Holzminden: results of the 2026 local elections and the 2025 federal election
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, CDU led in Holzminden with 26.3% of the second votes, followed by SPD with 25.5%. Below, the results of all 32 municipalities.
- Turnout81.5% · Lower Saxony 83.4% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters43,519 of 53,398 eligible voters
- Compared with Lower SaxonyCDU −1.8 · SPD +2.5 · AfD +4.5 · Grüne −3.3
- CDU range across municipalities18.7% to 41.8%
2026 local elections in Holzminden
On 13 September 2026, the district council was newly elected, along with the district administrator. Official final result, as of 18.09.2026 11:31. All districts: Lower Saxony local elections 2026.
- Largest group: district councilSPD 26.3% · 11 of 42 seats
- District administrator: run-offAllruth 43.7% v Lange 35.8% · run-off on 27 September 2026
- Turnout63.2%
- Joint municipalities (Samtgemeinden)4 with their own council
- SPD26.3% · 11 seats
- CDU23.2% · 10 seats
- AfD18.1% · 8 seats
- FDP10.8% · 4 seats
- GRÜNE9.2% · 4 seats
- UWG7.4% · 3 seats
- Die Linke3.5% · 1 seat
- WSB1.3% · 1 seat
- Meier, Einzelwahlvorschlag Meier0.3%
Turnout 63.2% · 54,982 eligible voters · 42 seats · Official final result · 103 of 103 results
Source: Landkreis Holzminden, Local elections 2026, official results presentation (votemanager) (file), final result, retrieved 24 Sep 2026, official work, § 5 UrhG. Electoral authority status: 18.09.2026 11:31. Electoral authority's result portal: https://votemanager.kdo.de/20260913/03255000/praesentation/ Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
District administrator election
No candidate above 50 percent: run-off on 27 September 2026 between Allruth and Lange. The result will appear here automatically on election night.
- Allruth, SPD43.7%
- Lange, CDU35.8%
- Albrecht, AfD Niedersachsen20.5%
Turnout 63.1% · 54,982 eligible voters · Official final result · 103 of 103 results
District council election by municipality and Samtgemeinde
| Area | Turnout | SPD | CDU | AfD | FDP | GRÜNE | UWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flecken Delligsen | 69.2% | 53.2% | 14.9% | 16.1% | 3.8% | 7.3% | 1.3% |
| Stadt Holzminden | 56.3% | 22.1% | 26.3% | 20.0% | 9.0% | 13.5% | 4.1% |
| Samtgemeinde Bevern | 68.7% | 21.6% | 21.3% | 18.1% | 23.0% | 10.0% | 3.1% |
| Samtgemeinde Boffzen | 57.7% | 25.6% | 20.3% | 14.0% | 10.4% | 8.0% | 4.8% |
| Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle | 65.7% | 25.3% | 33.1% | 17.9% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf | 66.2% | 18.9% | 16.6% | 19.2% | 14.2% | 5.6% | 22.1% |
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 Holzminden
- Samtgemeinde BevernCouncil: SPD 30.3%, 16 seats · mayoral election: Junker 53.2%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-PolleCouncil: SPD 38.5%, 30 seats · mayoral election: Rode 54.9%Samtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde BoffzenCouncil: SPD 22.7%, 18 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
- Samtgemeinde Eschershausen-StadtoldendorfCouncil: UWG 23.6%, 30 seatsSamtgemeinde result portal
Second votes in Holzminden
Deviation from the state result in points.
- CDU26.3%-1.8
- SPD25.5%+2.5
- AfD22.3%+4.5
- Grüne8.2%-3.3
- Linke6.2%-1.9
- FDP4.4%+0.3
- BSW3.8%±0
- Freie Wähler0.7%-0.1
- Volt0.4%-0.2
- Others2.1%-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 Holzminden
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Holzminden
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: CDU 18.7 to 41.8%, SPD 16.7 to 32.4%, AfD 15.7 to 35.6%, Grüne 2.2 to 13.4%, Linke 2.9 to 8%, FDP 1.5 to 9.3%, BSW 0.5 to 6.1%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | CDU | SPD | AfD | Grüne | Linke | FDP | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holzminden | 11,132 | 78.1% | 25.5 | 22.8 | 22.0 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Delligsen, Flecken | 5,162 | 83.1% | 24.9 | 31.3 | 19.6 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Briefwahl SG Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf | 3,134 | – | 31.8 | 27.0 | 18.4 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Briefwahl SG Bodenwerder-Polle | 2,655 | – | 29.9 | 28.9 | 15.5 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Bodenwerder, Münchhausenstadt | 2,290 | 54.7% | 25.0 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| Stadtoldendorf | 2,021 | 52.2% | 23.0 | 17.8 | 34.8 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| Bevern, Flecken | 1,776 | 58.3% | 25.0 | 22.4 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| Eschershausen | 1,375 | 52.3% | 20.9 | 22.4 | 32.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| Boffzen | 1,175 | 59.1% | 24.7 | 28.9 | 19.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Briefwahl SG Bevern | 1,111 | – | 25.5 | 26.4 | 17.3 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| Briefwahl SG Boffzen | 1,101 | – | 28.3 | 31.1 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| Lauenförde, Flecken | 1,066 | 60.0% | 25.8 | 27.6 | 21.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Hehlen | 876 | 62.6% | 23.3 | 29.9 | 23.6 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
| Halle | 772 | 63.0% | 30.3 | 22.9 | 25.4 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Deensen | 665 | 58.8% | 24.4 | 21.7 | 30.3 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.9 |
| Ottenstein, Flecken | 592 | 65.7% | 31.1 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Polle, Flecken | 538 | 56.4% | 27.9 | 25.4 | 23.4 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Golmbach | 506 | 68.4% | 18.7 | 32.4 | 21.7 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 3.4 |
| Fürstenberg | 468 | 55.8% | 27.7 | 26.5 | 22.8 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| Eimen | 420 | 59.0% | 28.8 | 29.3 | 22.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
| Kirchbrak | 415 | 52.9% | 26.6 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| Heinade | 389 | 57.3% | 24.6 | 26.4 | 25.1 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 3.1 |
| Heinsen | 383 | 63.8% | 30.6 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Negenborn | 365 | 66.7% | 26.0 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Brevörde | 364 | 74.7% | 28.1 | 21.5 | 27.8 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Dielmissen | 347 | 57.1% | 23.8 | 22.1 | 35.6 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 2.1 |
| Lenne | 346 | 66.0% | 28.9 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 2.6 |
| Derental | 331 | 67.8% | 22.7 | 30.3 | 19.1 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| Wangelnstedt | 280 | 60.2% | 35.1 | 16.7 | 20.7 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 1.8 |
| Holzen | 271 | 61.6% | 24.0 | 27.3 | 22.8 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 2.2 |
| Pegestorf | 213 | 66.1% | 28.0 | 21.3 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| Heyen | 210 | 61.6% | 41.8 | 25.0 | 16.8 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Holenberg | 202 | 62.2% | 27.8 | 32.3 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Arholzen | 201 | 68.1% | 27.5 | 31.5 | 19.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vahlbruch | 186 | 59.4% | 29.0 | 23.7 | 21.0 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| Lüerdissen | 181 | 56.7% | 26.8 | 24.0 | 26.8 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
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.