Königslutter am Elm: 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 Königslutter am Elm with 29.4% (9 of 30 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Königslutter am Elm with 28.4% of the second votes, SPD took 24.7%.
- Turnout84.2% · Helmstedt (Wkr. 051) 82.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters10,432 of 12,392 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
2026 local elections in Königslutter am Elm
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Königslutter am Elm, as of 14.09.2026 01:25. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 29.4% · 9 of 30 seats
- Mayor: run-offSchneider 33.9% v Kühne 23.0% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from Königslutter am ElmSPD 27.9%
- Turnout69.5% · district council election 69.8%
- CDU29.4% · 9 seats
- SPD26.4% · 8 seats
- AfD15.7% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE9.7% · 3 seats
- UWG6.9% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.9% · 2 seats
- FDP3.3% · 1 seat
- Altmann, Einzelwahlvorschlag Altmann2.0%
- Luchs, Einzelwahlvorschlag Luchs0.8%
Turnout 69.5% · 12,648 eligible voters · 30 seats · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
Source: Stadt Königslutter am Elm, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:25. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03154013/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Königslutter am Elm
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Schneider and Kühne. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Schneider, CDU33.9%
- Kühne, Einzelwahlvorschlag23.0%
- Stritzke, SPD22.3%
- Schmidt, UWG9.0%
- Stark, Einzelwahlvorschlag7.8%
- Schinke-Kolbe, Einzelwahlvorschlag4.0%
Turnout 69.5% · 12,648 eligible voters · Official final result · 24 of 24 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Königslutter am Elm
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Helmstedt is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD27.9%
- CDU24.7%
- AfD17.3%
- UWG10.9%
- GRÜNE8.8%
- Die Linke6.2%
- FDP4.2%
Turnout 69.8% · 12,663 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schneider, SPD40.2%
- Wendt, CDU26.5%
- Stober, AfD17.1%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein16.3%
Turnout 69.5% · 12,663 eligible voters · 24 of 24 results
Second votes in Königslutter am Elm
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.4%+0.3
- SPD24.7%+1.7
- AfD19.4%+1.6
- Grüne9.6%-1.9
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Others3.0%+0.8
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 2,945 | 28.4% | 28.5% | 28.1% (+0.3) | 22.6% (+5.8) |
| SPD | 2,562 | 24.7% | 23.0% | 23.0% (+1.7) | 16.4% (+8.3) |
| AfD | 2,014 | 19.4% | 22.4% | 17.8% (+1.6) | 20.8% (-1.4) |
| Grüne | 997 | 9.6% | 7.8% | 11.5% (-1.9) | 11.6% (-2.0) |
| Linke | 647 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.9) | 8.8% (-2.6) |
| FDP | 390 | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 374 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Volt | 69 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% (+0.1) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 65 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 314 | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.2% (+0.8) | 10.6% (-7.6) |
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.
Königslutter am Elm: location in the Helmstedt district
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