Hepstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Heidi Stelljes became the largest group on the council of Hepstedt with 32.9%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hepstedt with 35.4% of the second votes, AfD took 17.9%.
- Turnout71.0% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters579 of 815 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +7.3 · SPD −6.0 · BSW −1.4
- 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 Hepstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hepstedt, as of 13.09.2026 22:49. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilHeidi Stelljes 32.9%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 40.9% in the Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde TarmstedtCDU 30.2%
- Turnout72.3% · district council election 74.2%
- Heidi Stelljes32.9%
- Iris Bammann10.0%
- Julia Heuduk9.4%
- Jürgen Blanken8.0%
- Heiko Gerken7.5%
- Friederike Frank7.1%
- Holger Meyer5.4%
- Alina Trittin5.4%
- Markus Hauschild5.1%
- Günter Rosenbrock5.1%
- Sören Meyer4.2%
Turnout 72.3% · 848 eligible voters · 9 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:49. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575407/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Tarmstedt, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- CDU40.9% · 11 seats
- SPD21.5% · 6 seats
- AfD13.1% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE11.3% · 3 seats
- FDP4.6% · 1 seat
- NSGT2.6% · 1 seat
- Gröffel, Einzelbewerber Gröffel2.6%
- WFB2.2%
- Albinger, Einzelbewerber1.0%
Turnout 74.4% · 9,283 eligible voters · 26 seats · Preliminary result · 21 of 21 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Moje, Einzelbewerber54.8%
- Scheidl, CDU30.9%
- Gröffel, Einzelbewerber14.3%
Turnout 74.3% · 9,283 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 21 of 21 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 11:33. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU30.2%
- SPD25.8%
- AfD15.3%
- GRÜNE12.5%
- FDP6.0%
- Die Linke4.3%
- WFB3.8%
Turnout 74.2% · 9,306 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU65.5%
- Nein-Stimmen34.5%
Turnout 74.2% · 9,306 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results
Second votes in Hepstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU35.4%+7.3
- AfD17.9%+0.1
- SPD17.0%-6.0
- Grüne10.6%-0.9
- Linke7.6%-0.5
- FDP5.4%+1.3
- BSW2.4%-1.4
- Freie Wähler1.2%+0.4
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 204 | 35.4% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+7.3) | 22.6% (+12.8) |
| AfD | 103 | 17.9% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+0.1) | 20.8% (-2.9) |
| SPD | 98 | 17.0% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-6.0) | 16.4% (+0.6) |
| Grüne | 61 | 10.6% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-0.9) | 11.6% (-1.0) |
| Linke | 44 | 7.6% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-0.5) | 8.8% (-1.2) |
| FDP | 31 | 5.4% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+1.3) | 4.3% (+1.1) |
| BSW | 14 | 2.4% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-1.4) | 5.0% (-2.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 7 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.4) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 12 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.1) | 10.6% (-8.5) |
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 Tarmstedt: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Hepstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Hepstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,677 postal voters, which is 21.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.1%
- Voters7,786 of 8,943 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.5% · 1,677
- Member municipalities8
- CDU30.3%-5.1
- SPD22.0%+5.0
- AfD16.8%-1.1
- Grüne13.0%+2.4
- Linke7.0%-0.6
- FDP4.3%-1.1
- BSW3.3%+0.9
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.5
- Volt0.7%+0.2
- Others2.0%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Hepstedt.
| Party | Polling station Hepstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 204 (35.4%) | 478 (28.6%) | 2,350 | 30.3% |
| SPD | 98 (17.0%) | 422 (25.2%) | 1,706 | 22.0% |
| AfD | 103 (17.9%) | 202 (12.1%) | 1,299 | 16.8% |
| Grüne | 61 (10.6%) | 265 (15.8%) | 1,010 | 13.0% |
| Linke | 44 (7.6%) | 114 (6.8%) | 541 | 7.0% |
| FDP | 31 (5.4%) | 56 (3.3%) | 330 | 4.3% |
| BSW | 14 (2.4%) | 69 (4.1%) | 253 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 7 (1.2%) | 12 (0.7%) | 54 | 0.7% |
| Volt | 3 (0.5%) | 19 (1.1%) | 51 | 0.7% |
| Others | 12 (2.1%) | 36 (2.2%) | 158 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BreddorfCDU 36.7%
- BülstedtCDU 34.9%
- HepstedtCDU 35.4%
- KirchtimkeCDU 35.8%
- TarmstedtCDU 27.5%
- VorwerkCDU 29.7%
- WestertimkeCDU 37.7%
- WilstedtCDU 26.4%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Hepstedt: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hepstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Tarmstedt shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.