Wolfenbüttel: 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 Wolfenbüttel with 27.1% (11 of 42 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wolfenbüttel with 27.8% of the second votes, SPD took 24.1%.
- Turnout83.4% · Wolfenbüttel (Wkr. 049) 85.3% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters33,443 of 40,122 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency49 Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel
2026 local elections in Wolfenbüttel
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wolfenbüttel, as of 24.09.2026 11:12. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 27.1% · 11 of 42 seats
- MayorIvica Lukanić (WI - parteil. Bürgerm. f. Wolfenbüttel e. V.), 59.0%
- District council, votes from WolfenbüttelSPD 29.4%
- Turnout65.9% · district council election 65.9%
- SPD27.1% · 11 seats
- CDU23.4% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE15.1% · 6 seats
- AfD13.1% · 5 seats
Turnout 65.9% · 41,359 eligible voters · 42 seats · Preliminary result · 53 of 53 results
Source: Stadt Wolfenbüttel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 24.09.2026 11:12. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03158037/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Wolfenbüttel
- Lukanić, WI - parteil. Bürgerm. f. Wolfenbüttel e. V.59.0%
- Dr. Dietrich, SPD10.1%
- Lose, AfD Niedersachsen9.3%
- Glier, CDU8.6%
Turnout 65.9% · 41,359 eligible voters · Official final result · 53 of 53 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Wolfenbüttel
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Wolfenbüttel is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD29.4%
- CDU24.3%
- GRÜNE16.7%
- AfD14.1%
Turnout 65.9% · 53 of 63 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Albinus, SPD35.8%
- Thurau, CDU27.2%
- Försterling, FDP18.8%
- Pröttel, GRÜNE18.2%
Turnout 65.9% · 41,413 eligible voters · 53 of 53 results
Second votes in Wolfenbüttel
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU27.8%-0.3
- SPD24.1%+1.1
- AfD15.1%-2.7
- Grüne12.6%+1.1
- Linke8.9%+0.8
- FDP4.2%+0.1
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 9,249 | 27.8% | 28.1% | 28.1% (-0.3) | 22.6% (+5.2) |
| SPD | 8,024 | 24.1% | 24.4% | 23.0% (+1.1) | 16.4% (+7.7) |
| AfD | 5,009 | 15.1% | 17.4% | 17.8% (-2.7) | 20.8% (-5.7) |
| Grüne | 4,189 | 12.6% | 11.3% | 11.5% (+1.1) | 11.6% (+1.0) |
| Linke | 2,949 | 8.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% (+0.8) | 8.8% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 1,399 | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.1% (+0.1) | 4.3% (-0.1) |
| BSW | 1,188 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Freie Wähler | 219 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 215 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% (±0) | – |
| Others | 818 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% (+0.3) | 10.6% (-8.1) |
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.
Wolfenbüttel: location in the Wolfenbüttel district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wolfenbüttel highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.