Kranenburg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Margitta Bertram became the largest group on the council of Kranenburg with 23.2%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Kranenburg with 31.2% of the second votes, AfD took 24.6%.
- Turnout73.9% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters427 of 578 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +6.8 · SPD −4.0 · CDU +3.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency29 Cuxhaven – Stade II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Kranenburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Kranenburg, as of 13.09.2026 21:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilMargitta Bertram 23.2%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 31.5% in the Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-HimmelpfortenCDU 29.2%
- Turnout79.0% · district council election 69.8%
- Margitta Bertram23.2%
- Marisa Buck12.3%
- Jan Tiedemann11.6%
- Henrik Plate11.2%
- Christian Meier9.7%
- Andre Hudaff8.7%
- Karl-Heinz Waller8.4%
- Meta Peters6.3%
- Ludger Steltenpohl5.5%
- Dr. Rene Wieser3.1%
Turnout 79.0% · 613 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 21:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033595409/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU31.5% · 10 seats
- SPD22.1% · 7 seats
- AfD21.1% · 7 seats
- FWG Oldendorf-Himmelpforten6.9% · 2 seats
Turnout 69.9% · 15,382 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 31 of 31 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Reichert, Einzelbewerber79.7%
- Nein-Stimmen20.3%
Turnout 69.9% · 15,382 eligible voters · Official final result · 31 of 31 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten, 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 Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU29.2%
- SPD23.2%
- AfD22.7%
- FWG9.3%
- GRÜNE7.5%
- Die Linke4.8%
- FDP2.3%
- Volt1.1%
Turnout 69.8% · 15,446 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU75.1%
- Jacobs, AfD24.9%
Turnout 69.8% · 15,446 eligible voters · 31 of 31 results
Second votes in Kranenburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.2%+3.1
- AfD24.6%+6.8
- SPD19.0%-4.0
- Grüne8.7%-2.8
- Linke5.4%-2.7
- FDP5.2%+1.1
- BSW2.6%-1.2
- Volt0.9%+0.3
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 133 | 31.2% | 29.4% | 28.1% (+3.1) | 22.6% (+8.6) |
| AfD | 105 | 24.6% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+6.8) | 20.8% (+3.8) |
| SPD | 81 | 19.0% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-4.0) | 16.4% (+2.6) |
| Grüne | 37 | 8.7% | 11.0% | 11.5% (-2.8) | 11.6% (-2.9) |
| Linke | 23 | 5.4% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-2.7) | 8.8% (-3.4) |
| FDP | 22 | 5.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+1.1) | 4.3% (+0.9) |
| BSW | 11 | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% (-1.2) | 5.0% (-2.4) |
| Volt | 4 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.3) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 8 | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.2% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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 Oldendorf-Himmelpforten: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten are counted jointly for all 10 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Kranenburg. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Kranenburg only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,615 postal voters, which is 21.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.8%
- Voters12,477 of 14,720 eligible voters
- Postal vote share21.0% · 2,615
- Member municipalities10
- CDU31.1%-0.1
- AfD23.1%-1.5
- SPD20.6%+1.6
- Grüne8.4%-0.3
- Linke5.9%+0.5
- FDP3.7%-1.5
- BSW3.4%+0.8
- Freie Wähler0.8%+0.3
- Volt0.6%-0.3
- Others2.4%+0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Kranenburg.
| Party | Polling station Kranenburg | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 133 (31.2%) | 925 (35.4%) | 3,869 | 31.1% |
| AfD | 105 (24.6%) | 344 (13.2%) | 2,876 | 23.1% |
| SPD | 81 (19.0%) | 644 (24.7%) | 2,558 | 20.6% |
| Grüne | 37 (8.7%) | 286 (10.9%) | 1,044 | 8.4% |
| Linke | 23 (5.4%) | 137 (5.2%) | 737 | 5.9% |
| FDP | 22 (5.2%) | 89 (3.4%) | 464 | 3.7% |
| BSW | 11 (2.6%) | 70 (2.7%) | 419 | 3.4% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.5%) | 25 (1.0%) | 98 | 0.8% |
| Volt | 4 (0.9%) | 17 (0.7%) | 69 | 0.6% |
| Others | 8 (1.9%) | 75 (2.9%) | 296 | 2.4% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- BurwegCDU 33.9%
- DüdenbüttelCDU 34.9%
- EngelschoffCDU 36.5%
- EstorfCDU 34.8%
- GroßenwördenCDU 36.4%
- HammahAfD 31.3%
- HeinbockelCDU 34.0%
- HimmelpfortenCDU 27.4%
- KranenburgCDU 31.2%
- OldendorfAfD 28.0%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Kranenburg: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Kranenburg highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.