Northeim: 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 Northeim with 27.1% (10 of 36 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Northeim with 26.7% of the second votes, SPD took 24.9%.
- MayorSimon Hartmann (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout80.5% · Northeim (Wkr. 046, 052) 82.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters17,491 of 21,730 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +3.5 · Grüne −2.8 · SPD +1.9
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
2026 local elections in Northeim
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Northeim, as of 18.09.2026 12:26. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 27.1% · 10 of 36 seats
- Mayor: run-offLambrecht 36.3% v Schober 35.4% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from NortheimSPD 28.7%
- Turnout63.5% · district council election 63.4%
- SPD27.1% · 10 seats
- CDU26.6% · 10 seats
- AfD18.5% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE11.7% · 4 seats
- FDP9.9% · 3 seats
- Die Linke3.4% · 1 seat
- BSW1.6% · 1 seat
- Die PARTEI1.3%
Turnout 63.5% · 22,632 eligible voters · 36 seats · Official final result · 33 of 33 results
Source: Stadt Northeim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 12:26. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03155011/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Northeim
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Lambrecht and Schober. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Lambrecht, SPD36.3%
- Schober, CDU35.4%
- Sösemann-Kumm, AfD Niedersachsen17.1%
- Rodler, FDP7.0%
- Brühler, Einzelbewerber4.3%
Turnout 63.5% · 22,633 eligible voters · Official final result · 33 of 33 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Northeim
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Northeim is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD28.7%
- CDU23.2%
- AfD19.7%
- GRÜNE12.5%
- FDP9.3%
- Die Linke4.0%
- BSW2.0%
- Die PARTEI0.7%
Turnout 63.4% · 22,685 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Hartmann, SPD39.4%
- Kühn, CDU27.1%
- Kestner, AfD21.1%
- Reiter, GRÜNE12.4%
Turnout 63.3% · 22,686 eligible voters · 33 of 33 results
Second votes in Northeim
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.7%-1.4
- SPD24.9%+1.9
- AfD21.3%+3.5
- Grüne8.7%-2.8
- Linke6.7%-1.4
- BSW4.6%+0.8
- FDP4.1%±0
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.0%-0.2
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 4,638 | 26.7% | 27.7% | 28.1% (-1.4) | 22.6% (+4.1) |
| SPD | 4,321 | 24.9% | 25.9% | 23.0% (+1.9) | 16.4% (+8.5) |
| AfD | 3,707 | 21.3% | 19.8% | 17.8% (+3.5) | 20.8% (+0.5) |
| Grüne | 1,514 | 8.7% | 9.0% | 11.5% (-2.8) | 11.6% (-2.9) |
| Linke | 1,166 | 6.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% (-1.4) | 8.8% (-2.1) |
| BSW | 803 | 4.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% (+0.8) | 5.0% (-0.4) |
| FDP | 715 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% (±0) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 94 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.3) | – |
| Volt | 66 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 352 | 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.
Northeim: location in the Northeim district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Northeim highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.