Northeim: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Northeim with 27.7% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 25.9%. Below, the results of all 11 municipalities.
- Turnout82.6% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters85,612 of 103,672 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −0.4 · SPD +2.9 · AfD +2.0 · Grüne −2.5
- CDU range across municipalities23.4% to 30.4%
2026 local elections in Northeim
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 23.09.2026 13:43. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 31.0% · 15 of 50 seats
- District administrator: run-offHartmann 40.3% v Kühn 25.0% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout67.4%
- SPD31.0% · 15 seats
- CDU23.1% · 12 seats
- AfD17.8% · 9 seats
- GRÜNE10.3% · 5 seats
- FDP5.6% · 3 seats
- Die Linke4.1% · 2 seats
- DUW3.8%
- Bürgerliste3.4%
- BSW0.6%
- Die PARTEI0.3%
Turnout 67.4% · 106,751 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 265 of 265 results
Source: Landkreis Northeim, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 23.09.2026 13:43. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03155000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Hartmann and Kühn. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Hartmann, SPD40.3%
- Kühn, CDU25.0%
- Kestner, AfD Niedersachsen20.1%
- Reiter, GRÜNE14.6%
Turnout 67.4% · 106,752 eligible voters · Official final result · 265 of 265 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | FDP | Die Linke |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadt Bad Gandersheim | 66.1% | 24.5% | 29.7% | 16.5% | 10.4% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Flecken Bodenfelde | 68.8% | 43.9% | 21.2% | 16.4% | 8.4% | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Stadt Dassel | 70.0% | 30.8% | 17.7% | 17.8% | 6.4% | 6.1% | 3.4% |
| Stadt Hardegsen | 69.8% | 33.9% | 22.8% | 16.3% | 13.6% | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| Gemeinde Kalefeld | 73.1% | 31.3% | 23.6% | 23.0% | 7.2% | 7.1% | 4.4% |
| Gemeinde Katlenburg-Lindau | 71.4% | 35.7% | 31.1% | 17.2% | 7.6% | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Stadt Moringen | 69.4% | 33.9% | 21.2% | 20.6% | 11.6% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Flecken Nörten-Hardenberg | 69.4% | 33.8% | 26.3% | 15.8% | 11.8% | 5.5% | 3.5% |
| Stadt Northeim | 63.4% | 28.7% | 23.2% | 19.7% | 12.5% | 9.3% | 4.0% |
| Stadt Uslar | 68.2% | 30.7% | 26.4% | 14.4% | 11.7% | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Stadt Einbeck | 66.4% | 30.3% | 18.8% | 17.8% | 9.1% | 4.5% | 4.2% |
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.
Second votes in Northeim
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.7%-0.4
- SPD25.9%+2.9
- AfD19.8%+2.0
- Grüne9.0%-2.5
- Linke6.5%-1.6
- FDP3.9%-0.2
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.2%±0
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 Northeim
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Northeim
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 23.4 to 30.4%, SPD 24.2 to 28.3%, AfD 17.4 to 23.4%, Grüne 7.1 to 11.2%, Linke 5 to 7.1%, FDP 3.6 to 4.5%, BSW 2.7 to 4.9%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einbeck | 19,692 | 82.3% | 27.7 | 25.9 | 19.5 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Northeim | 17,491 | 80.5% | 26.7 | 24.9 | 21.3 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| Uslar | 8,981 | 81.1% | 27.5 | 28.3 | 18.1 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| Dassel | 6,405 | 83.5% | 29.1 | 27.7 | 18.6 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.7 |
| Bad Gandersheim | 6,057 | 80.8% | 29.0 | 24.2 | 19.6 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Nörten-Hardenberg, Flecken | 5,818 | 86.3% | 28.5 | 26.1 | 18.0 | 10.2 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Hardegsen | 5,327 | 85.7% | 27.8 | 25.8 | 17.4 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| Katlenburg-Lindau | 4,932 | 86.4% | 30.4 | 24.6 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Moringen | 4,588 | 81.4% | 25.7 | 25.2 | 22.5 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Kalefeld | 4,356 | 85.8% | 27.9 | 27.2 | 21.2 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Bodenfelde, Flecken | 1,965 | 81.8% | 23.4 | 26.8 | 23.4 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
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.