Hameln: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the local elections on 13 September 2026, CDU became the largest group on the council of Hameln with 27.4% (12 of 42 seats).
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hameln with 26.4% of the second votes, SPD took 23.8%.
- Lord MayorClaudio Griese (CDU) · Wikidata
- Turnout78.5% · Hameln-Pyrmont (Wkr. 046) 81.0% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters32,215 of 41,016 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingSPD candidate
- Constituency46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden
2026 local elections in Hameln
On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Hameln, as of 18.09.2026 07:46. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilCDU 27.4% · 12 of 42 seats
- Lord mayorClaudio Griese (CDU), 56.5%
- District council, votes from HamelnCDU 28.1%
- Turnout58.8% · district council election 58.7%
- CDU27.4% · 12 seats
- SPD25.8% · 11 seats
- AfD17.7% · 7 seats
- GRÜNE15.3% · 6 seats
- Die Linke6.4% · 3 seats
- FDP4.6% · 2 seats
- Frischer Wind2.4% · 1 seat
- BSW0.5%
Turnout 58.8% · 42,857 eligible voters · 42 seats · Preliminary result · 80 of 80 results
Source: Stadt Hameln, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 07:46. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03252006/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election Hameln
- Griese, CDU56.5%
- Knippertz, SPD28.9%
- Langosch, GRÜNE14.6%
Turnout 58.8% · 42,857 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 80 of 80 results
District council and district administrator: the votes from Hameln
How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Hameln-Pyrmont is on the district page.
District council election
- CDU28.1%
- SPD25.8%
- AfD18.1%
- GRÜNE15.6%
- Die Linke6.3%
- FDP4.5%
- BSW1.6%
Turnout 58.7% · 42,976 eligible voters · 83 of 83 results
District administrator election
Run-off on 27 September 2026.
- Petters, SPD37.2%
- Meyer, CDU30.2%
- Hüge, AfD19.6%
- Domeyer, GRÜNE13.0%
Turnout 58.7% · 42,976 eligible voters · 83 of 83 results
Second votes in Hameln
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- CDU26.4%-1.7
- SPD23.8%+0.8
- AfD19.1%+1.3
- Grüne11.5%±0
- Linke8.3%+0.2
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.2%±0
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Lower Saxony | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 8,468 | 26.4% | 27.4% | 28.1% (-1.7) | 22.6% (+3.8) |
| SPD | 7,641 | 23.8% | 23.8% | 23.0% (+0.8) | 16.4% (+7.4) |
| AfD | 6,124 | 19.1% | 20.9% | 17.8% (+1.3) | 20.8% (-1.7) |
| Grüne | 3,672 | 11.5% | 10.1% | 11.5% (±0) | 11.6% (-0.1) |
| Linke | 2,662 | 8.3% | 6.9% | 8.1% (+0.2) | 8.8% (-0.5) |
| BSW | 1,272 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% (+0.2) | 5.0% (-1.0) |
| FDP | 1,174 | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.1% (-0.4) | 4.3% (-0.6) |
| Freie Wähler | 189 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% (-0.2) | – |
| Volt | 128 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% (-0.2) | – |
| Others | 713 | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% (±0) | 10.6% (-8.4) |
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.
Hameln: location in the Hameln-Pyrmont district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Hameln highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.