Göttingen: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, GRÜNE became the largest group on the council of Göttingen with 28.6% (14 of 48 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, Grüne led in Göttingen with 23.5% of the second votes, SPD took 20.9%.
- Lord MayorPetra Broistedt (SPD), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.3% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters70,227 of 84,350 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonyGrüne +12.0 · CDU −9.5 · Linke +9.5
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency53 Göttingen I
2026 local elections in Göttingen
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Göttingen, as of 23.09.2026 16:22. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilGRÜNE 28.6% · 14 of 48 seats
- Lord mayor: run-offOshionwu 41.4% v Dr. Kangarani 27.9% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- District council, votes from GöttingenGRÜNE 28.8%
- Turnout61.5% · district council election 61.5%
- GRÜNE28.6% · 14 seats
- CDU21.6% · 10 seats
- SPD19.2% · 9 seats
- Die Linke15.1% · 7 seats
Turnout 61.5% · 92,948 eligible voters · 48 seats · Official final result · 151 of 151 results
Source: Stadt Göttingen, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 16:22. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03159016/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election Göttingen
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Oshionwu and Dr. Kangarani. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Oshionwu, GRÜNE41.4%
- Dr. Kangarani, CDU27.9%
- Dr. Dinger, SPD21.6%
- Dr. Goes, Die Linke9.1%
Turnout 61.6% · 92,967 eligible voters · Official final result · 151 of 151 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Göttingen
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- GRÜNE28.8%
- SPD19.8%
- CDU19.5%
- Die Linke17.2%
- AfD6.3%
Turnout 61.5% · 93,098 eligible voters · 151 of 151 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Schneider, GRÜNE28.6%
- Dr. Witt, SPD22.2%
- Adam, CDU20.1%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke16.6%
- Riethig, BLG6.9%
- Hampe, Volt3.9%
- Wegener, WLG1.7%
Turnout 61.5% · 93,101 eligible voters · 151 of 151 results
Second votes in Göttingen
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- Grüne23.5%+12.0
- SPD20.9%-2.1
- CDU18.6%-9.5
- Linke17.6%+9.5
- AfD9.1%-8.7
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- BSW3.6%-0.2
- Volt0.8%+0.2
- Freie Wähler0.3%-0.5
- Others1.7%-0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grüne | 16,403 | 23.5% | 14.6% | 11.5% (+12.0) | 11.6% (+11.9) |
| SPD | 14,610 | 20.9% | 22.6% | 23.0% (-2.1) | 16.4% (+4.5) |
| CDU | 13,037 | 18.6% | 26.0% | 28.1% (-9.5) | 22.6% (-4.0) |
| Linke | 12,294 | 17.6% | 10.5% | 8.1% (+9.5) | 8.8% (+8.8) |
| AfD | 6,373 | 9.1% | 15.1% | 17.8% (-8.7) | 20.8% (-11.7) |
| FDP | 2,631 | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-0.3) | 4.3% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 2,552 | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.8% (-0.2) | 5.0% (-1.4) |
| Volt | 582 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% (+0.2) | – |
| Freie Wähler | 240 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 1,213 | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (-0.5) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
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.
Göttingen: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Göttingen highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.