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Lower Saxony, Germany, regional election 2027

Polling day . Counted by State Returning Officer of Lower Saxony. Times are Berlin time; hover for UTC.

1–15 Oct 2027

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Berlin time.

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State Returning Officer of Lower Saxony
Results page
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/wahlen/landtagswahl/landtagswahl_2022/endgultiges_amtliches_ergebnis/wahl-zum-19-niedersachsischen-landtag-am-9-oktober-2022-endgultiges-amtliches-ergebnis-216438.html
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/presse_service/presseinformationen/landtagswahl_2022/landtagswahl-am-9-oktober-2022-vorlaufiges-amtliches-endergebnis-216081.html

Count stages State Parliament (Landtag), 135 seats

26 Sept3 Oct10 Oct
Election-night count
26–27 SeptElection-night count: Sun 26 Sept, 18:00 → Mon 27 Sept, 01:59, precedent.
Final result
1–15 OctFinal result: Fri 1 Oct, 00:00 → Fri 15 Oct, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBerlin time. Polls close in 362 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
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    precedent
    The state government's ordinance, adopted by the cabinet on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026, set polling day as Sunday 26 Sep 2027, 08:00-18:00 (State Chancellery press release of 11 Aug 2026). 18:00 CEST = 16:00 UTC. The State Returning Officer determines and announces the preliminary results for the state (Landeswahlleitung page: "Ermittlung und Bekanntgabe der vorläufigen Wahlergebnisse im Land"). 2022 precedent: polls closed at 18:00 on 9 Oct 2022, the first constituency result arrived at 19:48, and the preliminary official result ("vorläufiges amtliches Endergebnis") was presented at 23:23 CEST (press release No. 11). The window closes at 01:59 CEST on Monday 27 Sep 2027, about 2.5 hours later than in 2022. This is the preliminary count, not the official result. Seats: 135 is the legal minimum (NLWG §1(1)). Overhang and balance seats can raise it (§33(7)); the Landtag elected in 2022 has 146 members.
    Replaced on the live page by the final result from .
  2. Final result
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    precedent
    The Landeswahlausschuss, chaired by the State Returning Officer, determines the official result and allocates the list seats (NLWG §33). The returning officer then announces the names of those elected from the lists (§34). No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was found in the NLWG text read, and the Niedersächsische Landeswahlordnung (NLWO) was not checked. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the official final result in a public session on 20 Oct 2022, 11 days after the 9 Oct vote (press release No. LW 22/14 and the 2022 final-result page). It amended the result in a further public session on 26 Oct 2022, 17 days after the vote. The opening (Friday 1 Oct 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Friday 15 Oct 2027, CEST, 19 days after polling day and two days later than the 2022 amendment. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny procedure (Wahlprüfung), which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources 8 pages, 3 can answer a results question
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landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/wahlen/landtagswahl/landtagswahl_2027/landtagswahl-2027-249534.htmlresults-liveotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/wahlen/landtagswahl/landtagswahl_2022/endgultiges_amtliches_ergebnis/wahl-zum-19-niedersachsischen-landtag-am-9-oktober-2022-endgultiges-amtliches-ergebnis-216438.htmlsee-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/presse_service/presseinformationen/landtagswahl_2022/landtagswahl-am-9-oktober-2022-vorlaufiges-amtliches-endergebnis-216081.htmlsee-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/download/189142/Pressemitteilung_Nr._14_-_endgueltiges_amtliches_Endergebnis.pdfsee-alsorace resultsyesnot checked yet
stk.niedersachsen.de/startseite/presseinformationen/der-niedersachsische-landtag-wird-am-26-september-2027-neu-gewahlt-253008.htmltimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
schure.de/1121001/nlwg.htmtimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahl_zum_20._Nieders%C3%A4chsischen_Landtagsee-alsootherno (no election or results marker)not checked yet
landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.deauthority-homeemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-30: Nds. Staatskanzlei press release of 11 Aug 2026; landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de (2027 page, 2022 final-result page, 2022 press releases No. 11 and LW 22/14, Landeswahlleitung page); NLWG §§1, 9, 33, 34 (schure.de consolidated text). (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-30.

Questions and answers

When is the Lower Saxony, Germany, regional election 2027?
Polling day is 2027-09-26 (officially set).
When will the final result of the State Parliament (Landtag) race be official?
Expected between 2027-09-30T22:00:00Z and 2027-10-15T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The Landeswahlausschuss, chaired by the State Returning Officer, determines the official result and allocates the list seats (NLWG §33). The returning officer then announces the names of those elected from the lists (§34). No statutory deadline for the committee's meeting was found in the NLWG text read, and the Niedersächsische Landeswahlordnung (NLWO) was not checked. 2022 precedent: the committee determined the official final result in a public session on 20 Oct 2022, 11 days after the 9 Oct vote (press release No. LW 22/14 and the 2022 final-result page). It amended the result in a further public session on 26 Oct 2022, 17 days after the vote. The opening (Friday 1 Oct 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Friday 15 Oct 2027, CEST, 19 days after polling day and two days later than the 2022 amendment. Challenges go through the Landtag's election scrutiny procedure (Wahlprüfung), which does not delay the determination, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official State Parliament (Landtag) results?
https://landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/wahlen/landtagswahl/landtagswahl_2022/endgultiges_amtliches_ergebnis/wahl-zum-19-niedersachsischen-landtag-am-9-oktober-2022-endgultiges-amtliches-ergebnis-216438.html, https://landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/startseite/presse_service/presseinformationen/landtagswahl_2022/landtagswahl-am-9-oktober-2022-vorlaufiges-amtliches-endergebnis-216081.html, https://landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de/download/189142/Pressemitteilung_Nr._14_-_endgueltiges_amtliches_Endergebnis.pdf