Ahlerstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, FWG became the largest group on the council of Ahlerstedt with 61.2% (10 of 17 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Ahlerstedt with 36.8% of the second votes, AfD took 22.4%.
- Turnout69.9% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters3,007 of 4,301 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +8.7 · SPD −6.2 · AfD +4.6
- 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 Ahlerstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Ahlerstedt, as of 14.09.2026 01:14. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilFWG 61.2% · 10 of 17 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilFWG 33.5% in the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HarsefeldFWG 29.7%
- Turnout71.4% · district council election 68.4%
- FWG61.2% · 10 seats
- AfD14.1% · 3 seats
- CDU13.1% · 2 seats
- SPD6.7% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE4.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 71.4% · 4,601 eligible voters · 17 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:14. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033595403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Harsefeld
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Harsefeld, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 34 seats
- FWG33.5% · 11 seats
- CDU20.5% · 7 seats
- AfD18.8% · 6 seats
- SPD14.7% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE9.7% · 3 seats
- Volt1.6% · 1 seat
- BSW1.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.2% · 19,040 eligible voters · 34 seats · Official final result · 38 of 38 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kleinschmidt, SPD68.8%
- Nein-Stimmen31.2%
Turnout 68.1% · 19,040 eligible voters · Official final result · 38 of 38 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Harsefeld, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 05:07. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- FWG29.7%
- CDU21.9%
- AfD19.0%
- SPD12.8%
- GRÜNE7.7%
- Die Linke4.3%
- BSW1.6%
Turnout 68.4% · 19,040 eligible voters · 38 of 38 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU76.7%
- Jacobs, AfD23.3%
Turnout 68.4% · 19,040 eligible voters · 38 of 38 results
Second votes in Ahlerstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU36.8%+8.7
- AfD22.4%+4.6
- SPD16.8%-6.2
- Grüne7.5%-4.0
- Linke4.9%-3.2
- FDP4.1%±0
- BSW3.1%-0.7
- Freie Wähler1.7%+0.9
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.1%-0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,101 | 36.8% | 29.4% | 28.1% (+8.7) | 22.6% (+14.2) |
| AfD | 670 | 22.4% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+4.6) | 20.8% (+1.6) |
| SPD | 503 | 16.8% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-6.2) | 16.4% (+0.4) |
| Grüne | 225 | 7.5% | 11.0% | 11.5% (-4.0) | 11.6% (-4.1) |
| Linke | 146 | 4.9% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-3.2) | 8.8% (-3.9) |
| FDP | 124 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.1% (±0) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 93 | 3.1% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 52 | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.9) | – |
| Volt | 14 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 64 | 2.1% | 2.3% | 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 Harsefeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Harsefeld are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Ahlerstedt. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Ahlerstedt only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 3,890 postal voters, which is 25.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.3%
- Voters15,403 of 17,855 eligible voters
- Postal vote share25.3% · 3,890
- Member municipalities4
- CDU32.6%-4.2
- AfD20.2%-2.2
- SPD20.1%+3.3
- Grüne9.7%+2.2
- Linke6.0%+1.1
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW3.3%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.3%-0.4
- Volt0.7%+0.2
- Others2.2%+0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Ahlerstedt.
| Party | Polling station Ahlerstedt | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Harsefeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,101 (36.8%) | 1,317 (34.0%) | 5,001 | 32.6% |
| AfD | 670 (22.4%) | 496 (12.8%) | 3,105 | 20.2% |
| SPD | 503 (16.8%) | 949 (24.5%) | 3,090 | 20.1% |
| Grüne | 225 (7.5%) | 449 (11.6%) | 1,482 | 9.7% |
| Linke | 146 (4.9%) | 231 (6.0%) | 915 | 6.0% |
| FDP | 124 (4.1%) | 145 (3.7%) | 602 | 3.9% |
| BSW | 93 (3.1%) | 130 (3.4%) | 513 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 52 (1.7%) | 50 (1.3%) | 194 | 1.3% |
| Volt | 14 (0.5%) | 33 (0.9%) | 102 | 0.7% |
| Others | 64 (2.1%) | 79 (2.0%) | 335 | 2.2% |
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.
Ahlerstedt: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ahlerstedt highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Harsefeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.