Hameln-Pyrmont: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hameln-Pyrmont with 27.4% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 23.8%. Below, the results of all 8 municipalities.
- District AdministratorTjark Bartels (SPD) · Wikidata
- Turnout81.0% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters90,885 of 112,197 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −0.7 · SPD +0.8 · AfD +3.1 · Grüne −1.4
- CDU range across municipalities25.9% to 29.4%
2026 local elections in Hameln-Pyrmont
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 22.09.2026 08:47. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 29.6% · 15 of 50 seats
- District administrator: run-offPetters 37.4% v Meyer 29.2% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout62.5%
- SPD29.6% · 15 seats
- CDU28.4% · 14 seats
- AfD20.0% · 10 seats
- GRÜNE13.0% · 7 seats
- Die Linke5.1% · 3 seats
- FDP3.0% · 1 seat
- BSW0.9%
Turnout 62.5% · 117,380 eligible voters · 50 seats · Official final result · 268 of 268 results
Source: Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 22.09.2026 08:47. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03252000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Petters and Meyer. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Petters, SPD37.4%
- Meyer, CDU29.2%
- Hüge, AfD Niedersachsen21.6%
- Domeyer, GRÜNE11.8%
Turnout 62.4% · 117,380 eligible voters · Official final result · 268 of 268 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | GRÜNE | Die Linke | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flecken Aerzen | 68.1% | 35.8% | 27.2% | 19.5% | 9.2% | 4.4% | 1.4% |
| Stadt Bad Münder am Deister | 64.4% | 31.8% | 29.1% | 19.5% | 12.9% | 5.0% | 1.8% |
| Stadt Bad Pyrmont | 57.2% | 29.2% | 30.7% | 21.8% | 10.7% | 5.6% | 2.1% |
| Flecken Coppenbrügge | 68.6% | 30.4% | 29.2% | 18.8% | 14.3% | 4.9% | 2.5% |
| Gemeinde Emmerthal | 70.9% | 32.8% | 32.1% | 21.0% | 8.0% | 3.4% | 1.3% |
| Hameln | 58.7% | 25.8% | 28.1% | 18.1% | 15.6% | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| Stadt Hessisch Oldendorf | 65.2% | 30.1% | 29.2% | 23.3% | 11.0% | 3.8% | 2.6% |
| Flecken Salzhemmendorf | 65.7% | 32.4% | 20.0% | 21.8% | 17.4% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
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.
Second votes in Hameln-Pyrmont
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU27.4%-0.7
- SPD23.8%+0.8
- AfD20.9%+3.1
- Grüne10.1%-1.4
- Linke6.9%-1.2
- FDP3.8%-0.3
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- 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 Hameln-Pyrmont
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Hameln-Pyrmont
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 25.9 to 29.4%, SPD 21 to 25%, AfD 19.1 to 23.9%, Grüne 8.5 to 11.5%, Linke 5.1 to 8.3%, FDP 3.5 to 4.3%, BSW 2.9 to 4%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hameln | 32,215 | 78.5% | 26.4 | 23.8 | 19.1 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Hessisch Oldendorf | 11,632 | 83.4% | 27.9 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Bad Pyrmont | 11,283 | 75.9% | 28.7 | 21.0 | 22.8 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Bad Münder am Deister | 11,063 | 83.4% | 27.6 | 24.8 | 19.2 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Aerzen, Flecken | 6,974 | 82.9% | 27.5 | 24.9 | 22.0 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Emmerthal | 6,725 | 85.7% | 29.4 | 24.4 | 21.6 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Salzhemmendorf, Flecken | 6,214 | 84.4% | 25.9 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Coppenbrügge, Flecken | 4,779 | 87.2% | 28.1 | 24.9 | 20.6 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
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.