Gifhorn: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Gifhorn with 28.3% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 22.6%. Below, the results of all 41 municipalities.
- Turnout84.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters114,259 of 134,848 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +0.2 · AfD +4.8 · SPD −0.9 · Grüne −2.0
- CDU range across municipalities21.1% to 43.7%
2026 local elections in Gifhorn
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected. Official final result, as of 21.09.2026 14:48. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 28.3% · 16 of 58 seats
- Turnout66.9%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)7 with their own council
- SPD28.3% · 16 seats
- CDU26.6% · 15 seats
- AfD20.7% · 12 seats
- GRÜNE11.2% · 7 seats
- Die Linke4.2% · 3 seats
- UNABHÄNGIGE2.6% · 2 seats
- FDP2.3% · 1 seat
- B-In-G2.0% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI1.3% · 1 seat
- ZZZ0.6%
- Bündnis C0.4%
Turnout 66.9% · 140,588 eligible voters · 58 seats · Official final result · 259 of 259 results
Source: Landkreis Gifhorn, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 14:48. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03151000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | Die Linke | UNABHÄNGIGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Gifhorn | 61.5% | 27.9% | 26.4% | 21.9% | 11.8% | 4.7% | 1.6% |
| Gemeinde Sassenburg | 65.1% | 22.7% | 18.4% | 24.4% | 10.2% | 3.8% | 0.6% |
| Stadt Wittingen | 64.1% | 26.0% | 34.0% | 17.5% | 9.5% | 4.0% | 1.2% |
| Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land | 65.0% | 31.5% | 21.5% | 20.8% | 13.0% | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Samtgemeinde Brome | 67.8% | 30.0% | 24.4% | 25.8% | 8.2% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel | 71.4% | 22.9% | 37.6% | 18.1% | 10.4% | 3.6% | 0.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Isenbüttel | 71.5% | 33.6% | 27.5% | 19.4% | 11.1% | 3.2% | 1.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Meinersen | 68.2% | 28.6% | 26.3% | 19.2% | 12.4% | 5.8% | 2.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Papenteich | 72.8% | 31.1% | 21.8% | 14.9% | 14.8% | 4.0% | 8.6% |
| Samtgemeinde Wesendorf | 65.6% | 22.3% | 35.1% | 27.8% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 0.8% |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Samtgemeinde councils in Gifhorn
- Samtgemeinde Boldecker LandCouncil: SPD 22.5%, 22 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde BromeCouncil: SPD 32.4%, 32 seats · mayoral election: Bartels 73.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde HankensbüttelCouncil: CDU 39.9%, 20 seats · mayoral election: Evers 78.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde IsenbüttelCouncil: SPD 41.2%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Gaus 60.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde MeinersenCouncil: SPD 27.3%, 32 seats · mayoral election: Single 76.8%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde PapenteichCouncil: SPD 32.0%, 34 seats · mayoral election: run-offSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde WesendorfCouncil: CDU 29.7%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Grühl 76.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Gifhorn
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU28.3%+0.2
- AfD22.6%+4.8
- SPD22.1%-0.9
- Grüne9.5%-2.0
- Linke6.1%-2.0
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.4%+0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Gifhorn
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Gifhorn
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 21.1 to 43.7%, AfD 14.7 to 43.8%, SPD 14.2 to 27.3%, Grüne 4 to 13.5%, Linke 4.4 to 8.1%, FDP 2.6 to 5.8%, BSW 1.1 to 5.5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifhorn | 24,242 | 80.4% | 26.9 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Sassenburg | 7,517 | 83.7% | 26.4 | 28.8 | 20.5 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| Wittingen | 7,366 | 83.4% | 30.5 | 20.2 | 23.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Meine | 4,516 | 66.6% | 29.4 | 19.0 | 23.4 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 2.6 |
| Meinersen | 4,183 | 66.8% | 26.8 | 25.2 | 18.7 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Papenteich | 4,160 | – | 31.9 | 10.2 | 25.1 | 16.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
| Schwülper | 3,997 | 67.8% | 32.2 | 15.1 | 22.8 | 12.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.0 |
| Briefwahl SG Meinersen | 3,040 | – | 29.5 | 12.8 | 24.4 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Müden (Aller) | 2,914 | 68.2% | 28.4 | 26.8 | 19.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Rühen | 2,876 | 66.1% | 26.6 | 29.7 | 18.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| Briefwahl SG Isenbüttel | 2,828 | – | 30.1 | 12.5 | 27.0 | 14.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Isenbüttel | 2,798 | 58.5% | 25.4 | 24.7 | 23.4 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Calberlah | 2,756 | 67.0% | 26.8 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Wesendorf | 2,534 | 61.0% | 21.1 | 43.8 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
| Briefwahl SG Brome | 2,455 | – | 33.6 | 16.2 | 24.9 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Leiferde | 2,206 | 65.5% | 25.6 | 25.7 | 20.7 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Briefwahl SG Wesendorf | 1,977 | – | 32.8 | 16.4 | 23.2 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| Wahrenholz | 1,976 | 68.3% | 26.5 | 36.0 | 14.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Hankensbüttel | 1,955 | 55.7% | 26.4 | 25.2 | 22.1 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Briefwahl SG Boldecker Land | 1,854 | – | 30.8 | 13.2 | 29.0 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Briefwahl SG Hankensbüttel | 1,755 | – | 34.1 | 11.7 | 25.2 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Vordorf | 1,753 | 69.9% | 28.4 | 16.8 | 23.0 | 13.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Brome, Flecken | 1,482 | 59.2% | 26.2 | 29.8 | 20.5 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| Hillerse | 1,339 | 67.8% | 26.9 | 20.0 | 27.3 | 9.7 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| Weyhausen | 1,268 | 60.1% | 27.0 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Rötgesbüttel | 1,224 | 68.0% | 27.4 | 22.4 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Ribbesbüttel | 1,142 | 71.1% | 27.6 | 28.6 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Osloß | 1,090 | 65.5% | 26.8 | 25.3 | 23.4 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Groß Oesingen | 1,088 | 67.6% | 36.5 | 28.7 | 14.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Parsau | 1,018 | 67.2% | 27.1 | 30.0 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 3.2 |
| Adenbüttel | 1,006 | 70.5% | 34.1 | 16.1 | 22.8 | 11.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
| Wasbüttel | 955 | 64.1% | 27.1 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 13.4 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| Ehra-Lessien | 946 | 71.8% | 22.5 | 30.8 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Jembke | 905 | 57.5% | 25.7 | 26.2 | 25.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Tappenbeck | 838 | 70.8% | 25.1 | 21.4 | 25.8 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| Tülau | 831 | 69.3% | 26.9 | 27.7 | 24.5 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Ummern | 791 | 68.1% | 29.4 | 32.7 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| Didderse | 739 | 70.0% | 27.3 | 19.7 | 24.8 | 10.6 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Tiddische | 735 | 71.7% | 28.6 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| Dedelstorf | 717 | 73.1% | 40.6 | 21.2 | 15.8 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| Bokensdorf | 637 | 64.8% | 26.7 | 26.1 | 20.0 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Wagenhoff | 635 | 70.2% | 24.3 | 35.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Steinhorst | 631 | 62.8% | 32.4 | 31.0 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Sprakensehl | 601 | 60.6% | 30.1 | 24.5 | 20.1 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| Barwedel | 585 | 70.7% | 31.0 | 18.2 | 25.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Schönewörde | 484 | 68.8% | 30.8 | 24.6 | 23.3 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 2.3 |
| Bergfeld | 478 | 70.2% | 27.4 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
| Obernholz | 436 | 63.0% | 43.7 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.