Christian Democrats Won The Election In Lower Saxony

• 14.09.2026, 10:50

In second place is the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

According to official preliminary results, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won the local elections in the federal state of Lower Saxony, which took place on Sunday, September 13. According to data from the election commission released on the morning of Monday, September 14, the party led by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz received the most votes—27.2 percent, reports DW.

In second place was the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which received 24.6% of the vote, and in third place was the far-right “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) with 15.9%.

Next came the Greens (14.1%) and The Left (6%). The Free Democratic Party received only 3.7 percent of the vote.

According to the election commission, voter turnout was 64.6 percent. This is 7.6 percentage points higher than five years earlier—in the 2021 state elections.

Residents of Lower Saxony elected representatives to local government bodies in districts, cities, and municipalities, as well as mayor, city mayor, and district heads. The voting took place against the backdrop of a crisis at Volkswagen, an automaker of great importance to the region.

Four candidates from the AfD were barred from the election due to doubts about their commitment to the German constitutional order. The ADH’s state organization is under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a far-right extremist group. The party is challenging this decision in court.