Gleichen: 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 Gleichen with 33.8% (7 of 22 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Gleichen with 25.8% of the second votes, CDU took 25.7%.
- Turnout89.7% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters6,345 of 7,075 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD −6.2 · Grüne +6.1 · SPD +2.8
- First votes: leadingCDU candidate
- Constituency53 Göttingen I
2026 local elections in Gleichen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Gleichen, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 33.8% · 7 of 22 seats
- MayorDirk Otter (SPD), 73.9%
- District council, votes from GleichenSPD 33.4%
- Turnout76.1% · district council election 75.9%
- SPD33.8% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE21.1% · 5 seats
- CDU18.3% · 4 seats
- AfD8.0% · 2 seats
- FWG - BsP7.8% · 2 seats
- Die Linke6.3% · 1 seat
- FDP2.9% · 1 seat
- BSW1.9%
Turnout 76.1% · 7,185 eligible voters · 22 seats · Preliminary result · 28 of 28 results
Source: Gemeinde Gleichen, 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/20260913/03159015/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Mayoral election Gleichen
- Otter, SPD73.9%
- Nein-Stimmen26.1%
Turnout 76.1% · 7,185 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 28 of 28 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Gleichen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- SPD33.4%
- CDU21.1%
- GRÜNE20.8%
- AfD8.6%
- Die Linke7.0%
- FDP4.7%
- BSW2.4%
- WLG2.1%
Turnout 75.9% · 7,224 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Dr. Witt, SPD28.5%
- Adam, CDU19.0%
- Schneider, GRÜNE18.7%
- Riethig, BLG17.4%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke9.2%
- Hampe, Volt3.8%
- Wegener, WLG3.5%
Turnout 76.0% · 7,222 eligible voters · 28 of 28 results
Second votes in Gleichen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- SPD25.8%+2.8
- CDU25.7%-2.4
- Grüne17.6%+6.1
- AfD11.6%-6.2
- Linke8.9%+0.8
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.0%-0.8
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Others1.9%-0.3
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,629 | 25.8% | 22.6% | 23.0% (+2.8) | 16.4% (+9.4) |
| CDU | 1,625 | 25.7% | 26.0% | 28.1% (-2.4) | 22.6% (+3.1) |
| Grüne | 1,109 | 17.6% | 14.6% | 11.5% (+6.1) | 11.6% (+6.0) |
| AfD | 732 | 11.6% | 15.1% | 17.8% (-6.2) | 20.8% (-9.2) |
| Linke | 561 | 8.9% | 10.5% | 8.1% (+0.8) | 8.8% (+0.1) |
| FDP | 251 | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.1) | 4.3% (-0.3) |
| BSW | 189 | 3.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.8) | 5.0% (-2.0) |
| Volt | 53 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 47 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.1) | – |
| Others | 123 | 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.
Gleichen: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Gleichen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.