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.
- Turnout82.4% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters58,040 of 70,431 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +0.4 · SPD +0.0 · AfD +4.6 · Grüne −3.7
- CDU range across municipalities21.5% 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 17.09.2026 14:54. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 28.7% · 12 of 42 seats
- District administrator: run-offSchneider 37.7% v Wendt 25.3% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout66.2%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)4 with their own council
- SPD28.7% · 12 seats
- CDU25.9% · 11 seats
- AfD20.4% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE8.7% · 4 seats
- UWG7.2% · 3 seats
- Die Linke3.9% · 2 seats
- FDP3.4% · 1 seat
- WGD1.6% · 1 seat
- Möhle, Einzelwahlvorschlag Möhle0.3%
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 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 17.09.2026 14:54. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03154000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Schneider and Wendt. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- 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: run-offSamtgemeinde 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.
- CDU28.5%+0.4
- SPD23.0%±0
- AfD22.4%+4.6
- Grüne7.8%-3.7
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- BSW4.0%+0.2
- FDP3.6%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.8%+0.6
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 Helmstedt
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
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.