Heeslingen: 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 Heeslingen with 50.7% (8 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Heeslingen with 36.7% of the second votes, AfD took 20.6%.
- Turnout69.4% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,662 of 3,836 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +8.6 · SPD −5.0 · AfD +2.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Heeslingen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Heeslingen, as of 14.09.2026 01:39. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 50.7% · 8 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 38.8% in the Samtgemeinde Zeven
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ZevenCDU 35.4%
- Turnout73.8% · district council election 64.1%
- CDU50.7% · 8 seats
- SPD24.1% · 4 seats
- AfD12.4% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE6.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 73.8% · 4,073 eligible voters · 15 seats · Preliminary result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Zeven, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:39. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575408/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Zeven
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Zeven, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 34 seats
- CDU38.8% · 13 seats
- SPD28.3% · 10 seats
- AfD14.4% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE7.9% · 3 seats
Turnout 64.1% · 19,028 eligible voters · 34 seats · Preliminary result · 34 of 34 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Fricke, SPD57.7%
- Take, Einzelwahlvorschlag42.4%
Turnout 64.2% · 19,036 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 34 of 34 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Zeven, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 08:52. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Zeven
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU35.4%
- SPD28.9%
- AfD15.6%
- GRÜNE8.8%
Turnout 64.1% · 19,075 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU64.1%
- Nein-Stimmen35.9%
Turnout 64.1% · 19,075 eligible voters · 34 of 34 results
Second votes in Heeslingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU36.7%+8.6
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- SPD18.0%-5.0
- Grüne8.9%-2.6
- Linke6.0%-2.1
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW2.1%-1.7
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 970 | 36.7% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+8.6) | 22.6% (+14.1) |
| AfD | 545 | 20.6% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| SPD | 476 | 18.0% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-5.0) | 16.4% (+1.6) |
| Grüne | 235 | 8.9% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-2.6) | 11.6% (-2.7) |
| Linke | 160 | 6.0% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-2.1) | 8.8% (-2.8) |
| FDP | 104 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| BSW | 56 | 2.1% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-1.7) | 5.0% (-2.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 26 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 17 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 57 | 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 Zeven: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Zeven are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Heeslingen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Heeslingen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,120 postal voters, which is 21.4% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association83.0%
- Voters14,549 of 17,519 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.4% · 3,120
- Member municipalities4
- CDU31.9%-4.8
- SPD20.5%+2.5
- AfD20.5%-0.1
- Grüne9.6%+0.7
- Linke6.9%+0.9
- FDP4.2%+0.3
- BSW2.9%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Heeslingen.
| Party | Polling station Heeslingen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Zeven total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 970 (36.7%) | 1,026 (33.0%) | 4,622 | 31.9% |
| SPD | 476 (18.0%) | 738 (23.7%) | 2,975 | 20.5% |
| AfD | 545 (20.6%) | 403 (13.0%) | 2,972 | 20.5% |
| Grüne | 235 (8.9%) | 385 (12.4%) | 1,390 | 9.6% |
| Linke | 160 (6.0%) | 209 (6.7%) | 1,001 | 6.9% |
| FDP | 104 (3.9%) | 121 (3.9%) | 603 | 4.2% |
| BSW | 56 (2.1%) | 89 (2.9%) | 423 | 2.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 26 (1.0%) | 29 (0.9%) | 118 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 17 (0.6%) | 38 (1.2%) | 102 | 0.7% |
| Others | 57 (2.2%) | 72 (2.3%) | 272 | 1.9% |
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.
Heeslingen: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Heeslingen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Zeven shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.