Bad Gandersheim: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, DU became the largest group on the council of Bad Gandersheim with 31.7% (7 of 22 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Gandersheim with 29.0% of the second votes, SPD took 24.2%.
- Turnout80.8% · Northeim (Wkr. 046, 052) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,057 of 7,492 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Bad Gandersheim
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Gandersheim, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilDU 31.7% · 7 of 22 seats
- District council, votes from Bad GandersheimCDU 29.7%
- Turnout66.5% · district council election 66.1%
- DU31.7% · 7 seats
- SPD31.2% · 7 seats
- CDU15.8% · 3 seats
- AfD12.1% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE9.3% · 2 seats
Turnout 66.5% · 7,633 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 23 of 23 results
Source: Stadt Bad Gandersheim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 00:00. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03155001/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bad Gandersheim
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Northeim is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU29.7%
- SPD24.5%
- AfD16.5%
- GRÜNE10.4%
Turnout 66.1% · 7,653 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Hartmann, SPD35.9%
- Kühn, CDU30.1%
- Kestner, AfD20.1%
- Reiter, GRÜNE14.0%
Turnout 66.0% · 7,653 eligible voters · 23 of 23 results
Second votes in Bad Gandersheim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.0%+0.9
- SPD24.2%+1.2
- AfD19.6%+1.8
- Grüne9.3%-2.2
- Linke7.1%-1.0
- FDP4.1%±0
- BSW3.4%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,747 | 29.0% | 27.7% | 28.1% (+0.9) | 22.6% (+6.4) |
| SPD | 1,460 | 24.2% | 25.9% | 23.0% (+1.2) | 16.4% (+7.8) |
| AfD | 1,180 | 19.6% | 19.8% | 17.8% (+1.8) | 20.8% (-1.2) |
| Grüne | 558 | 9.3% | 9.0% | 11.5% (-2.2) | 11.6% (-2.3) |
| Linke | 429 | 7.1% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.0) | 8.8% (-1.7) |
| FDP | 245 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% (±0) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 207 | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.4) | 5.0% (-1.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 48 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 36 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 119 | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% (-0.2) | 10.6% (-8.6) |
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.
Bad Gandersheim: location in the Northeim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Gandersheim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.