Apensen: 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 Apensen with 34.5% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Apensen with 30.5% of the second votes, SPD took 21.7%.
- Turnout64.7% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,221 of 3,431 eligible voters
- 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 Apensen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Apensen, as of 22.09.2026 09:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 34.5% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 37.9% in the Samtgemeinde Apensen
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde ApensenCDU 33.3%
- Turnout71.1% · district council election 73.6%
- CDU34.5% · 5 seats
- SPD18.0% · 3 seats
- FWG Apensen16.0% · 2 seats
- AfD15.3% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE13.5% · 2 seats
- Wosik-Dessel, Wosik-Dessel2.7%
Turnout 71.1% · 3,611 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Apensen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 09:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033595401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Apensen
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Apensen, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- CDU37.9% · 9 seats
- AfD17.8% · 4 seats
- SPD16.0% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE14.7% · 4 seats
- FWG SG Apensen10.0% · 2 seats
- IGB2.4% · 1 seat
- Wosik-Dessel, Wosik-Dessel1.3%
Turnout 73.8% · 7,935 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- von der Bey, 83.0%
- Nein-Stimmen17.0%
Turnout 73.5% · 7,935 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Apensen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Apensen
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.3%
- AfD19.3%
- SPD15.9%
- GRÜNE12.3%
- FWG8.5%
- Die Linke4.8%
- FDP2.2%
Turnout 73.6% · 7,977 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU78.8%
- Jacobs, AfD21.2%
Turnout 73.5% · 7,977 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Apensen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU30.5%+2.4
- SPD21.7%-1.3
- AfD18.3%+0.5
- Grüne10.3%-1.2
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- FDP4.8%+0.7
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 676 | 30.5% | 29.4% | 28.1% (+2.4) | 22.6% (+7.9) |
| SPD | 480 | 21.7% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-1.3) | 16.4% (+5.3) |
| AfD | 405 | 18.3% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+0.5) | 20.8% (-2.5) |
| Grüne | 229 | 10.3% | 11.0% | 11.5% (-1.2) | 11.6% (-1.3) |
| Linke | 152 | 6.9% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| FDP | 107 | 4.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+0.7) | 4.3% (+0.5) |
| BSW | 76 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 19 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 16 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 53 | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.2) | 10.6% (-8.2) |
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 Apensen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Apensen are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Apensen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Apensen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,847 postal voters, which is 26.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association90.1%
- Voters6,869 of 7,624 eligible voters
- Postal vote share26.9% · 1,847
- Member municipalities3
- CDU31.5%+1.0
- SPD21.9%+0.2
- AfD18.5%+0.2
- Grüne10.4%+0.1
- Linke5.8%-1.1
- FDP4.2%-0.6
- BSW3.2%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.9%±0
- Volt0.9%+0.2
- Others2.8%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Apensen.
| Party | Polling station Apensen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Apensen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 676 (30.5%) | 612 (33.2%) | 2,157 | 31.5% |
| SPD | 480 (21.7%) | 442 (24.0%) | 1,503 | 21.9% |
| AfD | 405 (18.3%) | 249 (13.5%) | 1,270 | 18.5% |
| Grüne | 229 (10.3%) | 207 (11.2%) | 712 | 10.4% |
| Linke | 152 (6.9%) | 102 (5.5%) | 394 | 5.8% |
| FDP | 107 (4.8%) | 66 (3.6%) | 286 | 4.2% |
| BSW | 76 (3.4%) | 55 (3.0%) | 218 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 19 (0.9%) | 22 (1.2%) | 59 | 0.9% |
| Volt | 16 (0.7%) | 26 (1.4%) | 59 | 0.9% |
| Others | 53 (2.4%) | 63 (3.4%) | 192 | 2.8% |
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.
Apensen: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Apensen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Apensen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.