Bad Lauterberg im Harz: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Bad Lauterberg im Harz with 33.8% (9 of 26 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Bad Lauterberg im Harz with 29.4% of the second votes, SPD took 24.0%.
- MayorThomas Gans · Wikidata
- Turnout78.1% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,460 of 8,276 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne −5.5 · AfD +4.5 · Linke −2.3
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency53 Göttingen I
2026 local elections in Bad Lauterberg im Harz
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Bad Lauterberg im Harz, as of 14.09.2026 16:16. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 33.8% · 9 of 26 seats
- Mayor: run-offLange 44.7% v Gehrke 31.5% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from Bad Lauterberg im HarzCDU 33.1%
- Turnout59.6% · district council election 59.5%
- CDU33.8% · 9 seats
- SPD27.8% · 7 seats
- AfD17.2% · 4 seats
- WgiR12.7% · 3 seats
- BI3.1% · 1 seat
- GRÜNE2.9% · 1 seat
- Peters, Einzelbewerberin2.5%
Turnout 59.6% · 8,383 eligible voters · 26 seats · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
Source: Stadt Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 14.09.2026 16:16. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03159003/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Bad Lauterberg im Harz
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Lange and Gehrke. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Lange, CDU44.7%
- Gehrke, SPD31.5%
- Richter, WgiR14.2%
- Peters, Einzelbewerberin9.6%
Turnout 59.6% · 8,383 eligible voters · Official final result · 10 of 10 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Bad Lauterberg im Harz
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU33.1%
- SPD28.0%
- AfD18.8%
- WLG6.4%
- GRÜNE5.2%
- Die Linke4.2%
- FDP2.4%
- BSW1.9%
Turnout 59.5% · 8,404 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Dr. Witt, SPD28.5%
- Adam, CDU25.2%
- Riethig, BLG22.9%
- Wegener, WLG6.9%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke6.4%
- Schneider, GRÜNE6.0%
- Hampe, Volt4.0%
Turnout 59.5% · 8,404 eligible voters · 10 of 10 results
Second votes in Bad Lauterberg im Harz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.4%+1.3
- SPD24.0%+1.0
- AfD22.3%+4.5
- Grüne6.0%-5.5
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- BSW4.7%+0.9
- FDP4.6%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.2%-0.4
- Others2.5%+0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,885 | 29.4% | 26.0% | 28.1% (+1.3) | 22.6% (+6.8) |
| SPD | 1,535 | 24.0% | 22.6% | 23.0% (+1.0) | 16.4% (+7.6) |
| AfD | 1,430 | 22.3% | 15.1% | 17.8% (+4.5) | 20.8% (+1.5) |
| Grüne | 384 | 6.0% | 14.6% | 11.5% (-5.5) | 11.6% (-5.6) |
| Linke | 371 | 5.8% | 10.5% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| BSW | 303 | 4.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.9) | 5.0% (-0.3) |
| FDP | 292 | 4.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% (+0.5) | 4.3% (+0.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 36 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 15 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.4) | – |
| Others | 157 | 2.5% | 2.1% | 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.
Bad Lauterberg im Harz: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Bad Lauterberg im Harz highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.