Celle: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Celle with 30.1% of the second votes, followed by AfD with 20.8%. Below, the results of all 21 municipalities.
- District AdministratorKlaus Wiswe (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout82.1% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters113,395 of 138,199 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +2.0 · AfD +3.0 · SPD −2.8 · Grüne −1.4
- CDU range across municipalities26.6% to 36.5%
2026 local elections in Celle
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected. Preliminary result, retrieved 24 September 2026. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 32.0% · 17 of 54 seats
- Turnout66.3%
- Data statusDistrict result from the State Statistics Office; this district's municipal councils and direct elections are not yet connected
- CDU32.0% · 17 seats
- AfD19.4% · 11 seats
- SPD16.7% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE13.0% · 7 seats
- Wählergruppen8.6% · 4 seats
- FDP4.8% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.5% · 2 seats
- Die PARTEI0.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.3% · 144,454 eligible voters · 54 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 Celle
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU30.1%+2.0
- AfD20.8%+3.0
- SPD20.2%-2.8
- Grüne10.1%-1.4
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- FDP4.5%+0.4
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.9%+0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.5%+0.3
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 Celle
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Celle
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 26.6 to 36.5%, AfD 17.3 to 34.4%, SPD 13.9 to 22.2%, Grüne 6.8 to 12.9%, Linke 3.4 to 8.5%, FDP 3.8 to 5.6%, BSW 2.1 to 4.5%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celle | 41,218 | 79.2% | 28.0 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Winsen (Aller) | 9,133 | 84.6% | 29.9 | 24.9 | 19.4 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Bergen | 8,175 | 80.6% | 34.0 | 22.1 | 18.4 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| Südheide | 7,614 | 82.8% | 31.8 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 12.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.5 |
| Hambühren | 6,775 | 82.4% | 28.4 | 25.2 | 19.6 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| Wietze | 4,882 | 79.6% | 27.9 | 24.4 | 21.3 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Nienhagen | 4,514 | 85.9% | 31.3 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 10.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| Lachendorf | 4,263 | 85.5% | 28.1 | 21.7 | 21.6 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Faßberg | 4,105 | 84.9% | 35.2 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Wathlingen | 3,983 | 82.9% | 26.6 | 24.1 | 20.4 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Eschede | 3,709 | 80.7% | 33.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Wienhausen, Klostergemeinde | 2,902 | 87.5% | 35.0 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
| Eicklingen | 2,364 | 89.9% | 36.5 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Adelheidsdorf | 1,887 | 88.2% | 30.6 | 20.7 | 19.2 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| Langlingen | 1,536 | 85.0% | 32.7 | 25.3 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 2.8 |
| Bröckel | 1,418 | 88.0% | 35.3 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Eldingen | 1,082 | 66.7% | 29.6 | 21.2 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Briefwahl SG Lachendorf ohne Gemeinde Lachendorf | 1,037 | – | 31.8 | 14.6 | 23.5 | 11.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Hohne | 903 | 67.2% | 35.0 | 23.0 | 18.7 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| Ahnsbeck | 850 | 63.8% | 34.7 | 22.8 | 20.2 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 2.6 |
| Lohheide, gemfr. Bezirk | 528 | 85.7% | 29.8 | 34.4 | 13.9 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.7 |
| Beedenbostel | 517 | 63.8% | 28.7 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 2.1 |
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.