Sabine Fricke, who had been nominated as a non-party candidate by the SPD and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, achieved 29.1%, Hermann Fleischer (Die Linke) 4.2% and the individual candidate Edward Majewski 1.6%.

Klingebiel can therefore continue to perform his duties as the city's highest representative until 2021. Voter turnout in this direct election was 45.4 percent.

In the Europawahl election, the SPD was Salzgitter's strongest political force with 40.9 percent. It was followed by the CDU (35.5%), the Greens and AFD (both 5.8%), the Die Linke (4.6%) and other smaller parties with between 1.7% and 0.5%.

Full details of the two elections can be found on the following websites.