2026 local elections · 2025 federal election

Holzminden: 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 Holzminden with 24.5% (8 of 32 seats).

In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Holzminden with 25.5% of the second votes, SPD took 22.8%.

Turnout78.1% · Holzminden (Wkr. 046) 81.5% · Germany 82.5%
Voters11,132 of 14,250 eligible voters
Stands out against Lower SaxonyAfD +4.2 · CDU −2.6 · Grüne −1.2
First votes: leadingSPD candidate
Constituency46 Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden

2026 local elections

2026 local elections in Holzminden

On 13 September 2026, Lower Saxony elected its councils, district councils, mayors and district administrators. Below, the preliminary result for Holzminden, as of 21.09.2026 00:00. All districts and municipalities: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.

Largest group: city councilCDU 24.5% · 8 of 32 seats
MayorChristian Belke (Einzelwahlvorschlag), 85.0%
District council, votes from HolzmindenCDU 26.3%
Turnout56.1% · district council election 56.3%

City council Holzminden: 32 seats

2026 local elections, shares in percent of valid votes

CDU24.5% · 8 seats
SPD24.0% · 8 seats
AfD19.6% · 6 seats
GRÜNE13.6% · 4 seats
FDP8.4% · 3 seats
Die Linke4.1% · 1 seat
UWG3.3% · 1 seat

Turnout 56.1% · 14,776 eligible voters · 32 seats · Preliminary result · 21 of 21 results

Source: Stadt Holzminden, 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/20260913/03255023/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.

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Mayoral election Holzminden

Belke, Einzelwahlvorschlag85.0%
Nein-Stimmen15.0%

Turnout 56.2% · 14,776 eligible voters · Preliminary result · 21 of 21 results

District council and district administrator: the votes from Holzminden

How voters locally voted in the district election. The overall result for Holzminden is on the district page.

District council election

CDU26.3%
SPD22.1%
AfD20.0%
GRÜNE13.5%
FDP9.0%
Die Linke4.4%
UWG4.1%
WSB0.6%

Turnout 56.3% · 14,807 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results

District administrator election

Run-off on 27 September 2026.

Allruth, SPD39.6%
Lange, CDU39.5%
Albrecht, AfD20.9%

Turnout 56.1% · 14,807 eligible voters · 21 of 21 results

Second votes

Second votes in Holzminden

Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.

Holzminden: 2025 federal election result

2025 federal election, second votes in percent, deviation from the state result in points

CDU25.5%-2.6
SPD22.8%-0.2
AfD22.0%+4.2
Grüne10.3%-1.2
Linke7.5%-0.6
BSW4.6%+0.8
FDP4.3%+0.2
Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
Volt0.5%-0.1
Others2.1%-0.1

25.5%

-2.6

CDU

22.8%

-0.2

SPD

22.0%

+4.2

AfD

10.3%

-1.2

Grüne

7.5%

-0.6

Linke

4.6%

+0.8

BSW

4.3%

+0.2

FDP

0.5%

-0.3

Freie Wähler

0.5%

-0.1

Volt

2.1%

-0.1

Others

Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.

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Second votes in Holzminden, 2025 federal election
Party	Votes	Share	District	Lower Saxony	Germany
CDU	2,820	25.5%	26.3%	28.1% (-2.6)	22.6% (+2.9)
SPD	2,521	22.8%	25.5%	23.0% (-0.2)	16.4% (+6.4)
AfD	2,438	22.0%	22.3%	17.8% (+4.2)	20.8% (+1.2)
Grüne	1,145	10.3%	8.2%	11.5% (-1.2)	11.6% (-1.3)
Linke	827	7.5%	6.2%	8.1% (-0.6)	8.8% (-1.3)
BSW	505	4.6%	3.8%	3.8% (+0.8)	5.0% (-0.4)
FDP	478	4.3%	4.4%	4.1% (+0.2)	4.3% (±0)
Freie Wähler	51	0.5%	0.7%	0.8% (-0.3)	–
Volt	54	0.5%	0.4%	0.6% (-0.1)	–
Others	227	2.1%	2.1%	2.2% (-0.1)	10.6% (-8.5)

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.

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Holzminden: location in the Holzminden district

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