Wolfsburg: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Wolfsburg with 25.9% (12 of 48 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wolfsburg with 27.0% of the second votes, SPD took 23.5%.
- Lord MayorDennis Weilmann (CDU), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout80.3% · Wolfsburg, Stadt (Wkr. 051) 80.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters68,161 of 84,907 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
2026 local elections in Wolfsburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wolfsburg, as of 17.09.2026 14:06. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 25.9% · 12 of 48 seats
- Lord mayorDennis Weilmann (CDU), 50.1%
- Turnout58.1%
- CDU25.9% · 12 seats
- SPD22.4% · 11 seats
- AfD17.1% · 8 seats
- PUG13.7% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE9.6% · 5 seats
- Die Linke4.7% · 2 seats
- FDP3.4% · 2 seats
- BSW1.8% · 1 seat
- Volt1.0%
- DAVA-Niedersachen0.2%
- Katrin Müller-Riemenschneider0.1%
- Andreas Voges0.1%
- Hans-Jürgen Claassen0.0%
Turnout 58.1% · 93,377 eligible voters · 48 seats · Preliminary result · 134 of 134 results
Source: Stadt Wolfsburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 14:06. Electoral authority's result portal: https://wahlen.wolfsburg.de/20260913/03103000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election Wolfsburg
- Weilmann, CDU50.1%
- Dr. Schneider, SPD15.5%
- Schlick, AfD Niedersachsen14.1%
- Klaffehn, PUG7.3%
- Hortmeyer, GRÜNE5.1%
- Meiners, FDP4.6%
- Petersen, Die Linke3.2%
Turnout 58.1% · 93,377 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 134 of 134 results
Second votes in Wolfsburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.0%-1.1
- SPD23.5%+0.5
- AfD20.6%+2.8
- Grüne9.4%-2.1
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- BSW5.0%+1.2
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.4%-0.4
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 18,278 | 27.0% | 27.0% | 28.1% (-1.1) | 22.6% (+4.4) |
| SPD | 15,936 | 23.5% | 23.5% | 23.0% (+0.5) | 16.4% (+7.1) |
| AfD | 13,970 | 20.6% | 20.6% | 17.8% (+2.8) | 20.8% (-0.2) |
| Grüne | 6,384 | 9.4% | 9.4% | 11.5% (-2.1) | 11.6% (-2.2) |
| Linke | 4,829 | 7.1% | 7.1% | 8.1% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| BSW | 3,360 | 5.0% | 5.0% | 3.8% (+1.2) | 5.0% (±0) |
| FDP | 2,656 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Volt | 501 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 280 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 1,549 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Wolfsburg: location in the Wolfsburg district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wolfsburg highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.