Lähden: 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 Lähden with 66.9% (10 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Lähden with 48.7% of the second votes, SPD took 20.3%.
- Turnout71.9% · Emsland (Wkr. 025, 031) 85.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,421 of 3,369 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyCDU +20.6 · Grüne −7.4 · AfD −4.2
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Lähden
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Lähden, as of 13.09.2026 22:25. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilCDU 66.9% · 10 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 62.2% in the Samtgemeinde Herzlake
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde HerzlakeCDU 49.5%
- Turnout68.5% · district council election 64.4%
- CDU66.9% · 10 seats
- SPD20.1% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE8.5% · 1 seat
- FDP4.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 68.5% · 3,843 eligible voters · 15 seats · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Herzlake, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 13.09.2026 22:25. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034545403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Herzlake
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Herzlake, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 26 seats
- CDU62.2% · 16 seats
- SPD23.5% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE7.4% · 2 seats
- Busch, Einzelwahlvorschlag3.9%
- FDP3.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.5% · 8,875 eligible voters · 26 seats · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Schümers, Einzelwahlvorschlag89.0%
- Nein-Stimmen11.0%
Turnout 64.5% · 8,875 eligible voters · Official final result · 19 of 19 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Herzlake, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 15:41. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Herzlake
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Emsland is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU49.5%
- SPD26.0%
- AfD12.3%
- GRÜNE6.5%
Turnout 64.4% · 8,915 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Burgdorf, CDU47.0%
- Außel, SPD32.2%
- Minich, AfD13.1%
- Engelken, GRÜNE5.0%
- Meyer, FDP2.6%
Turnout 64.4% · 8,915 eligible voters · 19 of 19 results
Second votes in Lähden
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU48.7%+20.6
- SPD20.3%-2.7
- AfD13.6%-4.2
- Linke5.5%-2.6
- FDP4.7%+0.6
- Grüne4.1%-7.4
- BSW1.4%-2.4
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.1%-0.5
- Others1.2%-1.0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,174 | 48.7% | 41.4% | 28.1% (+20.6) | 22.6% (+26.1) |
| SPD | 489 | 20.3% | 18.2% | 23.0% (-2.7) | 16.4% (+3.9) |
| AfD | 328 | 13.6% | 16.6% | 17.8% (-4.2) | 20.8% (-7.2) |
| Linke | 132 | 5.5% | 6.1% | 8.1% (-2.6) | 8.8% (-3.3) |
| FDP | 113 | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% (+0.6) | 4.3% (+0.4) |
| Grüne | 99 | 4.1% | 7.5% | 11.5% (-7.4) | 11.6% (-7.5) |
| BSW | 34 | 1.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% (-2.4) | 5.0% (-3.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 11 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 3 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 29 | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.2% (-1.0) | 10.6% (-9.4) |
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 Herzlake: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Herzlake are counted jointly for all 3 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Lähden. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lähden only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,408 postal voters, which is 20.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association86.9%
- Voters6,730 of 7,745 eligible voters
- Postal vote share20.9% · 1,408
- Member municipalities3
- CDU46.1%-2.6
- SPD18.8%-1.5
- AfD15.5%+1.9
- Grüne5.3%+1.2
- Linke5.3%-0.2
- FDP4.8%+0.1
- BSW2.0%+0.6
- Freie Wähler0.6%+0.1
- Volt0.2%+0.1
- Others1.6%+0.4
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lähden.
| Party | Polling station Lähden | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Herzlake total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,174 (48.7%) | 622 (44.2%) | 3,087 | 46.1% |
| SPD | 489 (20.3%) | 292 (20.8%) | 1,261 | 18.8% |
| AfD | 328 (13.6%) | 159 (11.3%) | 1,036 | 15.5% |
| Grüne | 99 (4.1%) | 118 (8.4%) | 354 | 5.3% |
| Linke | 132 (5.5%) | 68 (4.8%) | 353 | 5.3% |
| FDP | 113 (4.7%) | 58 (4.1%) | 322 | 4.8% |
| BSW | 34 (1.4%) | 37 (2.6%) | 133 | 2.0% |
| Freie Wähler | 11 (0.5%) | 10 (0.7%) | 42 | 0.6% |
| Others | 29 (1.2%) | 38 (2.7%) | 104 | 1.6% |
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.
Lähden: location in the Emsland district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lähden highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Herzlake shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.