%) | 1,292 | 11.8% |
| Linke | 138 (8.0%) | 171 (6.7%) | 791 | 7.2% |
| FDP | 81 (4.7%) | 96 (3.8%) | 460 | 4.2% |
| BSW | 70 (4.1%) | 106 (4.2%) | 419 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 19 (1.1%) | 36 (1.4%) | 131 | 1.2% |
| Volt | 11 (0.6%) | 24 (0.9%) | 74 | 0.7% |
| Others | 41 (2.4%) | 76 (3.0%) | 279 | 2.5% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- Artlenburg, FleckenAfD 29.4%
- BrietlingenCDU 27.8%
- EchemCDU 25.2%
- HittbergenCDU 30.1%
- Hohnstorf (Elbe)CDU 27.6%
- LüdersburgCDU 31.6%
- RullstorfCDU 28.6%
- ScharnebeckCDU 26.3%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Scharnebeck: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Scharnebeck highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.