Neuenkirchen: 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 Neuenkirchen with 52.7% (5 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Neuenkirchen with 29.8% of the second votes, AfD took 18.6%.
- Turnout64.6% · Stade (Wkr. 029, 030) 84.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters416 of 644 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD −4.8 · CDU +1.7 · Grüne +1.1
- 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 Neuenkirchen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Neuenkirchen, as of 13.09.2026 23:47. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 52.7% · 5 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 38.7% in the Samtgemeinde Lühe
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde LüheCDU 33.9%
- Turnout72.7% · district council election 70.6%
- CDU52.7% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE25.0% · 2 seats
- SPD22.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 72.7% · 685 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lühe, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 23:47. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/033595406/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Lühe
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Lühe, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- CDU38.7% · 8 seats
- SPD16.4% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE14.7% · 3 seats
- AfD14.5% · 3 seats
- FWGL13.3% · 3 seats
- FDP2.5%
Turnout 70.9% · 8,274 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 16 of 16 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Gerke, Einzelbewerber58.2%
- Dehmel, CDU41.9%
Turnout 70.8% · 8,274 eligible voters · Official final result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lühe, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 02:37. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Lühe
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Stade is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.9%
- SPD17.0%
- AfD15.1%
- GRÜNE13.0%
- FWG9.0%
- Die Linke5.1%
- FDP4.0%
Turnout 70.6% · 8,320 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
District administrator election
- Seefried, CDU83.6%
- Jacobs, AfD16.4%
Turnout 70.7% · 8,320 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Neuenkirchen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.8%+1.7
- AfD18.6%+0.8
- SPD18.2%-4.8
- Grüne12.6%+1.1
- Linke8.0%-0.1
- BSW4.6%+0.8
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Volt1.2%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.2%-0.6
- Others3.1%+0.9
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 | 29.8% | 29.4% | 28.1% (+1.7) | 22.6% (+7.2) |
| AfD | 77 | 18.6% | 19.0% | 17.8% (+0.8) | 20.8% (-2.2) |
| SPD | 75 | 18.2% | 22.2% | 23.0% (-4.8) | 16.4% (+1.8) |
| Grüne | 52 | 12.6% | 11.0% | 11.5% (+1.1) | 11.6% (+1.0) |
| Linke | 33 | 8.0% | 7.0% | 8.1% (-0.1) | 8.8% (-0.8) |
| BSW | 19 | 4.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% (+0.8) | 5.0% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 15 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4.1% (-0.5) | 4.3% (-0.7) |
| Volt | 5 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% (+0.6) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 1 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.6) | – |
| Others | 13 | 3.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.9) | 10.6% (-7.5) |
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 Lühe: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Lühe are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Neuenkirchen. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Neuenkirchen only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 2,040 postal voters, which is 30.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association87.5%
- Voters6,741 of 7,705 eligible voters
- Postal vote share30.3% · 2,040
- Member municipalities6
- CDU33.0%+3.2
- SPD22.3%+4.1
- AfD15.2%-3.4
- Grüne11.4%-1.2
- Linke6.3%-1.7
- FDP5.0%+1.4
- BSW3.0%-1.6
- Volt0.9%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.7%+0.5
- Others2.3%-0.8
Change compared with polling-station votes in Neuenkirchen.
| Party | Polling station Neuenkirchen | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Lühe total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 123 (29.8%) | 697 (34.3%) | 2,214 | 33.0% |
| SPD | 75 (18.2%) | 488 (24.0%) | 1,495 | 22.3% |
| AfD | 77 (18.6%) | 224 (11.0%) | 1,018 | 15.2% |
| Grüne | 52 (12.6%) | 266 (13.1%) | 765 | 11.4% |
| Linke | 33 (8.0%) | 108 (5.3%) | 421 | 6.3% |
| FDP | 15 (3.6%) | 85 (4.2%) | 337 | 5.0% |
| BSW | 19 (4.6%) | 69 (3.4%) | 200 | 3.0% |
| Volt | 5 (1.2%) | 26 (1.3%) | 62 | 0.9% |
| Freie Wähler | 1 (0.2%) | 16 (0.8%) | 46 | 0.7% |
| Others | 13 (3.1%) | 56 (2.8%) | 155 | 2.3% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- GrünendeichCDU 32.1%
- GuderhandviertelCDU 32.5%
- Hollern-TwielenflethCDU 32.5%
- MittelnkirchenCDU 34.6%
- NeuenkirchenCDU 29.8%
- SteinkirchenCDU 32.6%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Neuenkirchen: location in the Stade district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Neuenkirchen highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Lühe shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.