Fintel: 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 Fintel with 54.2% (8 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Fintel with 27.8% of the second votes, AfD took 24.2%.
- Turnout66.7% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters1,632 of 2,448 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +6.4 · SPD −2.8 · Linke −2.2
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency35 Rotenburg I – Heidekreis
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Fintel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Fintel, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 54.2% · 8 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 36.2% in the Samtgemeinde Fintel
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde FintelCDU 32.4%
- Turnout68.7% · district council election 71.2%
- CDU54.2% · 8 seats
- SPD28.7% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE17.1% · 3 seats
Turnout 68.7% · 2,518 eligible voters · 15 seats · Preliminary result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fintel, 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. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Fintel
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Fintel, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 22 seats
- CDU36.2% · 8 seats
- SPD26.6% · 6 seats
- AfD17.4% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE12.2% · 3 seats
Turnout 71.3% · 6,621 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 9 of 9 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
Run-off on 27 September 2026 between Hoppe and Koch.
- Hoppe, Einzelbewerberin39.2%
- Koch, Einzelbewerber38.7%
- Seifer, Einzelbewerber14.4%
- Topfstedt, Einzelbewerber7.8%
Turnout 71.4% · 6,621 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 9 of 9 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Fintel, 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 Fintel
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU32.4%
- SPD23.9%
- AfD19.0%
- GRÜNE12.3%
Turnout 71.2% · 6,642 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU59.4%
- Nein-Stimmen40.7%
Turnout 71.2% · 6,642 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
Second votes in Fintel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.8%-0.3
- AfD24.2%+6.4
- SPD20.2%-2.8
- Grüne10.4%-1.1
- Linke5.9%-2.2
- FDP5.1%+1.0
- BSW2.8%-1.0
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 451 | 27.8% | 31.8% | 28.1% (-0.3) | 22.6% (+5.2) |
| AfD | 393 | 24.2% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+6.4) | 20.8% (+3.4) |
| SPD | 328 | 20.2% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-2.8) | 16.4% (+3.8) |
| Grüne | 168 | 10.4% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-1.1) | 11.6% (-1.2) |
| Linke | 96 | 5.9% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-2.2) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| FDP | 83 | 5.1% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| BSW | 46 | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-1.0) | 5.0% (-2.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 14 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 9 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 35 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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 Fintel: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Fintel are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Fintel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Fintel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,230 postal voters, which is 22.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.9%
- Voters5,506 of 6,336 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.3% · 1,230
- Member municipalities5
- CDU30.4%+2.6
- SPD22.3%+2.1
- AfD19.5%-4.7
- Grüne9.9%-0.5
- Linke6.6%+0.7
- FDP4.0%-1.1
- BSW3.1%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Fintel.
| Party | Polling station Fintel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Fintel total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 451 (27.8%) | 400 (32.7%) | 1,670 | 30.4% |
| SPD | 328 (20.2%) | 305 (24.9%) | 1,224 | 22.3% |
| AfD | 393 (24.2%) | 158 (12.9%) | 1,070 | 19.5% |
| Grüne | 168 (10.4%) | 137 (11.2%) | 541 | 9.9% |
| Linke | 96 (5.9%) | 65 (5.3%) | 364 | 6.6% |
| FDP | 83 (5.1%) | 44 (3.6%) | 222 | 4.0% |
| BSW | 46 (2.8%) | 46 (3.8%) | 168 | 3.1% |
| Freie Wähler | 14 (0.9%) | 25 (2.0%) | 65 | 1.2% |
| Volt | 9 (0.6%) | 12 (1.0%) | 27 | 0.5% |
| Others | 35 (2.2%) | 33 (2.7%) | 134 | 2.4% |
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.
Fintel: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Fintel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Fintel shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.