Results of the local elections in Göttingen

City council election 2016 (preliminary final result)

Turnout: 48.0%

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

32.6

24.4

20.6

6.3

5.4

3.3

2.7

2.4

2.3

SPD

CDU

Green

left

FDP

Pirates

POLITICAL PARTY

Antifa

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2011

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+0.2

-1.8

-7.3

+0.1

+2.1

-0.4

+2.7

+2.4

+2.0

SPD

CDU

Green

left

FDP

Pirates

POLITICAL PARTY

Antifa

Otherwise.

The results of the local elections in Göttingen are listed in the following lists . The first part shows the results of the city council elections from 1946 onwards. The second part shows the results of the local council elections from 1964.

Only those parties and groups of voters are listed that have received at least two percent of the valid votes in at least one election. If this limit is exceeded several times, results from one percent are also listed. The field of the party that received the most votes or seats in the respective election is marked in color.

Parties

• ALFA: Alliance for Progress and Awakening → LKR
• B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
• BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
• CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• DG: German community
• DKP: German Communist Party
  • until 1952: KPD
• DP: German party
• DRP: German Reich Party
• FDP: Free Democratic Party
• Greens: Greens
  • 1981: AGIL and GLG
  • 1986 to 1996: GAL
  • from 2001: B'90 / Greens
• KPD: Communist Party of Germany → DKP
• Left: The left
  • 1991, 1996 and 2001: LLG
  • 2006, 2011 and 2016: GöL
  • in the local council elections in Geismar and Weende-Deppoldshausen 2001: PDS
• LKR: Liberal-Conservative Reformers
  • 2016: ALFA
• NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
• PARTY: Party for labor, rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative
• PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
• Pirates: Pirate Party Germany
• SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Groups of voters

• AGIL: Alternative Green Initiatives List → Greens
• Antifa Left: Antifascist Left
• FWG: Free Association of Voters
• GAL: Green Alternative List → Greens
• GLG: Green List Göttingen → Greens
• GöL: Göttingen Left → Left
• GWG: Göttingen voter community
• GPJ: Initiative Graue Panther Jugend Göttingen
• LLG: Linke Liste Göttingen → Linke
• UGWH: Independent Green Voting Community Herberhausen
• WAE: Voting group The alternative for Elliehausen / Esebeck
• WGFG: Voting group Friedhof Geismar
• WGH: Herberhausen voter community
• WGrH: Herberhausen voters group

abbreviation

• Wbt .: turnout

City council elections

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	Pirates	FWG	DKP	BHE	DRP
1946	67.3	37.9	22.6			28.3			4.5
1948	54.9	30.9	17.8			38.4			3.3		9.7
1952	70.4	28.3	13.3			34.4			1.4	11.0	11.6
11956 1	70.6	38.0	20.0			24.8				7.0	3.3
1961	69.5	35.7	24.9			28.7				04.99
21964 2	66.7	45.6	24.6			26.5
31968 3	66.7	43.7	29.3			20.9
1973	67.4	43.7	37.5			12.5		4.6	1.7
1976	89.7	44.2	38.2			10.4		4.1	2.5
1981	67.7	33.3	42.7	10.8		8.6		2.2	2.1
1986	65.1	38.5	36.2	14.2		7.0		1.8	1.3
1991	58.6	37.6	33.8	15.9	1.0	8.7		3.1
1996	54.4	033.72	033.70	19.0	02.47	7.4		02.55
2001	46.5	36.1	30.6	16.9	4.7	8.9		1.0
2006	41.8	34.8	28.2	20.8	6.8	8.8
2011	42.6	32.4	26.2	27.9	6.2	5.3	3.4
4th2016 4	48.0	32.6	24.4	20.6	6.3	5.4	3.3

Distribution of seats

year	Ges.	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	PIRA th	POLITICAL PARTY	Antifa Left	LKR	FWG	DKP	NPD	GWG	BHE	DP	DRP	DG
1946	33	20th	3			9						1
1948	37	12	6th			15th						1					3
1952	37	11	4th			14th									4th		4th
1956	37	14th	8th			10									2	1	1	1
1961	37	14th	9			12									2
1964	39	18th	10			10								1
1968	39	17th	12			8th							2
1973	47	21st	18th			6th					2
1976	47	21st	18th			5					2	1
1981	49	17th	21st	5		4th					1	1
1986	49	20th	19th	7th		3
1991	47	18th	16	7th	1	4th					1
1996	49	17th	17th	10	1	3					1
2001	46	17th	15th	8th	2	4th
2006	46	16	13	10	3	4th
2011	46	15th	12	13	2	3	1
2016	46	15th	11	9	3	3	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1956: additionally: DP: 4.2%
² 1964: additionally: GWG: 3.3%
³ 1968: additionally: NPD: 5.1%
⁴ 2016: additionally: PARTY: 2.7%, Antifa Left: 2, 4%

Local council elections

Some formerly independent communities were incorporated into Göttingen in 1964, the others followed in 1973.

Elliehausen / Esebeck

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP	WAE
1973	72.0	57.9	30.5		11.6
1976	88.3	51.8	35.3		11.1
1981	75.5	45.8	43.8		10.5
1986	70.6	49.1	32.2		18.6
1991	66.3	55.0	29.7		15.3
1996	65.6	45.5	30.6		13.6	10.3
2001	54.6	45.6	28.3		12.4	13.7
2006	50.2	49.7	32.8	10.6	6.9
2011	49.5	44.1	31.3	21.1	3.5
2016	54.5	48.6	37.6	13.8

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP	WAE
1973	9	5	3		1
1976	9	5	3		1
1981	9	4th	4th		1
1986	9	5	3		1
1991	9	5	3		1
1996	9	4th	3		1	1
2001	9	4th	3		1	1
2006	9	4th	3	1	1
2011	9	4th	3	2
2016	9	4th	4th	1

Geismar

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	Pirates	FWG
1964	71.7	44.3	22.8			33.0
11968 1	70.7	45.9	27.6			21.2
1973	70.9	40.3	39.8			20.0
1976	92.8	39.8	37.9			14.9		6.0
21981 2	72.0	33.2	44.8			12.9		6.0
31986 3	70.2	33.3	39.1	11.9		7.3		4.2
1991	64.1	32.2	38.3	12.6		11.3		5.6
1996	60.4	29.7	40.0	17.3		8.4		4.6
2001	53.8	32.7	37.0	16.2	2.2	10.2
2006	48.7	31.3	37.0	18.1	04.98	8.7
2011	47.6	30.6	32.8	27.6	5.5	2.5
2016	53.4	30.6	29.7	23.6	6.5	5.9	3.8

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	FWG	NPD
1964	17th	8th	4th			5
1968	19th	9	5			4th		1
1973	13	6th	5			2
1976	13	6th	5			2
1981	13	4th	6th			2	1
1986	13	5	6th	1		1
1991	13	4th	5	2		1	1
1996	13	4th	6th	2		1
2001	13	5	5	2		1
2006	13	4th	5	2	1	1
2011	13	4th	4th	4th	1
2016	13	4th	4th	3	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1968: additionally: NPD: 5.3%
² 1981: additionally: DKP: 3.1%
³ 1986: additionally: WGFG: 3.6%

Grone

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	FWG
1964	75.8	57.1	21.1			21.8
1968	71.6	61.9	23.8			14.4
1973	68.8	60.2	31.9			7.9
1976	90.6	54.7	32.0			6.2	5.9
11981 1	65.6	43.6	38.2			8.2	6.1
1986	63.3	49.1	31.7	7.3		5.4	04.95
1991	55.9	44.7	35.1	9.8		10.4
1996	52.0	43.5	36.6	9.3		8.4	2.3
22001 2	41.8	47.8	30.6	5.2		11.6
2006	34.8	54.1	22.6	8.4	4.9	10.2
2011	35.2	51.5	22.9	12.2	8.4	5.0
2016	36.9	57.4	22.2	11.5	8.9

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	FWG
1964	17th	10	3			4th
1968	17th	11	4th			2
1973	13	8th	4th			1
1976	13	8th	5
1981	13	6th	5			1	1
1986	13	7th	5	1
1991	13	6th	5	1		1
1996	13	6th	5	1		1
2001	13	7th	5			1
2006	13	7th	3	1	1	1
2011	13	7th	3	1	1	1
2016	13	7th	3	2	1

Footnotes

¹ 1981: additional: DKP: 3.9%
² 2001: additional: NPD: 2.1%

Groß Ellershausen / Hetjershausen / Knutbühren

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	FWG	FDP
1973	74.7	41.9	49.3		8.8
1976	93.0	43.6	52.0		4.4
1981	78.8	36.5	58.5		05.01
1986	74.9	46.2	45.6	4.4	3.9
1991	70.1	50.1	49.9
1996	66.2	46.5	49.0	4.5
2001	69.1	48.6	51.4
2006	52.9	48.5	51.5
2011	55.4	49.7	50.3
2016	61.3	55.4	44.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	FDP
1973	9	4th	5
1976	9	4th	5
1981	9	3	5	1
1986	9	5	4th
1991	9	5	4th
1996	9	4th	5
2001	9	4th	5
2006	9	4th	5
2011	9	4th	5
2016	9	5	4th

Herberhausen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	WGH	Green	FDP	WGrH
1964	78.0	24.2				40.4	35.4
1968	76.9	25.9				47.6	26.5
1973	78.8	37.9	24.7			26.4	11.1
1976	93.0	39.0	33.5			27.5
1981	76.7	38.3	40.9			20.8
11986 1	77.3	31.2	34.3			20.5
1991	71.3	33.1	30.3		11.3	25.3
1996	67.6	30.9	33.6		11.8	23.7
2001	67.4	31.6	30.8	17.2	7.6	12.9
2006	59.1	44.2	30.7	14.0		11.0
2011	59.6	37.8	27.9	17.9	11.4	5.2
2016	63.6	38.6	30.2	18.8	9.4	3.1

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	WGH	Green	FDP	UGWH	WGrH
1964	11	2				5		4th
1968	11	3				5		3
1973	9	4th	2			2		1
1976	9	4th	3			2
1981	9	4th	3			2
1986	9	3	3			2	1
1991	9	3	3		1	2
1996	9	3	3		1	2
2001	9	3	3	2		1
2006	9	4th	3	1		1
2011	9	3	3	2	1
2016	9	3	3	2	1

footnote

¹ 1986: additionally: UGWH: 14.1%

Holtensen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	FDP	DKP
1973	75.5	59.6	40.4
1976	93.7	57.0	37.1	4.8	1.1
1981	76.9	55.9	41.1		3.0
1986	72.3	57.8	36.8	2.4	3.0
1991	63.8	63.3	36.7
1996	64.8	61.5	38.5
2001	53.1	60.0	40.0
2006	49.6	64.9	35.1
2011	48.2	64.0	34.1	2.0
2016	53.1	64.2	35.8

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU
1973	9	5	4th
1976	9	6th	3
1981	9	5	4th
1986	9	6th	3
1991	9	6th	3
1996	9	6th	3
2001	9	5	4th
2006	9	6th	3
2011	9	6th	3
2016	9	6th	3

Nikolausberg

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP
1964	82.2	39.7	17.2		43.1
1968	79.8	45.0	22.9		32.1
1973	72.3	44.2	36.1		19.7
1976	92.9	049.96	39.8		10.3
1981	75.4	41.5	46.2		11.0
1986	73.4	29.4	46.8	14.7	8.5
1991	68.1	32.6	40.9	15.3	11.2
1996	67.2	29.8	46.8	16.7	6.7
2001	61.3	28.3	40.0	11.1	20.6
2006	55.5	27.6	40.9	15.4	16.1
2011	51.8	34.2	41.2	21.1	3.5
2016	56.7	38.2	34.2	16.0	8.1

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP
1964	9	4th	1		4th
1968	9	4th	2		3
1973	9	4th	3		2
1976	9	5	3		1
1981	9	4th	4th		1
1986	9	3	5	1
1991	9	3	4th	1	1
1996	9	3	5	1
2001	9	2	4th	1	2
2006	9	3	4th	1	1
2011	9	3	4th	2
2016	9	4th	3	1	1

Ring rings

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	CDU	FDP	Green
1973	80.6	43.0	42.1	14.9
1976	95.2	38.6	50.9	10.5
1981	80.1	31.2	55.4	13.4
1986	78.3	42.6	50.5	6.9
1991	71.3	43.5	56.5
1996	69.7	43.1	54.3
2001	63.6	39.0	53.3		7.6
2006	59.3	53.2	39.3		7.4
2011	63.0	55.3	30.9		13.8
2016	63.5	66.9	26.8	6.3

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	FDP	Green
1973	9	4th	4th	1
1976	9	3	5	1
1981	9	3	5	1
1986	9	4th	5
1991	9	4th	5
1996	9	4th	5
2001	9	4th	5
2006	9	5	3		1
2011	9	5	3		1
2016	9	6th	2	1

Turn

Until 2011 it was the local councilor Weende / Deppoldshausen.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Wbt.	SPD	Green	CDU	Pirates	FDP	left	FWG
1964	74.9	54.8		21.5		23.8
1968	70.7	55.0		25.7		19.3
1973	70.5	53.9		34.9		11.2
1976	88.9	54.8		36.7		8.5
11981 1	67.8	44.9		39.6		8.6		2.8
1986	62.7	46.2	15.0	31.9		5.1
1991	56.1	43.5	17.8	30.5		8.2
1996	52.9	41.3	21.8	27.9		6.5		2.5
2001	42.4	43.9	16.9	28.4		8.0	2.8
2006	37.3	39.9	20.0	27.4		8.2	4.4
2011	39.9	37.6	34.0	25.6		2.9
2016	45.4	36.1	26.8	25.4	6.1	5.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	Green	CDU	Pirates	FDP	left	DKP
1964	17th	10		3		4th
1968	17th	10		4th		3
1973	11	6th		4th		1
1976	13	7th		5		1
1981	13	6th		5		1		1
1986	13	7th	2	4th
1991	13	6th	2	4th		1
1996	13	6th	3	4th
2001	13	6th	2	4th		1
2006	13	5	3	3		1	1
2011	13	5	5	3
2016	13	5	3	3	1	1

footnote

¹ 1981: additional: DKP: 4.1%

Web links

• Göttingen election portal, home page for all municipal elections in Göttingen
• Election Atlas 2016 - Local elections and election of the district administrator