Friedland: 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 Friedland with 35.6% (8 of 22 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Friedland with 26.5% of the second votes, SPD took 24.9%.
- Turnout88.1% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters4,961 of 5,630 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −3.2 · Grüne +3.1 · SPD +1.9
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency53 Göttingen I
2026 local elections in Friedland
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Friedland, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 35.6% · 8 of 22 seats
- MayorAndreas Friedrichs (SPD), 58.0%
- District council, votes from FriedlandSPD 29.5%
- Turnout74.3% · district council election 74.1%
- SPD35.6% · 8 seats
- CDU26.6% · 6 seats
- GRÜNE13.9% · 3 seats
- WGF9.6% · 2 seats
- AfD9.4% · 2 seats
- Die Linke4.9% · 1 seat
Turnout 74.3% · 5,752 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
Source: Gemeinde Friedland, 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/20260913/03159013/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Friedland
- Friedrichs, SPD58.0%
- Munke, CDU42.0%
Turnout 74.3% · 5,752 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 14 of 14 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Friedland
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD29.5%
- CDU26.0%
- GRÜNE15.4%
- AfD11.3%
- Die Linke6.7%
- WLG5.3%
- FDP2.7%
- BSW1.6%
- Volt1.5%
Turnout 74.1% · 5,770 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Riethig, BLG28.4%
- Dr. Witt, SPD23.9%
- Adam, CDU18.5%
- Schneider, GRÜNE15.2%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke6.1%
- Wegener, WLG4.6%
- Hampe, Volt3.2%
Turnout 73.9% · 5,770 eligible voters · 14 of 14 results
Second votes in Friedland
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.5%-1.6
- SPD24.9%+1.9
- Grüne14.6%+3.1
- AfD14.6%-3.2
- Linke7.7%-0.4
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- Volt1.3%+0.7
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,308 | 26.5% | 26.0% | 28.1% (-1.6) | 22.6% (+3.9) |
| SPD | 1,229 | 24.9% | 22.6% | 23.0% (+1.9) | 16.4% (+8.5) |
| Grüne | 720 | 14.6% | 14.6% | 11.5% (+3.1) | 11.6% (+3.0) |
| AfD | 721 | 14.6% | 15.1% | 17.8% (-3.2) | 20.8% (-6.2) |
| Linke | 382 | 7.7% | 10.5% | 8.1% (-0.4) | 8.8% (-1.1) |
| BSW | 197 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| FDP | 191 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.2) | 4.3% (-0.4) |
| Volt | 66 | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.7) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 35 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 96 | 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.
Friedland: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Friedland highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.