Goslar: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, SPD became the largest group on the council of Goslar with 32.9% (13 of 38 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Goslar with 27.4% of the second votes, SPD took 23.4%.
- Lord MayorUrte Schwerdtner (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout80.3% · Goslar (Wkr. 049, 052) 80.5% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters30,158 of 37,549 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Goslar
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Goslar, as of 18.09.2026 11:40. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 32.9% · 13 of 38 seats
- District council, votes from GoslarSPD 33.1%
- Turnout61.0% · district council election 60.9%
- SPD32.9% · 13 seats
- CDU21.3% · 8 seats
- AfD18.6% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE7.3% · 3 seats
Turnout 61.0% · 38,572 eligible voters · 38 seats · Official final result · 57 of 57 results
Source: Stadt Goslar, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 11:40. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03153017/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Goslar
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Goslar is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD33.1%
- CDU21.7%
- AfD18.9%
- GRÜNE8.1%
Turnout 60.9% · 38,666 eligible voters · 57 of 57 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Saipa, SPD46.9%
- Homann, CDU22.4%
- Plettner-Voigt, Die Linke9.0%
- Filko, Volt8.7%
Turnout 60.8% · 38,666 eligible voters · 57 of 57 results
Second votes in Goslar
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.4%-0.7
- SPD23.4%+0.4
- AfD19.9%+2.1
- Grüne8.9%-2.6
- Linke8.3%+0.2
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Others2.6%+0.4
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 8,215 | 27.4% | 27.7% | 28.1% (-0.7) | 22.6% (+4.8) |
| SPD | 7,005 | 23.4% | 23.6% | 23.0% (+0.4) | 16.4% (+7.0) |
| AfD | 5,977 | 19.9% | 21.3% | 17.8% (+2.1) | 20.8% (-0.9) |
| Grüne | 2,676 | 8.9% | 8.2% | 11.5% (-2.6) | 11.6% (-2.7) |
| Linke | 2,486 | 8.3% | 7.4% | 8.1% (+0.2) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| FDP | 1,186 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 1,190 | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| Freie Wähler | 225 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 239 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 784 | 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.
Goslar: location in the Goslar district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Goslar highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.