Dransfeld: 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 Dransfeld with 33.1% (5 of 15 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Dransfeld with 28.5% of the second votes, SPD took 23.3%.
- Turnout64.2% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters2,217 of 3,452 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency53 Göttingen I
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Dransfeld
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Dransfeld, as of 17.09.2026 12:50. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 33.1% · 5 of 15 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 28.2% in the Samtgemeinde Dransfeld
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde DransfeldSPD 27.8%
- Turnout65.9% · district council election 69.0%
- SPD33.1% · 5 seats
- CDU32.5% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE17.3% · 3 seats
- FWGD17.1% · 2 seats
Turnout 65.9% · 3,580 eligible voters · 15 seats · Preliminary official final result · 8 of 8 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Dransfeld, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 12:50. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031595401/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Dransfeld
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Dransfeld, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 22 seats
- SPD28.2% · 6 seats
- CDU26.2% · 6 seats
- FWG24.1% · 5 seats
- GRÜNE9.6% · 2 seats
- FDP6.5% · 2 seats
- Die Linke5.5% · 1 seat
Turnout 69.6% · 7,538 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary official final result · 20 of 20 results
Samtgemeinde mayor election
- Eilers, SPD73.4%
- Geyer, CDU26.6%
Turnout 69.6% · 7,538 eligible voters · Preliminary official final result · 20 of 20 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Dransfeld, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 12:50. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Dransfeld
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD27.8%
- CDU23.6%
- AfD13.9%
- WLG10.4%
- GRÜNE8.7%
- FDP6.8%
- Die Linke5.9%
- BSW1.5%
- Volt1.1%
- GuT0.4%
Turnout 69.0% · 7,583 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Dr. Witt, SPD24.9%
- Riethig, BLG24.5%
- Adam, CDU20.4%
- Wegener, WLG10.8%
- Schneider, GRÜNE10.1%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke6.0%
- Hampe, Volt3.4%
Turnout 68.9% · 7,583 eligible voters · 20 of 20 results
Second votes in Dransfeld
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU28.5%+0.4
- SPD23.3%+0.3
- AfD20.3%+2.5
- Grüne11.0%-0.5
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- FDP4.1%±0
- BSW3.5%-0.3
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 630 | 28.5% | 26.0% | 28.1% (+0.4) | 22.6% (+5.9) |
| SPD | 514 | 23.3% | 22.6% | 23.0% (+0.3) | 16.4% (+6.9) |
| AfD | 448 | 20.3% | 15.1% | 17.8% (+2.5) | 20.8% (-0.5) |
| Grüne | 243 | 11.0% | 14.6% | 11.5% (-0.5) | 11.6% (-0.6) |
| Linke | 129 | 5.8% | 10.5% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| FDP | 91 | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% (±0) | 4.3% (-0.2) |
| BSW | 78 | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.3) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 24 | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Volt | 10 | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 41 | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.3) | 10.6% (-8.7) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Dransfeld: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Dransfeld are counted jointly for all 5 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Dransfeld. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Dransfeld only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,379 postal voters, which is 22.0% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association85.5%
- Voters6,269 of 7,328 eligible voters
- Postal vote share22.0% · 1,379
- Member municipalities5
- CDU30.3%+1.8
- SPD23.9%+0.6
- AfD17.4%-2.9
- Grüne10.4%-0.6
- Linke5.7%-0.1
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW3.8%+0.3
- Freie Wähler1.3%+0.2
- Volt0.7%+0.2
- Others2.1%+0.2
Change compared with polling-station votes in Dransfeld.
| Party | Polling station Dransfeld | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Dransfeld total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 630 (28.5%) | 431 (31.3%) | 1,895 | 30.3% |
| SPD | 514 (23.3%) | 335 (24.3%) | 1,495 | 23.9% |
| AfD | 448 (20.3%) | 150 (10.9%) | 1,085 | 17.4% |
| Grüne | 243 (11.0%) | 192 (13.9%) | 649 | 10.4% |
| Linke | 129 (5.8%) | 78 (5.7%) | 357 | 5.7% |
| FDP | 91 (4.1%) | 61 (4.4%) | 272 | 4.4% |
| BSW | 78 (3.5%) | 65 (4.7%) | 238 | 3.8% |
| Freie Wähler | 24 (1.1%) | 22 (1.6%) | 83 | 1.3% |
| Volt | 10 (0.5%) | 12 (0.9%) | 42 | 0.7% |
| Others | 41 (1.9%) | 32 (2.3%) | 130 | 2.1% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Dransfeld: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Dransfeld highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Dransfeld shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.