Helmstedt: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Helmstedt with 28.5% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.0%. Below, the results of all 23 municipalities.
- Population
- 89,771 · 133 per km²
- Largest sector
- Health and social work 25%
- Turnout
- 82.4% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters
- 58,040 of 70,431 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower Saxony
- CDU +0.4 · SPD +0.0 · AfD +4.6 · Grüne −3.7
- CDU range across municipalities
- 21.5% to 33.9%
2026 local elections in Helmstedt
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 27.09.2026 08:30. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district council
- SPD 28.7% · 12 of 42 seats
- District administrator, run-off
- Malte Schneider (SPD), 61.8%
- Turnout
- 66.2%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)
- 4 with their own council
Turnout 66.2% · 72,928 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 140 of 140 results
Source: Landkreis Helmstedt, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 31 Oct 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 27.09.2026 08:30. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03154000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
Decided in the run-off on 27 September 2026: Malte Schneider (SPD) with 61.8%.
Run-off 27 September 2026
- Schneider, SPD61.8%
- Wendt, CDU38.2%
Turnout 41.5% · 72,923 eligible voters · Official final result · 135 of 135 results
First round 13 September 2026
- Schneider, SPD37.7%
- Wendt, CDU25.3%
- Stober, AfD Niedersachsen19.4%
- Klein, Einzelwahlvorschlag17.6%
Turnout 66.0% · 72,928 eligible voters · Official final result · 140 of 140 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | UWG | Die Linke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Königslutter am Elm | 69.8% | 27.9% | 24.7% | 17.3% | 8.8% | 10.9% | 6.2% |
| Gemeinde Lehre | 70.3% | 32.8% | 25.2% | 16.8% | 14.6% | 6.4% | – |
| Stadt Schöningen | 61.4% | 33.7% | 21.7% | 23.5% | 5.0% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Stadt Helmstedt | 60.1% | 25.4% | 27.5% | 22.3% | 8.7% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| Samtgemeinde Grasleben | 69.2% | 22.3% | 26.1% | 21.5% | 4.7% | 17.5% | 5.9% |
| Samtgemeinde Heeseberg | 68.1% | 22.1% | 34.0% | 20.1% | 5.0% | 12.2% | 4.6% |
| Samtgemeinde Nord Elm | 73.6% | 26.8% | 29.2% | 23.6% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 4.8% |
| Samtgemeinde Velpke | 68.2% | 32.5% | 24.6% | 20.4% | 9.6% | 1.2% | – |
Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden) are administrative unions of several municipalities; their member municipalities also have their own councils. Shares in percent of valid votes, others not listed individually.
Samtgemeinde councils in Helmstedt
- Samtgemeinde GraslebenCouncil: CDU 40.3%, 14 seats · mayoral election: Werner 65.8%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde HeesebergCouncil: CDU 32.5%, 14 seats · mayoral election: Ralphs 54.6%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde Nord-ElmCouncil: CDU 28.5%, 16 seats · mayoral election: Sydow 54.4% (run-off)Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde VelpkeCouncil: SPD 30.4%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Ehrlich 59.5%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Helmstedt
Deviation from the state result in points.
Where do these figures come from?
Official results of the 2025 federal election from the Federal Returning Officer's district file, second votes per district.
What does the comparison show?
The lighter bar is the state result of the same election, so you can see where the area differs from its state. Differences are in percentage points.
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.
2024 European election in Helmstedt
In the European election on 9 June 2024, CDU came first in Helmstedt with 31.1% of the vote; in Lower Saxony CDU got 31.4%. The bars show the European election shares, the small figures the gap to the 2025 federal election in the same area.
In the 2024 European election, CDU was the strongest party in Helmstedt with 31.1%, +2.6 points compared with the 2025 federal election. Turnout was 62.9% (2025 federal election: 82.4%).
Why do the European and federal elections differ?
The European election has no electoral threshold, so small parties such as Volt, Die PARTEI or the animal-welfare party win more votes. Turnout is much lower, and the political mood shifted between June 2024 and February 2025. The single European-election vote is compared with the second vote of the federal election in the same area; parties that count as Others in 2025 get no difference.
Where do these figures come from?
Official final result of the 2024 European election from the Federal Returning Officer (kerg2.csv), votes per district and independent city.
| Party | Votes 2024 | European election 2024 | Federal election 2025 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 14,056 | 31.1% | 28.5% | +2.6 |
| SPD | 9,678 | 21.4% | 23.0% | -1.6 |
| AfD | 7,739 | 17.1% | 22.4% | -5.3 |
| Grüne | 3,630 | 8.0% | 7.8% | +0.2 |
| FDP | 2,242 | 5.0% | 3.6% | +1.4 |
| BSW | 2,148 | 4.7% | 4.0% | +0.7 |
| Die PARTEI | 797 | 1.8% | – | – |
| Tierschutzpartei | 763 | 1.7% | – | – |
| Linke | 681 | 1.5% | 6.5% | -5.0 |
| Volt | 648 | 1.4% | 0.6% | +0.8 |
| Freie Wähler | 571 | 1.3% | 0.6% | +0.7 |
| ÖDP | 184 | 0.4% | – | – |
| Others | 2,088 | 4.6% | – | – |
Die PARTEI, Tierschutzpartei, ÖDP: counted as Others in the 2025 federal election, so no difference is shown.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2024 European election, results by state and district (kerg2.csv) (file), final result, retrieved 28 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Berlin East and Berlin West are aggregated from the boroughs as in the 2025 federal election. Comparison values: second votes of the 2025 federal election in the same area. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Helmstedt in figures
Key facts about the place from official statistics and Wikidata, so the election result can be put in context. The figures describe, they do not explain.
- Population
- 89,771 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Area
- 676.1 km²
- Population density
- 133 inhabitants per km²
- Under 19
- 17.2%
- 67 and older
- 21.3%
- Foreign nationals (2022 census)
- 7.5%
- Employees subject to social insurance (place of work)
- 26,081 (as of 2025-12-31)
- Largest sectors
- Health and social work 25% · Trade and vehicle repair 22% · Manufacturing 10%
- Commuter balance
- -12,074 (more out-commuters than in-commuters)
- Unemployment rate
- 7.4% (as of 2026-09)
- Avacon
- 1,700 employees
- Allerthal-Werke
- 3 employees (2020)
- District seat
- Helmstedt
- Municipalities
- 28
- Elevation
- 142 m
- First mention or foundation
- 1833
- Website
- www.landkreis-helmstedt.de
- Wikipedia
- Helmstedt (Wikipedia)
Helmstedt has 89,771 inhabitants. The largest sector is Health and social work with 25% of employees. The largest company headquartered in Helmstedt is Avacon with 1,700 employees. The unemployment rate is 7.4%.
Where do the profile figures come from?
Population, area and coordinates from the Federal Statistical Office's municipality register, employees, sectors and unemployment from the Federal Employment Agency, age structure from the 2022 census, coat of arms, website and companies from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. All sources are openly licensed and linked below the list.
Does the profile explain the election result?
No. It describes the place so readers can put figures in context. Whether sector, age or density relate to voting can only be tested across many places, not from a single result.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0) · Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (© Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nutzung mit Quellenangabe) · Zensus 2022, Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder, Regionaltabelle Demografie (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0)
Strongest party by municipality in Helmstedt
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
Strongest party: CDU in 15 municipalities, AfD in 7 municipalities and SPD in 1 municipality of 23. Highest share: AfD with 34.0% in Wolsdorf.
What does the map show?
Each municipality is coloured by the party with the highest second-vote share at the 2025 federal election; the intensity follows the share. Postal votes counted at the level of a joint administration are shown on the administration's page. Click a municipality for its full result.
All municipalities in Helmstedt
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 21.5 to 33.9%, SPD 15.1 to 25.1%, AfD 16.6 to 34%, Grüne 4.4 to 11.6%, Linke 4 to 8.3%, BSW 1.9 to 10.3%, FDP 1.6 to 5.3%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmstedt | 14,649 | 78.3% | 27.2 | 22.4 | 24.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| Königslutter am Elm | 10,432 | 84.2% | 28.4 | 24.7 | 19.4 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Lehre | 8,120 | 86.6% | 29.2 | 24.3 | 16.6 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| Schöningen | 6,576 | 76.4% | 26.7 | 23.3 | 26.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Velpke | 2,423 | 64.2% | 28.7 | 23.9 | 25.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| Briefwahl SG Velpke | 2,032 | – | 35.9 | 25.7 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Groß Twülpstedt | 1,434 | 68.5% | 28.4 | 20.4 | 23.7 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Danndorf | 1,296 | 67.8% | 30.1 | 21.5 | 26.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
| Grasleben | 1,183 | 61.2% | 28.7 | 17.5 | 32.5 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Nord-Elm | 1,054 | – | 32.6 | 26.2 | 15.7 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| Bahrdorf | 1,018 | 69.2% | 30.2 | 20.6 | 28.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Süpplingen | 793 | 58.4% | 22.9 | 18.9 | 33.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 2.5 |
| Briefwahl SG Grasleben | 732 | – | 34.2 | 23.6 | 17.3 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| Söllingen | 709 | 56.7% | 21.5 | 19.2 | 33.1 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| Briefwahl SG Heeseberg | 687 | – | 32.9 | 25.9 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| Grafhorst | 612 | 67.5% | 33.9 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 5.3 |
| Jerxheim | 511 | 60.5% | 28.9 | 20.5 | 25.0 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Mariental | 494 | 63.2% | 28.5 | 15.1 | 30.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
| Wolsdorf | 458 | 60.2% | 24.3 | 20.4 | 34.0 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Räbke | 444 | 69.2% | 27.8 | 18.8 | 25.8 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Frellstedt | 426 | 64.6% | 28.3 | 17.5 | 29.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| Warberg | 422 | 63.3% | 33.7 | 20.5 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Rennau | 413 | 71.6% | 33.6 | 20.4 | 21.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| Süpplingenburg | 374 | 71.2% | 27.8 | 25.1 | 22.1 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| Gevensleben | 314 | 62.8% | 28.2 | 22.1 | 28.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Querenhorst | 264 | 66.0% | 31.6 | 15.2 | 24.7 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 10.3 | 3.4 |
| Beierstedt | 170 | 56.9% | 23.8 | 25.0 | 22.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
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.