Bad Harzburg: 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 Bad Harzburg with 29.7% (9 of 32 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Harzburg with 29.2% of the second votes, SPD took 22.4%.
- MayorRalf Abrahms (Grüne) · Wikidata
- Turnout79.0% · Goslar (Wkr. 049, 052) 80.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters13,505 of 17,090 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −3.6 · AfD +3.3 · Linke −1.5
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Bad Harzburg
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Harzburg, as of 21.09.2026 12:58. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 29.7% · 9 of 32 seats
- Mayor: run-offSimon 39.1% v Hertrampf 38.1% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from Bad HarzburgCDU 33.3%
- Turnout60.3% · district council election 60.2%
- CDU29.7% · 9 seats
- SPD28.2% · 9 seats
- AfD16.6% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 3 seats
- Abrahms, Einzelbewerber5.9%
- Die Linke4.8% · 2 seats
Turnout 60.3% · 17,589 eligible voters · 32 seats · Official final result · 23 of 23 results
Source: Stadt Bad Harzburg, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 12:58. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03153002/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bad Harzburg
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Simon and Hertrampf. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Simon, SPD39.1%
- Hertrampf, CDU38.1%
- Schnellinger, AfD Niedersachsen14.3%
- Baake, Einzelbewerber4.8%
Turnout 60.3% · 17,589 eligible voters · Official final result · 23 of 23 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bad Harzburg
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Goslar is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.3%
- SPD28.3%
- AfD18.6%
- GRÜNE10.8%
- Die Linke6.3%
- FDP2.7%
Turnout 60.2% · 17,649 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Saipa, SPD45.8%
- Homann, CDU26.8%
- Filko, Volt8.0%
- Plettner-Voigt, Die Linke7.2%
- Schlawitz, GRÜNE6.9%
- Schmidt, FDP5.4%
Turnout 60.0% · 17,649 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
Second votes in Bad Harzburg
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.2%+1.1
- SPD22.4%-0.6
- AfD21.1%+3.3
- Grüne7.9%-3.6
- Linke6.6%-1.5
- BSW4.5%+0.7
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- Freie Wähler1.0%+0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,911 | 29.2% | 27.7% | 28.1% (+1.1) | 22.6% (+6.6) |
| SPD | 2,996 | 22.4% | 23.6% | 23.0% (-0.6) | 16.4% (+6.0) |
| AfD | 2,826 | 21.1% | 21.3% | 17.8% (+3.3) | 20.8% (+0.3) |
| Grüne | 1,062 | 7.9% | 8.2% | 11.5% (-3.6) | 11.6% (-3.7) |
| Linke | 887 | 6.6% | 7.4% | 8.1% (-1.5) | 8.8% (-2.2) |
| BSW | 598 | 4.5% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.7) | 5.0% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 525 | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 135 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% (+0.2) | – |
| Volt | 94 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Others | 345 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.4) | 10.6% (-8.0) |
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. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Bad Harzburg: location in the Goslar district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Harzburg highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.