Visselhövede: 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 Visselhövede with 29.9% (7 of 24 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Visselhövede with 29.7% of the second votes, SPD took 25.1%.
- Turnout81.6% · Rotenburg (Wümme) (Wkr. 030, 035) 84.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,365 of 7,804 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −3.0 · SPD +2.1 · CDU +1.6
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency35 Rotenburg I – Heidekreis
2026 local elections in Visselhövede
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Visselhövede, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 29.9% · 7 of 24 seats
- MayorAndré Hendrik Lüdemann (Einzelbewerber), 61.6%
- District council, votes from VisselhövedeCDU 26.2%
- Turnout67.7% · district council election 67.5%
- CDU29.9% · 7 seats
- SPD21.4% · 5 seats
- AfD17.3% · 4 seats
- FDP11.6% · 3 seats
Turnout 67.7% · 8,233 eligible voters · 24 seats · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Stadt Visselhövede, 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/20260913/03357051/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Visselhövede
- Lüdemann, Einzelbewerber61.6%
- Cordes, Einzelbewerber25.0%
- Lutz, WiV13.4%
Turnout 67.6% · 8,233 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Visselhövede
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Rotenburg (Wümme) is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU26.2%
- SPD22.8%
- AfD18.9%
- FDP14.1%
Turnout 67.5% · 8,242 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
District administrator election
- Prietz, CDU61.6%
- Nein-Stimmen38.4%
Turnout 67.5% · 8,242 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Visselhövede
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.7%+1.6
- SPD25.1%+2.1
- AfD19.3%+1.5
- Grüne8.5%-3.0
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- 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 | 1,884 | 29.7% | 31.8% | 28.1% (+1.6) | 22.6% (+7.1) |
| SPD | 1,591 | 25.1% | 22.2% | 23.0% (+2.1) | 16.4% (+8.7) |
| AfD | 1,220 | 19.3% | 18.5% | 17.8% (+1.5) | 20.8% (-1.5) |
| Grüne | 536 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11.5% (-3.0) | 11.6% (-3.1) |
| Linke | 409 | 6.5% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.6) | 8.8% (-2.3) |
| FDP | 269 | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 194 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 54 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 38 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 141 | 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.
Visselhövede: location in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Visselhövede highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.