Buxtehude: 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 Buxtehude with 25.9% (10 of 40 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Buxtehude with 26.3% of the second votes, SPD took 23.6%.
- MayorKatja Oldenburg-Schmidt · Wikidata
- Turnout84.4% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters25,539 of 30,267 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +3.1 · AfD −2.5 · CDU −1.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency30 Stade I – Rotenburg II
2026 local elections in Buxtehude
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Buxtehude, as of 23.09.2026 08:25. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 25.9% · 10 of 40 seats
- Mayor: run-offDessel 48.8% v Mewes 37.2% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from BuxtehudeCDU 25.9%
- Turnout61.4% · district council election 61.4%
- CDU25.9% · 10 seats
- SPD20.0% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE16.9% · 7 seats
- AfD14.5% · 6 seats
- BBG/FWG9.7% · 4 seats
- Die Linke9.3% · 4 seats
- FDP3.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 61.4% · 32,495 eligible voters · 40 seats · Official final result · 45 of 45 results
Source: Hansestadt Buxtehude, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 08:25. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03359010/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Buxtehude
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Dessel and Mewes. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Dessel, Ralf48.8%
- Mewes, BBG/FWG37.2%
- Ultsch, Die Linke14.0%
Turnout 61.4% · 32,495 eligible voters · Official final result · 45 of 45 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Buxtehude
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU25.9%
- SPD18.9%
- GRÜNE16.5%
- AfD14.8%
- Die Linke9.0%
- FWG8.1%
- FDP3.7%
Turnout 61.4% · 32,590 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU82.8%
- Jacobs, AfD17.3%
Turnout 61.3% · 32,590 eligible voters · 45 of 45 results
Second votes in Buxtehude
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.3%-1.8
- SPD23.6%+0.6
- AfD15.3%-2.5
- Grüne14.6%+3.1
- Linke8.4%+0.3
- FDP4.3%+0.2
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 6,695 | 26.3% | 29.4% | 28.1% (-1.8) | 22.6% (+3.7) |
| SPD | 5,990 | 23.6% | 22.2% | 23.0% (+0.6) | 16.4% (+7.2) |
| AfD | 3,888 | 15.3% | 19.0% | 17.8% (-2.5) | 20.8% (-5.5) |
| Grüne | 3,709 | 14.6% | 11.0% | 11.5% (+3.1) | 11.6% (+3.0) |
| Linke | 2,137 | 8.4% | 7.0% | 8.1% (+0.3) | 8.8% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 1,090 | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+0.2) | 4.3% (±0) |
| BSW | 946 | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-0.1) | 5.0% (-1.3) |
| Volt | 241 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 102 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 623 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Buxtehude: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Buxtehude highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.