Braunlage: 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 Braunlage with 36.7% (5 of 14 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Braunlage with 31.4% of the second votes, SPD took 21.7%.
- Turnout77.5% · Goslar (Wkr. 049, 052) 80.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters3,273 of 4,221 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −3.8 · CDU +3.3 · Linke −1.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Braunlage
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Braunlage, as of 22.09.2026 12:15. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 36.7% · 5 of 14 seats
- Mayor: run-offLanger 46.5% v Dähne-Torkler 28.7% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from BraunlageCDU 27.4%
- Turnout59.4% · district council election 59.5%
- CDU36.7% · 5 seats
- BGL Braunlage32.0% · 5 seats
- SPD21.3% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE10.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 59.4% · 4,427 eligible voters · 14 seats · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Stadt Braunlage, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 12:15. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03153016/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Braunlage
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Langer and Dähne-Torkler. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Langer, BGL Braunlage46.5%
- Dähne-Torkler, SPD28.7%
- Becker, CDU24.8%
Turnout 59.4% · 4,427 eligible voters · Official final result · 8 of 8 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Braunlage
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Goslar is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.4%
- SPD23.1%
- AfD15.1%
- GRÜNE12.5%
Turnout 59.5% · 4,431 eligible voters · 8 of 8 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Saipa, SPD44.6%
- Homann, CDU30.3%
- Schlawitz, GRÜNE7.5%
- Plettner-Voigt, Die Linke6.7%
Turnout 59.3% · 4,431 eligible voters · 8 of 8 results
Second votes in Braunlage
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU31.4%+3.3
- SPD21.7%-1.3
- AfD19.2%+1.4
- Grüne7.7%-3.8
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP5.6%+1.5
- BSW4.1%+0.3
- Volt0.6%±0
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,018 | 31.4% | 27.7% | 28.1% (+3.3) | 22.6% (+8.8) |
| SPD | 704 | 21.7% | 23.6% | 23.0% (-1.3) | 16.4% (+5.3) |
| AfD | 624 | 19.2% | 21.3% | 17.8% (+1.4) | 20.8% (-1.6) |
| Grüne | 250 | 7.7% | 8.2% | 11.5% (-3.8) | 11.6% (-3.9) |
| Linke | 202 | 6.2% | 7.4% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 183 | 5.6% | 3.8% | 4.1% (+1.5) | 4.3% (+1.3) |
| BSW | 133 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.3) | 5.0% (-0.9) |
| Volt | 20 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 17 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Others | 92 | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.2% (+0.6) | 10.6% (-7.8) |
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.
Braunlage: location in the Goslar district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Braunlage highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.