Hildesheim: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Hildesheim with 26.9% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 24.2%. Below, the results of all 20 municipalities.
- District AdministratorOlaf Levonen (SPD), since 2016 · Wikidata
- Turnout83.7% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters176,681 of 211,156 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −1.2 · SPD +1.2 · AfD +0.3 · Grüne +0.1
- CDU range across municipalities23.7% to 34.6%
2026 local elections in Hildesheim
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected. Preliminary result, retrieved 24 September 2026. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 27.5% · 18 of 64 seats
- Turnout66.3%
- Data statusDistrict result from the State Statistics Office; this district's municipal councils and direct elections are not yet connected
- SPD27.5% · 18 seats
- CDU24.4% · 16 seats
- AfD17.5% · 11 seats
- GRÜNE14.3% · 9 seats
- Die Linke5.9% · 4 seats
- Wählergruppen4.4% · 2 seats
- FDP2.7% · 2 seats
- Die PARTEI1.3% · 1 seat
- Volt1.1% · 1 seat
Turnout 66.3% · 219,250 eligible voters · 64 seats · Preliminary result
Source: State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony, Local elections 2026, district results (file), preliminary result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. District result from the state overview; municipal councils of this district are not yet covered. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Second votes in Hildesheim
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU26.9%-1.2
- SPD24.2%+1.2
- AfD18.1%+0.3
- Grüne11.6%+0.1
- Linke8.4%+0.3
- FDP3.7%-0.4
- BSW3.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler0.6%-0.2
- Volt0.5%-0.1
- 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 Hildesheim
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Hildesheim
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 23.7 to 34.6%, SPD 21.7 to 29.6%, AfD 14.6 to 27.8%, Grüne 6.6 to 14.9%, Linke 5.1 to 12.7%, FDP 3.1 to 4.2%, BSW 2.7 to 4.6%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hildesheim | 59,402 | 80.5% | 23.7 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Sarstedt | 12,367 | 83.6% | 25.0 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Alfeld (Leine) | 11,650 | 80.8% | 26.1 | 28.3 | 18.4 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Bad Salzdetfurth | 8,914 | 84.2% | 27.3 | 26.9 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Nordstemmen | 8,393 | 87.1% | 26.5 | 25.5 | 20.2 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Harsum | 8,019 | 88.5% | 34.6 | 21.7 | 17.8 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Giesen | 6,668 | 88.6% | 32.5 | 23.3 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| Bockenem | 6,322 | 84.1% | 27.0 | 22.6 | 27.8 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Elze | 5,778 | 84.1% | 27.8 | 25.7 | 19.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| Algermissen | 5,696 | 89.4% | 32.5 | 21.8 | 18.7 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| Gronau (Leine) | 5,669 | 64.5% | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.0 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Schellerten | 5,548 | 88.0% | 31.9 | 23.5 | 19.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Söhlde | 5,356 | 85.9% | 25.8 | 24.4 | 22.9 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| Holle | 4,918 | 88.6% | 29.4 | 25.7 | 17.1 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Diekholzen | 4,397 | 86.3% | 32.0 | 24.4 | 15.9 | 12.4 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| Sibbesse | 4,057 | 87.4% | 29.3 | 25.1 | 19.7 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Lamspringe | 3,651 | 84.4% | 33.1 | 25.5 | 17.6 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Briefwahl SG Leinebergland | 3,135 | – | 31.8 | 26.7 | 15.0 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Freden (Leine) | 2,951 | 81.2% | 27.1 | 24.7 | 22.6 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Duingen, Flecken | 2,442 | 62.6% | 25.3 | 23.8 | 27.5 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Eime, Flecken | 1,348 | 63.0% | 23.9 | 29.6 | 20.9 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
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.