Wulften am Harz: 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 Wulften am Harz with 59.5% (7 of 11 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wulften am Harz with 29.2% of the second votes, SPD took 27.7%.
- Turnout58.9% · Göttingen (Wkr. 052, 053) 83.1% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters862 of 1,463 eligible voters
- Stands out against Lower SaxonySPD +4.7 · Grüne −4.1 · Linke −2.3
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency52 Goslar – Northeim – Göttingen II
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
2026 local elections in Wulften am Harz
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Wulften am Harz, as of 23.09.2026 09:23. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: municipal councilSPD 59.5% · 7 of 11 seats
- Samtgemeinde councilSPD 44.8% in the Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz
- District council, votes from the Samtgemeinde Hattorf am HarzCDU 37.5%
- Turnout68.9% · district council election 69.2%
- SPD59.5% · 7 seats
- CDU40.6% · 4 seats
Turnout 68.9% · 1,496 eligible voters · 11 seats · Official final result · 3 of 3 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 09:23. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/031595403/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz
The municipality belongs to the joint municipality (Samtgemeinde) Hattorf am Harz, whose council and mayor were also elected.
Samtgemeinde council: 20 seats
- SPD44.8% · 9 seats
- CDU28.7% · 6 seats
- AfD13.9% · 3 seats
- GRÜNE7.6% · 1 seat
- GfE3.2% · 1 seat
- FDP1.7%
Turnout 69.5% · 5,890 eligible voters · 20 seats · Official final result · 9 of 9 results
Source: Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 09:23. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District council and district administrator: the votes from the Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz
How voters in the Samtgemeinde voted in the district election. The overall result for Göttingen is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU37.5%
- SPD31.1%
- AfD14.2%
- GRÜNE7.5%
- Die Linke3.9%
Turnout 69.2% · 5,924 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Dr. Witt, SPD36.1%
- Adam, CDU26.2%
- Riethig, BLG15.6%
- Schneider, GRÜNE9.5%
- Lauterbach, Die Linke5.7%
- Hampe, Volt4.0%
- Wegener, WLG3.0%
Turnout 69.2% · 5,924 eligible voters · 9 of 9 results
Second votes in Wulften am Harz
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU29.2%+1.1
- SPD27.7%+4.7
- AfD18.7%+0.9
- Grüne7.4%-4.1
- Linke5.8%-2.3
- BSW4.3%+0.5
- FDP3.0%-1.1
- Freie Wähler1.1%+0.3
- Others2.7%+0.5
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 250 | 29.2% | 26.0% | 28.1% (+1.1) | 22.6% (+6.6) |
| SPD | 237 | 27.7% | 22.6% | 23.0% (+4.7) | 16.4% (+11.3) |
| AfD | 160 | 18.7% | 15.1% | 17.8% (+0.9) | 20.8% (-2.1) |
| Grüne | 63 | 7.4% | 14.6% | 11.5% (-4.1) | 11.6% (-4.2) |
| Linke | 50 | 5.8% | 10.5% | 8.1% (-2.3) | 8.8% (-3.0) |
| BSW | 37 | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.5) | 5.0% (-0.7) |
| FDP | 26 | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% (-1.1) | 4.3% (-1.3) |
| Freie Wähler | 9 | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.8% (+0.3) | – |
| Others | 23 | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% (+0.5) | 10.6% (-7.9) |
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.
Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz are counted jointly for all 4 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Wulften am Harz. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Wulften am Harz only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 1,465 postal voters, which is 29.9% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.3%
- Voters4,892 of 5,800 eligible voters
- Postal vote share29.9% · 1,465
- Member municipalities4
- CDU30.0%+0.8
- SPD28.4%+0.7
- AfD17.7%-1.0
- Grüne7.6%+0.2
- Linke5.8%±0
- BSW3.7%-0.6
- FDP3.2%+0.2
- Freie Wähler1.0%-0.1
- Volt0.3%
- Others2.2%-0.5
Change compared with polling-station votes in Wulften am Harz.
| Party | Polling station Wulften am Harz | Postal vote, association | Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 250 (29.2%) | 467 (31.9%) | 1,459 | 30.0% |
| SPD | 237 (27.7%) | 437 (29.9%) | 1,383 | 28.4% |
| AfD | 160 (18.7%) | 174 (11.9%) | 862 | 17.7% |
| Grüne | 63 (7.4%) | 144 (9.8%) | 369 | 7.6% |
| Linke | 50 (5.8%) | 93 (6.4%) | 284 | 5.8% |
| BSW | 37 (4.3%) | 52 (3.6%) | 178 | 3.7% |
| FDP | 26 (3.0%) | 41 (2.8%) | 156 | 3.2% |
| Freie Wähler | 9 (1.1%) | 16 (1.1%) | 47 | 1.0% |
| Others | 23 (2.7%) | 31 (2.1%) | 109 | 2.2% |
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.
Wulften am Harz: location in the Göttingen district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Wulften am Harz highlighted, the other members of Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.