Heidekreis: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Heidekreis with 27.4% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 25.8%. Below, the results of all 23 municipalities.
- District AdministratorJens Grote, since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout82.5% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters89,362 of 108,321 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −0.7 · SPD +2.8 · AfD +2.9 · Grüne −3.0
- CDU range across municipalities20.9% to 34.2%
2026 local elections in Heidekreis
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 councilSPD 26.9% · 13 of 50 seats
- Turnout64.0%
- Data statusDistrict result from the State Statistics Office; this district's municipal councils and direct elections are not yet connected
- SPD26.9% · 13 seats
- CDU25.4% · 13 seats
- AfD19.8% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE9.8% · 5 seats
- Wählergruppen9.0% · 4 seats
- Die Linke4.0% · 2 seats
- FDP2.3% · 1 seat
- Volt1.4% · 1 seat
- BSW1.0% · 1 seat
Turnout 64.0% · 114,967 eligible voters · 50 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 Heidekreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.4%-0.7
- SPD25.8%+2.8
- AfD20.7%+2.9
- Grüne8.5%-3.0
- Linke6.7%-1.4
- FDP3.5%-0.6
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- 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 Heidekreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Heidekreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 20.9 to 34.2%, SPD 19.8 to 29.1%, AfD 15.9 to 34.4%, Grüne 4.3 to 9.8%, Linke 4.8 to 9.8%, FDP 2.4 to 7.1%, BSW 1.6 to 4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsrode | 19,379 | 82.2% | 25.7 | 28.2 | 19.3 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Soltau | 13,569 | 80.3% | 26.6 | 25.3 | 20.8 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Schneverdingen | 12,621 | 83.6% | 28.5 | 25.5 | 18.8 | 9.8 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Munster | 8,932 | 77.6% | 28.4 | 22.3 | 27.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Bad Fallingbostel | 7,204 | 80.5% | 24.7 | 28.5 | 20.3 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Bispingen | 4,410 | 87.2% | 33.6 | 24.9 | 15.9 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Neuenkirchen | 3,823 | 86.7% | 34.2 | 22.1 | 17.9 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
| Schwarmstedt | 2,802 | 63.3% | 23.7 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Briefwahl SG Schwarmstedt | 2,169 | – | 28.7 | 28.5 | 15.2 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Wietzendorf | 2,141 | 65.8% | 31.0 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 2.7 |
| Lindwedel | 1,462 | 66.6% | 21.7 | 22.4 | 29.4 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Hodenhagen | 1,446 | 62.9% | 21.5 | 27.8 | 25.5 | 5.8 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Buchholz (Aller) | 1,151 | 65.8% | 26.0 | 22.1 | 29.0 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Rethem (Aller) | 1,072 | 62.0% | 31.4 | 25.4 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Ahlden | 1,029 | – | 29.2 | 30.5 | 14.2 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| Ahlden (Aller), Flecken | 843 | 67.2% | 25.4 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| Briefwahl SG Rethem (Aller), Stadt | 721 | – | 29.0 | 29.5 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| Briefwahl Gemeinde Wietzendorf und gemfr. Bezirk Osterheide | 718 | – | 34.0 | 27.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Gilten | 630 | 67.4% | 29.0 | 23.4 | 18.8 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Essel | 581 | 60.2% | 26.0 | 19.8 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 3.1 |
| Böhme | 515 | 63.0% | 25.4 | 23.2 | 24.2 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| Hademstorf | 447 | 66.5% | 21.7 | 29.1 | 28.9 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Eickeloh | 423 | 67.5% | 28.1 | 28.8 | 22.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| Häuslingen | 381 | 62.0% | 26.4 | 24.8 | 22.2 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 1.6 |
| Grethem | 342 | 67.1% | 29.8 | 27.7 | 16.5 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
| Frankenfeld | 296 | 70.8% | 23.4 | 27.5 | 21.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
| Osterheide, gemfr. Bezirk | 255 | 69.1% | 20.9 | 22.5 | 34.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 4.0 |
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.