Handrup: 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 Handrup with 84.0% (8 of 9 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Handrup with 61.1% of the second votes, SPD took 15.9%.
- Turnout75.7% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters485 of 641 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +33.0 · AfD −10.1 · SPD −7.1
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Handrup
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Handrup, as of 13.09.2026 22:05. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 84.0% · 8 of 9 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 77.1% in the Samtgemeinde Lengerich
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde LengerichCDU 66.1%
- Turnout79.2% · district council election 71.5%
- CDU84.0% · 8 seats
- Hugenberg-Teismann, Einzelwahlvorschlag8.7%
- Paul, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.9%
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.4%
Turnout 79.2% · 688 eligible voters · 9 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lengerich, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:05. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545405/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Lengerich
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Lengerich, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 24 seats
- CDU77.1% · 19 seats
- SPD13.5% · 3 seats
- FDP9.4% · 2 seats
Turnout 71.7% · 7,892 eligible voters · 24 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Lühn, CDU87.1%
- Nein-Stimmen12.9%
Turnout 71.7% · 7,892 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Lengerich, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 00:54. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Lengerich
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU66.1%
- AfD9.4%
- SPD8.8%
- FDP8.1%
Turnout 71.5% · 7,914 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
- Burgdorf, CDU64.8%
- Außel, SPD14.4%
- Minich, AfD10.2%
- Engelken, GRÜNE6.1%
- Meyer, FDP4.5%
Turnout 71.5% · 7,914 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Handrup
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU61.1%+33.0
- SPD15.9%-7.1
- AfD7.7%-10.1
- Grüne6.0%-5.5
- Linke3.3%-4.8
- FDP2.7%-1.4
- BSW1.2%-2.6
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others1.4%-0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 295 | 61.1% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+33.0) | 22.6% (+38.5) |
| SPD | 77 | 15.9% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-7.1) | 16.4% (-0.5) |
| AfD | 37 | 7.7% | 16.6% | 17.8% (-10.1) | 20.8% (-13.1) |
| Grüne | 29 | 6.0% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-5.5) | 11.6% (-5.6) |
| Linke | 16 | 3.3% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-4.8) | 8.8% (-5.5) |
| FDP | 13 | 2.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% (-1.4) | 4.3% (-1.6) |
| BSW | 6 | 1.2% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-2.6) | 5.0% (-3.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 2 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 7 | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-0.8) | 10.6% (-9.2) |
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 Lengerich: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Lengerich are counted jointly for all 6 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Handrup. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Handrup only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,585 postal voters, which is 24.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association88.5%
- Voters6,519 of 7,370 eligible voters
- Postal vote share24.3% · 1,585
- Member municipalities6
- CDU52.9%-8.2
- SPD14.7%-1.2
- AfD12.6%+4.9
- Grüne5.6%-0.4
- FDP5.3%+2.6
- Linke4.1%+0.8
- BSW2.6%+1.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.2
- Volt0.2%±0
- Others1.3%-0.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Handrup.
| Party | Polling station Handrup | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Lengerich total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 295 (61.1%) | 845 (53.3%) | 3,437 | 52.9% |
| SPD | 77 (15.9%) | 254 (16.0%) | 958 | 14.7% |
| AfD | 37 (7.7%) | 167 (10.5%) | 816 | 12.6% |
| Grüne | 29 (6.0%) | 107 (6.8%) | 366 | 5.6% |
| FDP | 13 (2.7%) | 74 (4.7%) | 347 | 5.3% |
| Linke | 16 (3.3%) | 62 (3.9%) | 269 | 4.1% |
| BSW | 6 (1.2%) | 37 (2.3%) | 167 | 2.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 2 (0.4%) | 9 (0.6%) | 38 | 0.6% |
| Others | 7 (1.4%) | 23 (1.5%) | 87 | 1.3% |
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.
Handrup: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Handrup highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Lengerich shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.