Cuxhaven: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Cuxhaven with 29.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 24.4%. Below, the results of all 29 municipalities.
- Turnout82.9% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters130,513 of 157,491 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +1.4 · SPD +1.4 · AfD +1.7 · Grüne −2.4
- CDU range across municipalities24.1% to 50.4%
2026 local elections in Cuxhaven
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected. Official final result, as of 23.09.2026 12:01. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilCDU 31.1% · 18 of 58 seats
- Turnout64.1%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)3 with their own council
- CDU31.1% · 18 seats
- SPD28.3% · 17 seats
- AfD17.0% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE11.0% · 6 seats
Turnout 64.1% · 164,812 eligible voters · 58 seats · Official final result · 312 of 312 results
Source: Landkreis Cuxhaven, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 12:01. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03352000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde councils in Cuxhaven
- Samtgemeinde Börde LamstedtCouncil: CDU 53.4%, 16 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde HemmoorCouncil: SPD 32.1%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Lunden 63.4%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde Land HadelnCouncil: CDU 36.1%, 36 seats · mayoral election: Thielebeule 52.4%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Cuxhaven
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU29.5%+1.4
- SPD24.4%+1.4
- AfD19.5%+1.7
- Grüne9.1%-2.4
- Linke6.1%-2.0
- BSW3.8%±0
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- 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 Cuxhaven
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Cuxhaven
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 24.1 to 50.4%, SPD 7.3 to 29%, AfD 15.2 to 28.8%, Grüne 1.9 to 11.5%, Linke 3.1 to 8.9%, BSW 1.3 to 4.5%, FDP 2.2 to 6.1%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuxhaven | 29,042 | 79.1% | 28.0 | 27.3 | 17.0 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Geestland | 20,844 | 84.1% | 31.8 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Wurster Nordseeküste | 11,599 | 83.8% | 27.3 | 24.9 | 20.2 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| Loxstedt | 10,633 | 83.9% | 27.2 | 26.1 | 19.5 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Schiffdorf | 9,919 | 83.8% | 29.2 | 22.9 | 20.5 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Beverstedt | 9,177 | 84.9% | 27.9 | 23.3 | 20.6 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Hagen im Bremischen | 7,844 | 87.0% | 29.5 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 11.5 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| Briefwahl SG Land Hadeln | 4,222 | – | 31.8 | 27.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Otterndorf | 3,783 | 62.7% | 28.0 | 27.4 | 16.3 | 11.2 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Hemmoor | 3,731 | 54.3% | 25.3 | 22.3 | 28.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Hemmoor | 2,661 | – | 30.6 | 28.8 | 14.0 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Cadenberge | 1,987 | 59.7% | 27.2 | 26.3 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Wingst | 1,861 | 67.0% | 33.0 | 23.1 | 19.8 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
| Hechthausen | 1,789 | 61.5% | 27.6 | 22.2 | 27.9 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| Lamstedt | 1,767 | 65.9% | 37.3 | 20.3 | 22.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| Wanna | 1,169 | 65.2% | 32.0 | 18.1 | 28.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Osten | 844 | 59.9% | 31.4 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Briefwahl SG Börde Lamstedt | 793 | – | 41.6 | 21.0 | 16.8 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| Neuenkirchen | 763 | 70.8% | 26.1 | 29.0 | 19.6 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| Ihlienworth | 743 | 62.2% | 28.5 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| Oberndorf | 672 | 60.9% | 25.9 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| Neuhaus (Oste), Flecken | 568 | 64.0% | 24.1 | 26.4 | 23.6 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Nordleda | 527 | 65.4% | 30.3 | 19.8 | 24.6 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| Hollnseth | 525 | 75.2% | 42.8 | 15.1 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 6.1 |
| Bülkau | 496 | 71.0% | 42.9 | 19.0 | 15.9 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| Steinau | 447 | 67.3% | 46.2 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Belum | 427 | 68.2% | 27.2 | 24.4 | 25.8 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.3 |
| Armstorf | 410 | 76.6% | 49.1 | 7.3 | 24.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
| Mittelstenahe | 391 | 80.1% | 50.4 | 14.1 | 19.0 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
| Stinstedt | 341 | 76.6% | 49.9 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 5.0 |
| Odisheim | 269 | 67.8% | 48.7 | 10.8 | 26.8 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| Osterbruch | 269 | 67.2% | 31.6 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.