Lage: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, Ludwig Hagedoorn became the largest group on the council of Lage with 23.6%.
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Lage with 34.6% of the second votes, SPD took 28.3%.
- Turnout77.5% · Grafschaft Bentheim (Wkr. 031) 84.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters568 of 733 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −6.8 · CDU +6.5 · SPD +5.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency31 Mittelems
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Lage
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Lage, as of 24.09.2026 06:44. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilLudwig Hagedoorn 23.6%
- Samtgemeinde councilCDU 47.6% in the Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde NeuenhausCDU 44.2%
- Turnout65.8% · district council election 63.4%
- Ludwig Hagedoorn23.6%
- Jenni Baasdam10.7%
- Holger Zwafink8.3%
- Hartmut Scholte-Wassink8.0%
- Manfred Jungfer7.9%
- Cathrin Kelder7.8%
- Guido Balder7.1%
- Marc Beniermann6.3%
- Eric Jonker5.8%
- Tim Holtvlüwer5.5%
- Jürgen Egbers3.3%
- Hindrik Kuiper3.2%
- Heiner van der Kamp2.7%
Turnout 65.8% · 927 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 2 of 2 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 06:44. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/034565402/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Neuenhaus, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 32 seats
- CDU47.6% · 15 seats
- SPD24.6% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE12.8% · 4 seats
- AfD10.9% · 4 seats
- FDP4.2% · 1 seat
Turnout 63.1% · 11,830 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Kramer, Einzelbewerber70.8%
- Müller, SPD29.2%
Turnout 63.2% · 11,831 eligible voters · Official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 06:44. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Grafschaft Bentheim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU44.2%
- SPD24.1%
- AfD11.6%
- GRÜNE10.7%
Turnout 63.4% · 11,853 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schmidt, Einzelwahlvorschlag37.3%
- Terhorst, CDU31.6%
- Pünt-Kohoff, SPD31.1%
Turnout 63.2% · 11,853 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Lage
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU34.6%+6.5
- SPD28.3%+5.3
- AfD11.0%-6.8
- Grüne8.5%-3.0
- Linke5.7%-2.4
- BSW4.6%+0.8
- FDP3.5%-0.6
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 196 | 34.6% | 35.5% | 28.1% (+6.5) | 22.6% (+12.0) |
| SPD | 160 | 28.3% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+5.3) | 16.4% (+11.9) |
| AfD | 62 | 11.0% | 14.4% | 17.8% (-6.8) | 20.8% (-9.8) |
| Grüne | 48 | 8.5% | 8.8% | 11.5% (-3.0) | 11.6% (-3.1) |
| Linke | 32 | 5.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-2.4) | 8.8% (-3.1) |
| BSW | 26 | 4.6% | 3.2% | 3.8% (+0.8) | 5.0% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 20 | 3.5% | 4.6% | 4.1% (-0.6) | 4.3% (-0.8) |
| Freie Wähler | 5 | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.8% (+0.1) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 16 | 2.8% | 1.7% | 2.2% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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 Neuenhaus: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Lage. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Lage only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,515 postal voters, which is 17.1% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.2%
- Voters8,845 of 10,378 eligible voters
- Postal vote share17.1% · 1,515
- Member municipalities5
- CDU35.7%+1.1
- SPD24.0%-4.3
- AfD14.8%+3.8
- Grüne9.0%+0.5
- Linke6.5%+0.8
- FDP3.8%+0.3
- BSW3.3%-1.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%-0.1
- Volt0.4%+0.2
- Others1.7%-1.1
Change compared with polling-station votes in Lage.
| Party | Polling station Lage | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 196 (34.6%) | 533 (35.3%) | 3,147 | 35.7% |
| SPD | 160 (28.3%) | 378 (25.0%) | 2,116 | 24.0% |
| AfD | 62 (11.0%) | 160 (10.6%) | 1,305 | 14.8% |
| Grüne | 48 (8.5%) | 183 (12.1%) | 793 | 9.0% |
| Linke | 32 (5.7%) | 98 (6.5%) | 570 | 6.5% |
| FDP | 20 (3.5%) | 68 (4.5%) | 335 | 3.8% |
| BSW | 26 (4.6%) | 43 (2.8%) | 290 | 3.3% |
| Freie Wähler | 5 (0.9%) | 14 (0.9%) | 74 | 0.8% |
| Others | 16 (2.8%) | 23 (1.5%) | 149 | 1.7% |
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.
Lage: location in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Lage highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Neuenhaus shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.