Helmstedt: 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 Helmstedt with 28.9% (10 of 36 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Helmstedt with 27.2% of the second votes, AfD took 24.0%.
- MayorWittich Schobert (CDU), since 2011 · Wikidata
- Turnout78.3% · Helmstedt (Wkr. 051) 82.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters14,649 of 18,706 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +6.2 · Grüne −4.3 · CDU −0.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency51 Helmstedt – Wolfsburg
2026 local elections in Helmstedt
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Helmstedt, as of 14.09.2026 01:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 28.9% · 10 of 36 seats
- Mayor: run-offMeyer-Sorge 44.6% v Schobert 39.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from HelmstedtCDU 27.5%
- Turnout60.3% · district council election 60.1%
- SPD28.9% · 10 seats
- CDU27.9% · 10 seats
- AfD20.9% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE7.3% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.9% · 2 seats
- FDP3.6% · 1 seat
- HWG3.5% · 1 seat
- WPH1.5% · 1 seat
- UWG Stadt Helmstedt1.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 60.3% · 19,525 eligible voters · 36 seats · Preliminary result · 26 of 26 results
Source: Stadt Helmstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 01:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03154028/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Helmstedt
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Meyer-Sorge and Schobert. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Meyer-Sorge, SPD44.6%
- Schobert, CDU39.8%
- Kappei, UWG Stadt Helmstedt15.7%
Turnout 60.2% · 19,525 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 26 of 26 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Helmstedt
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Helmstedt is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU27.5%
- SPD25.4%
- AfD22.3%
- GRÜNE8.7%
- Die Linke5.3%
- FDP4.9%
- UWG4.9%
- Möhle, Einzelwahlvorschlag Möhle1.0%
Turnout 60.1% · 19,587 eligible voters · 26 of 26 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schneider, SPD35.5%
- Wendt, CDU26.0%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag Klein19.4%
- Stober, AfD19.2%
Turnout 59.6% · 19,587 eligible voters · 26 of 26 results
Second votes in Helmstedt
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.2%-0.9
- AfD24.0%+6.2
- SPD22.4%-0.6
- Linke7.5%-0.6
- Grüne7.2%-4.3
- BSW4.4%+0.6
- FDP3.4%-0.7
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others2.8%+0.6
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 3,969 | 27.2% | 28.5% | 28.1% (-0.9) | 22.6% (+4.6) |
| AfD | 3,502 | 24.0% | 22.4% | 17.8% (+6.2) | 20.8% (+3.2) |
| SPD | 3,262 | 22.4% | 23.0% | 23.0% (-0.6) | 16.4% (+6.0) |
| Linke | 1,088 | 7.5% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-0.6) | 8.8% (-1.3) |
| Grüne | 1,051 | 7.2% | 7.8% | 11.5% (-4.3) | 11.6% (-4.4) |
| BSW | 642 | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% (+0.6) | 5.0% (-0.6) |
| FDP | 488 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 4.1% (-0.7) | 4.3% (-0.9) |
| Freie Wähler | 86 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 78 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 401 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 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.
Helmstedt: location in the Helmstedt district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Helmstedt highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.