Hardegsen: 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 Hardegsen with 36.7% (7 of 20 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hardegsen with 27.8% of the second votes, SPD took 25.8%.
- Turnout85.7% · Northeim (Wkr. 046, 052) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters5,327 of 6,213 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Hardegsen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hardegsen, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 36.7% · 7 of 20 seats
- MayorLars Gunnar Gärner (SPD), 66.4%
- District council, votes from HardegsenSPD 33.9%
- Turnout69.7% · district council election 69.8%
- SPD36.7% · 7 seats
- CDU18.7% · 4 seats
- Hardegser Liste15.9% · 3 seats
- Hardegsen 2110.0% · 2 seats
- GRÜNE7.2% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.9% · 1 seat
- FBL5.6% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.7% · 6,359 eligible voters · 20 seats · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
Source: Stadt Hardegsen, 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/20260913/03155005/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Hardegsen
- Gärner, SPD66.4%
- Nilyus, Einzelbewerber33.6%
Turnout 69.7% · 6,359 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 16 of 16 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Hardegsen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Northeim is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD33.9%
- CDU22.8%
- AfD16.3%
- GRÜNE13.6%
- FDP5.8%
- Die Linke5.6%
- DUW2.0%
Turnout 69.8% · 6,376 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Hartmann, SPD42.3%
- Kühn, CDU21.3%
- Kestner, AfD18.3%
- Reiter, GRÜNE18.1%
Turnout 69.9% · 6,376 eligible voters · 16 of 16 results
Second votes in Hardegsen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.8%-0.3
- SPD25.8%+2.8
- AfD17.4%-0.4
- Grüne11.2%-0.3
- Linke6.4%-1.7
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,476 | 27.8% | 27.7% | 28.1% (-0.3) | 22.6% (+5.2) |
| SPD | 1,369 | 25.8% | 25.9% | 23.0% (+2.8) | 16.4% (+9.4) |
| AfD | 922 | 17.4% | 19.8% | 17.8% (-0.4) | 20.8% (-3.4) |
| Grüne | 592 | 11.2% | 9.0% | 11.5% (-0.3) | 11.6% (-0.4) |
| Linke | 340 | 6.4% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.7) | 8.8% (-2.4) |
| FDP | 223 | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 183 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 40 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% (±0) | – |
| Volt | 33 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 122 | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% (+0.1) | 10.6% (-8.3) |
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.
Hardegsen: location in the Northeim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hardegsen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.