Braunschweig, Stadt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, SPD led in Braunschweig with 22.6% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 22.6%. Below, the results of all 1 municipalities.
- Lord MayorThorsten Kornblum (SPD), since 2021 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.4% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters155,402 of 186,358 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonySPD −0.4 · CDU −5.5 · Grüne +6.5 · AfD −4.5
- SPD range across municipalities22.6% to 22.6%
2026 local elections in Braunschweig, Stadt
On 13 September 2026, the city council was newly elected, along with the lord mayor. Official final result, as of 21.09.2026 18:16. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: city councilSPD 27.6% · 15 of 56 seats
- Lord mayor: run-offDr. Kornblum 43.3% v Pohler 17.2% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout64.5%
- SPD27.6% · 15 seats
- GRÜNE19.7% · 11 seats
- CDU18.6% · 10 seats
- AfD11.8% · 7 seats
- Die Linke10.1% · 6 seats
- BIBS3.9% · 2 seats
- FDP3.1% · 2 seats
Turnout 64.5% · 194,218 eligible voters · 56 seats · Official final result · 268 of 268 results
Source: Stadt Braunschweig, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 21.09.2026 18:16. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03101000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Lord mayor election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Dr. Kornblum and Pohler. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Dr. Kornblum, SPD43.3%
- Pohler, CDU17.2%
- Walther, GRÜNE14.3%
- Hanker, AfD Niedersachsen11.2%
- Bartsch, Die Linke7.0%
- Glogowski, BIBS3.1%
- Schramm, FDP1.8%
- Rathjen, Volt1.1%
- Wieland, Die PARTEI1.0%
Turnout 64.5% · 194,218 eligible voters · Official final result · 268 of 268 results
Second votes in Braunschweig
Deviation from the state result in points.
- SPD22.6%-0.4
- CDU22.6%-5.5
- Grüne18.0%+6.5
- AfD13.3%-4.5
- Linke11.6%+3.5
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.9%+0.1
- Volt1.1%+0.5
- Freie Wähler0.5%-0.3
- Others2.3%+0.1
Change compared with the result in Lower Saxony.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Braunschweig
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Braunschweig
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: SPD 22.6 to 22.6%, CDU 22.6 to 22.6%, Grüne 18 to 18%, AfD 13.3 to 13.3%, Linke 11.6 to 11.6%, FDP 4 to 4%, BSW 3.9 to 3.9%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | SPD | CDU | Grüne | AfD | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braunschweig | 155,402 | 83.4% | 22.6 | 22.6 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.