Horstedt: 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 Horstedt with 51.5% (6 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Horstedt with 30.9% of the second votes, SPD took 21.2%.
- Turnout70.5% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters699 of 991 eligible voters
- 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 Horstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Horstedt, as of 13.09.2026 23:35. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 51.5% · 6 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 36.4% in the Samtgemeinde Sottrum
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SottrumCDU 34.7%
- Turnout76.7% · district council election 72.3%
- CDU51.5% · 6 seats
- SPD22.1% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE13.5% · 2 seats
- AfD12.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 76.7% · 1,027 eligible voters · 11 seats · Preliminary result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Sottrum, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:35. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Sottrum
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Sottrum, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 30 seats
- CDU36.4% · 11 seats
- SPD22.3% · 7 seats
- AfD14.9% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE14.0% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.9% · 1 seat
- FDP3.2% · 1 seat
- FREIE WÄHLER2.4% · 1 seat
- WFB2.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 72.4% · 12,023 eligible voters · 30 seats · Preliminary result · 22 of 22 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Leiding, Einzelbewerber54.3%
- Bahrenburg, Einzelbewerber45.7%
Turnout 72.3% · 12,023 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 22 of 22 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Sottrum, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:56. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Sottrum
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU34.7%
- SPD23.1%
- AfD15.2%
- GRÜNE13.6%
- Die Linke5.4%
- FDP3.7%
- FREIE WÄHLER2.4%
Turnout 72.3% · 12,055 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU62.5%
- Nein-Stimmen37.5%
Turnout 72.2% · 12,055 eligible voters · 22 of 22 results
Second votes in Horstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.9%+2.8
- SPD21.2%-1.8
- AfD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne10.5%-1.0
- Linke8.3%+0.2
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Others1.6%-0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 216 | 30.9% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+2.8) | 22.6% (+8.3) |
| SPD | 148 | 21.2% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-1.8) | 16.4% (+4.8) |
| AfD | 135 | 19.3% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+1.5) | 20.8% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 73 | 10.5% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-1.0) | 11.6% (-1.1) |
| Linke | 58 | 8.3% | 7.1% | 8.1% (+0.2) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 29 | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 23 | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-0.5) | 5.0% (-1.7) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 11 | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.6) | 10.6% (-9.0) |
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 Sottrum: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Sottrum are counted jointly for all 7 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Horstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Horstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,816 postal voters, which is 18.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.0%
- Voters9,905 of 11,513 eligible voters
- Postal vote share18.3% · 1,816
- Member municipalities7
- CDU29.7%-1.2
- SPD22.6%+1.4
- AfD17.7%-1.6
- Grüne11.0%+0.5
- Linke7.5%-0.8
- FDP4.1%-0.1
- BSW3.8%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.2
- Volt0.5%
- Others2.2%+0.6
Change compared with polling-station votes in Horstedt.
| Party | Polling station Horstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Sottrum total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 216 (30.9%) | 575 (31.7%) | 2,935 | 29.7% |
| SPD | 148 (21.2%) | 462 (25.5%) | 2,228 | 22.6% |
| AfD | 135 (19.3%) | 193 (10.7%) | 1,747 | 17.7% |
| Grüne | 73 (10.5%) | 241 (13.3%) | 1,090 | 11.0% |
| Linke | 58 (8.3%) | 132 (7.3%) | 737 | 7.5% |
| FDP | 29 (4.2%) | 74 (4.1%) | 403 | 4.1% |
| BSW | 23 (3.3%) | 59 (3.3%) | 372 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.7%) | 19 (1.0%) | 93 | 0.9% |
| Volt | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (0.8%) | 48 | 0.5% |
| Others | 11 (1.6%) | 42 (2.3%) | 216 | 2.2% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AhausenCDU 32.2%
- BötersenCDU 32.6%
- HassendorfCDU 25.0%
- HellwegeCDU 31.0%
- HorstedtCDU 30.9%
- ReeßumCDU 33.1%
- SottrumCDU 26.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Horstedt: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Horstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Sottrum shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.