Region Hannover: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Region Hannover with 24.8% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.2%. Below, the results of all 21 municipalities.
- District AdministratorSteffen Krach (SPD), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.8% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters692,812 of 826,583 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −3.3 · SPD +0.2 · Grüne +3.8 · AfD −2.9
- CDU range across municipalities20.0% to 35.9%
2026 local elections in Region Hannover
On 13 September 2026, the regional assembly was newly elected. Preliminary result, retrieved 24 September 2026. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: regional assemblySPD 24.3% · 20 of 84 seats
- Turnout64.5%
- Data statusDistrict result from the State Statistics Office; this district's municipal councils and direct elections are not yet connected
- SPD24.3% · 20 seats
- CDU20.7% · 17 seats
- GRÜNE20.5% · 17 seats
- AfD14.4% · 12 seats
- Die Linke8.1% · 7 seats
- FDP3.5% · 3 seats
- Tierschutzpartei1.7% · 2 seats
- Wählergruppen1.7% · 2 seats
- BSW1.6% · 1 seat
- Volt1.5% · 1 seat
- FREIE WÄHLER0.8% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI0.7% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.5% · 888,239 eligible voters · 84 seats · Preliminary result
Source: State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony, Local elections 2026, district results (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. District result from the state overview; municipal councils of this district are not yet covered. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Second votes in Region Hannover
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU24.8%-3.3
- SPD23.2%+0.2
- Grüne15.3%+3.8
- AfD14.9%-2.9
- Linke10.3%+2.2
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.2%±0
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 Region Hannover
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Region Hannover
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 20 to 35.9%, SPD 20.2 to 25.2%, Grüne 8.4 to 19.7%, AfD 11.6 to 20.1%, Linke 5.2 to 14.3%, FDP 3.6 to 6.4%, BSW 2.6 to 5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | Grüne | AfD | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannover | 302,802 | 82.9% | 20.0 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Garbsen | 34,474 | 81.0% | 27.5 | 24.1 | 8.4 | 20.1 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| Langenhagen | 31,230 | 81.5% | 26.5 | 23.0 | 9.9 | 19.6 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Neustadt am Rübenberge | 29,453 | 85.2% | 29.6 | 23.0 | 10.5 | 19.3 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Lehrte | 27,364 | 84.1% | 26.3 | 24.0 | 11.4 | 18.0 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Wunstorf | 26,899 | 85.3% | 28.2 | 24.1 | 13.1 | 15.3 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Laatzen | 23,953 | 81.7% | 26.6 | 25.2 | 10.4 | 18.7 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Barsinghausen | 21,972 | 85.3% | 28.2 | 24.6 | 12.1 | 17.7 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Wedemark | 20,546 | 88.4% | 32.6 | 20.2 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 2.9 |
| Seelze | 19,861 | 81.8% | 25.1 | 23.9 | 11.5 | 19.5 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| Burgdorf | 19,522 | 85.4% | 29.1 | 23.2 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| Springe | 19,201 | 85.3% | 27.6 | 24.5 | 13.2 | 16.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Isernhagen | 15,956 | 87.7% | 35.4 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 3.3 |
| Sehnde | 15,267 | 84.0% | 29.0 | 23.0 | 10.9 | 18.9 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Burgwedel | 14,152 | 88.2% | 35.9 | 20.3 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| Ronnenberg | 13,826 | 81.4% | 23.9 | 24.4 | 12.0 | 19.5 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| Uetze | 13,575 | 86.1% | 28.2 | 23.4 | 10.1 | 18.1 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Hemmingen | 12,845 | 88.1% | 29.7 | 24.2 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 |
| Gehrden | 10,133 | 87.0% | 31.3 | 23.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| Pattensen | 9,908 | 87.3% | 31.3 | 24.1 | 11.5 | 17.4 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| Wennigsen (Deister) | 9,873 | 88.1% | 26.2 | 24.4 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.