Westergellersen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Westergellersen with 33.4% (4 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Westergellersen with 28.0% of the second votes, SPD took 21.6%.
- Turnout68.1% · Lüneburg (Wkr. 037) 85.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,069 of 1,569 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 Westergellersen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Westergellersen, as of 14.09.2026 03:06. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 33.4% · 4 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 33.6% in the Samtgemeinde Gellersen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde GellersenCDU 39.7%
- Turnout73.4% · district council election 74.6%
- CDU33.4% · 4 seats
- SPD25.8% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE16.7% · 2 seats
- FDP14.5% · 1 seat
- Die Linke9.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 73.4% · 1,600 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 4 of 4 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Gellersen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 03:06. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033555404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Gellersen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Gellersen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU33.6% · 10 seats
- SPD26.2% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE20.1% · 6 seats
- Die Linke7.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 74.8% · 10,663 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 23 of 23 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- von Berkholz, Einzelwahlvorschlag53.7%
- Feldmann, SPD46.3%
Turnout 74.9% · 10,663 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 23 of 23 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Gellersen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 13:34. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Gellersen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Lüneburg is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU39.7%
- GRÜNE17.3%
- SPD16.9%
- AfD12.6%
Turnout 74.6% · 10,710 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
District administrator election
- Gärtner, CDU68.3%
- Schuler, SPD16.8%
- Franz, GRÜNE14.9%
Turnout 74.6% · 10,710 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
Second votes in Westergellersen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.0%-0.1
- SPD21.6%-1.4
- AfD18.2%+0.4
- Grüne12.5%+1.0
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- BSW5.3%+1.5
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 299 | 28.0% | 24.1% | 28.1% (-0.1) | 22.6% (+5.4) |
| SPD | 230 | 21.6% | 21.0% | 23.0% (-1.4) | 16.4% (+5.2) |
| AfD | 194 | 18.2% | 16.1% | 17.8% (+0.4) | 20.8% (-2.6) |
| Grüne | 133 | 12.5% | 17.1% | 11.5% (+1.0) | 11.6% (+0.9) |
| Linke | 74 | 6.9% | 10.3% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| BSW | 57 | 5.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+1.5) | 5.0% (+0.3) |
| FDP | 45 | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 8 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 25 | 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.
Samtgemeinde Gellersen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Gellersen are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Westergellersen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Westergellersen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,463 postal voters, which is 27.6% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.2%
- Voters8,933 of 10,245 eligible voters
- Postal vote share27.6% · 2,463
- Member municipalities4
- CDU28.6%+0.6
- SPD22.5%+0.9
- Grüne15.5%+3.0
- AfD14.3%-3.9
- Linke8.0%+1.1
- FDP3.9%-0.3
- BSW3.8%-1.5
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.2
- Volt0.5%+0.3
- Others2.3%±0
Change compared with polling-station votes in Westergellersen.
| Party | Polling station Westergellersen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Gellersen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 299 (28.0%) | 799 (32.6%) | 2,547 | 28.6% |
| SPD | 230 (21.6%) | 605 (24.7%) | 1,998 | 22.5% |
| Grüne | 133 (12.5%) | 381 (15.5%) | 1,381 | 15.5% |
| AfD | 194 (18.2%) | 211 (8.6%) | 1,274 | 14.3% |
| Linke | 74 (6.9%) | 184 (7.5%) | 707 | 8.0% |
| FDP | 45 (4.2%) | 94 (3.8%) | 351 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 57 (5.3%) | 86 (3.5%) | 334 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 8 (0.7%) | 15 (0.6%) | 48 | 0.5% |
| Volt | 2 (0.2%) | 18 (0.7%) | 46 | 0.5% |
| Others | 25 (2.3%) | 60 (2.4%) | 207 | 2.3% |
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.
Westergellersen: location in the Lüneburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Westergellersen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Gellersen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.