Wolfenbüttel: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Wolfenbüttel with 28.1% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 24.4%. Below, the results of all 32 municipalities.
- Turnout85.3% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters79,895 of 93,628 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU +0.0 · SPD +1.4 · AfD −0.4 · Grüne −0.2
- CDU range across municipalities18.0% to 33.9%
2026 local elections in Wolfenbüttel
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 22.09.2026 13:36. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 31.7% · 15 of 46 seats
- District administrator: run-offAlbinus 35.3% v Thurau 32.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout69.4%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)4 with their own council
- SPD31.7% · 15 seats
- CDU25.6% · 12 seats
- AfD16.7% · 8 seats
- GRÜNE14.2% · 6 seats
Turnout 69.4% · 96,224 eligible voters · 46 seats · Official final result · 192 of 192 results
Source: Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 13:36. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03158000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Albinus and Thurau. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Albinus, SPD35.3%
- Thurau, CDU32.8%
- Pröttel, GRÜNE16.3%
- Försterling, FDP15.6%
Turnout 69.5% · 96,224 eligible voters · Official final result · 192 of 192 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemeinde Cremlingen | 74.6% | 34.5% | 28.3% | 12.6% | 15.6% |
| Stadt Wolfenbüttel | 65.9% | 29.4% | 24.3% | 14.1% | 16.7% |
| Gemeinde Schladen-Werla | 69.7% | 36.6% | 22.8% | 24.0% | 9.7% |
| Samtgemeinde Baddeckenstedt | 71.8% | 32.4% | 24.2% | 24.7% | 10.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Oderwald | 73.7% | 37.6% | 24.5% | 19.5% | 9.4% |
| Samtgemeinde Sickte | 72.4% | 25.2% | 31.0% | 13.3% | 19.0% |
| Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse | 71.1% | 34.2% | 26.0% | 19.4% | 9.9% |
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 Wolfenbüttel
- Samtgemeinde BaddeckenstedtCouncil: SPD 31.8%, 24 seats · mayoral election: Brandt 67.4%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde Elm-AsseCouncil: SPD 33.9%, 32 seats · mayoral election: run-offSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde OderwaldCouncil: WGO 46.8%, 18 seats · mayoral election: Lohmann 87.1%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde SickteCouncil: CDU 39.6%, 26 seats · mayoral election: Kelb 74.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Wolfenbüttel
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU28.1%±0
- SPD24.4%+1.4
- AfD17.4%-0.4
- Grüne11.3%-0.2
- Linke7.7%-0.4
- FDP4.0%-0.1
- BSW3.3%-0.5
- Freie Wähler0.8%±0
- Volt0.6%±0
- Others2.5%+0.3
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 Wolfenbüttel
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Wolfenbüttel
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 18 to 33.9%, SPD 16.2 to 32.9%, AfD 13.5 to 30.6%, Grüne 3.8 to 21.9%, Linke 4 to 12.9%, FDP 1.7 to 6.9%, BSW 1.7 to 6.8%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfenbüttel | 33,443 | 83.4% | 27.8 | 24.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Cremlingen | 9,085 | 88.6% | 30.9 | 24.0 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| Schladen-Werla | 5,930 | 85.0% | 26.2 | 26.2 | 22.9 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Briefwahl SG Elm-Asse | 3,317 | – | 30.9 | 26.7 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Sickte | 2,737 | 55.9% | 28.0 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| Schöppenstedt | 2,295 | 55.7% | 24.9 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Briefwahl SG Sickte | 2,142 | – | 32.7 | 25.4 | 9.3 | 15.5 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Briefwahl SG Baddeckenstedt | 1,701 | – | 35.2 | 23.2 | 16.7 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| Baddeckenstedt | 1,563 | 63.3% | 29.4 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Denkte | 1,463 | 63.2% | 32.1 | 22.8 | 17.6 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
| Börßum | 1,428 | 64.1% | 25.1 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| Remlingen-Semmenstedt | 1,291 | 68.0% | 25.1 | 23.6 | 28.3 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Burgdorf | 1,252 | 69.7% | 23.8 | 22.5 | 26.4 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Briefwahl SG Oderwald | 1,174 | – | 29.2 | 28.8 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Kissenbrück | 882 | 63.0% | 33.2 | 23.9 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| Haverlah | 849 | 68.1% | 25.1 | 23.2 | 26.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.4 |
| Elbe | 816 | 65.2% | 23.6 | 24.7 | 25.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Flöthe | 660 | 72.8% | 20.9 | 30.1 | 24.8 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| Evessen | 656 | 64.4% | 25.8 | 20.5 | 13.9 | 21.9 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| Dettum | 641 | 69.7% | 24.4 | 28.2 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| Wittmar | 605 | 70.0% | 26.4 | 27.9 | 24.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Heere | 576 | 68.2% | 22.2 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Veltheim (Ohe) | 498 | 63.2% | 33.9 | 20.7 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| Uehrde | 479 | 66.7% | 24.9 | 27.2 | 25.1 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 1.7 |
| Sehlde | 476 | 67.4% | 21.5 | 23.0 | 29.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| Cramme | 460 | 67.3% | 23.0 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Erkerode | 453 | 66.6% | 26.2 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 2.2 |
| Kneitlingen | 409 | 64.8% | 28.8 | 23.4 | 17.7 | 13.1 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| Vahlberg | 400 | 74.2% | 29.5 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| Winnigstedt | 353 | 66.4% | 22.0 | 22.6 | 30.6 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| Dahlum | 348 | 68.6% | 26.9 | 22.5 | 29.5 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| Dorstadt | 345 | 62.5% | 25.5 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 |
| Ohrum | 338 | 67.9% | 26.7 | 22.0 | 18.4 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| Heiningen | 323 | 62.8% | 18.0 | 21.4 | 25.1 | 13.9 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 6.8 |
| Hedeper | 257 | 65.4% | 26.6 | 21.1 | 23.8 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 5.9 |
| Roklum | 250 | 70.0% | 30.1 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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.