Achim: 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 Achim with 25.6% (10 of 38 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Achim with 27.8% of the second votes, SPD took 23.4%.
- MayorRainer Ditzfeld · Wikidata
- Turnout83.2% · Verden (Wkr. 034) 84.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters20,204 of 24,288 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency34 Osterholz – Verden
2026 local elections in Achim
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Achim, as of 22.09.2026 10:39. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 25.6% · 10 of 38 seats
- Mayor: run-offDitzfeld 43.5% v Zwilling 15.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from AchimCDU 26.3%
- Turnout61.7% · district council election 61.7%
- CDU25.6% · 10 seats
- SPD21.9% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE20.2% · 8 seats
- AfD14.6% · 5 seats
- FDP5.8% · 2 seats
- WGA4.3% · 2 seats
- Die Linke3.3% · 1 seat
- BSW2.3% · 1 seat
- Adamietz, Einzelwahlvorschlag2.0%
Turnout 61.7% · 25,413 eligible voters · 38 seats · Official final result · 44 of 44 results
Source: Stadt Achim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 10:39. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03361001/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Achim
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Ditzfeld and Zwilling. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Ditzfeld, Einzelwahlvorschlag43.5%
- Zwilling, GRÜNE15.8%
- Kasakausky, SPD10.6%
- Adamietz, Einzelwahlvorschlag10.5%
- Müller, CDU10.3%
- Baum, FDP5.3%
- Puls, WGA4.1%
Turnout 61.8% · 25,413 eligible voters · Official final result · 44 of 44 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Achim
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Verden is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU26.3%
- SPD23.5%
- GRÜNE19.0%
- AfD14.6%
- FDP6.4%
- WGA-LV3.5%
- Die Linke3.3%
- BSW2.6%
- FREIE WÄHLER0.9%
Turnout 61.7% · 25,484 eligible voters · 44 of 44 results
District administrator election
- Bohlmann, SPD72.4%
- Pein, FDP27.6%
Turnout 61.6% · 25,484 eligible voters · 44 of 44 results
Second votes in Achim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.8%-0.3
- SPD23.4%+0.4
- AfD17.3%-0.5
- Grüne12.3%+0.8
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- FDP5.1%+1.0
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- 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 | 5,584 | 27.8% | 27.8% | 28.1% (-0.3) | 22.6% (+5.2) |
| SPD | 4,698 | 23.4% | 23.0% | 23.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+7.0) |
| AfD | 3,487 | 17.3% | 18.0% | 17.8% (-0.5) | 20.8% (-3.5) |
| Grüne | 2,472 | 12.3% | 12.2% | 11.5% (+0.8) | 11.6% (+0.7) |
| Linke | 1,387 | 6.9% | 7.2% | 8.1% (-1.2) | 8.8% (-1.9) |
| FDP | 1,023 | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+1.0) | 4.3% (+0.8) |
| BSW | 833 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Volt | 131 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 105 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 392 | 1.9% | 2.2% | 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.
Achim: location in the Verden district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Achim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.