Sandbostel: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, WGS became the largest group on the council of Sandbostel with 52.6% (5 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Sandbostel with 39.3% of the second votes, AfD took 18.6%.
- Turnout77.9% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters489 of 628 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +11.2 · SPD −6.8 · Grüne −4.3
- 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 Sandbostel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Sandbostel, as of 14.09.2026 14:27. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilWGS 52.6% · 5 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 53.1% in the Samtgemeinde Selsingen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde SelsingenCDU 48.6%
- Turnout74.5% · district council election 74.8%
- WGS52.6% · 5 seats
- WGO47.4% · 4 seats
Turnout 74.5% · 651 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Selsingen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 14:27. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033575404/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Selsingen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Selsingen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- CDU53.1% · 13 seats
- WFB13.5% · 3 seats
- AfD12.1% · 3 seats
- SPD10.5% · 2 seats
Turnout 74.9% · 7,611 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Gramkow, CDU73.0%
- Nein-Stimmen27.0%
Turnout 74.9% · 7,611 eligible voters · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Selsingen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 15.09.2026 14:51. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Selsingen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU48.6%
- AfD14.1%
- SPD12.8%
- WFB10.3%
Turnout 74.8% · 7,643 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU73.6%
- Nein-Stimmen26.4%
Turnout 74.8% · 7,643 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
Second votes in Sandbostel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU39.3%+11.2
- AfD18.6%+0.8
- SPD16.2%-6.8
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- Linke5.9%-2.2
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Freie Wähler2.5%+1.7
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 192 | 39.3% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+11.2) | 22.6% (+16.7) |
| AfD | 91 | 18.6% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+0.8) | 20.8% (-2.2) |
| SPD | 79 | 16.2% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-6.8) | 16.4% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 35 | 7.2% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| Linke | 29 | 5.9% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-2.2) | 8.8% (-2.9) |
| FDP | 19 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| BSW | 19 | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.8% (+0.1) | 5.0% (-1.1) |
| Freie Wähler | 12 | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+1.7) | – |
| Volt | 2 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 10 | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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 Selsingen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Selsingen are counted jointly for all 8 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Sandbostel. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Sandbostel only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,052 postal voters, which is 16.5% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.8%
- Voters6,368 of 7,255 eligible voters
- Postal vote share16.5% · 1,052
- Member municipalities8
- CDU39.7%+0.4
- SPD18.2%+2.0
- AfD17.7%-0.9
- Grüne8.7%+1.5
- Linke5.8%-0.1
- FDP4.6%+0.7
- BSW2.4%-1.5
- Freie Wähler0.9%-1.6
- Volt0.3%-0.1
- Others1.8%-0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Sandbostel.
| Party | Polling station Sandbostel | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Selsingen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 192 (39.3%) | 370 (35.3%) | 2,515 | 39.7% |
| SPD | 79 (16.2%) | 226 (21.6%) | 1,151 | 18.2% |
| AfD | 91 (18.6%) | 143 (13.6%) | 1,120 | 17.7% |
| Grüne | 35 (7.2%) | 138 (13.2%) | 550 | 8.7% |
| Linke | 29 (5.9%) | 67 (6.4%) | 367 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 19 (3.9%) | 31 (3.0%) | 291 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 19 (3.9%) | 38 (3.6%) | 153 | 2.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 12 (2.5%) | 10 (1.0%) | 58 | 0.9% |
| Others | 10 (2.0%) | 20 (1.9%) | 115 | 1.8% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AnderlingenCDU 42.1%
- DeinstedtCDU 46.9%
- FarvenCDU 45.8%
- OstereistedtCDU 50.7%
- RhadeCDU 39.7%
- SandbostelCDU 39.3%
- SeedorfCDU 38.6%
- SelsingenCDU 35.9%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Sandbostel: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Sandbostel highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Selsingen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.