Editing Greifswald (section)

==Politics==
The current mayor of Greifswald is Stefan Fassbinder (Greens) since 2015. The most recent mayoral election was held on 12 June 2022, with a runoff held on 26 June, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate
! rowspan=2| Party
! colspan=2| First round
! colspan=2| Second round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Stefan Fassbinder
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]/[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]/[[The Left (Germany)|Left]]
| 9,351
| 48.5
| 9,329
| 56.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Madeleine Tolani
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 6,385
| 33.1
| 7,308
| 43.9
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Ina Schuppa-Wittfoth
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| 1,569
| 8.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Konstantin Zirwick
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 529
| 2.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Daniel Küther
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 520
| 2.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Gamal Khalil
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 511
| 2.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Lea Alexandra Siewert
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 399
| 2.1
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 19,264
! 99.4
! 16,637
! 99.3
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 114
! 0.6
! 121
! 0.7
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 19,378
! 100.0
! 16,758
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 47,409
! 40.9
! 47,290
! 35.4
|-
| colspan=7| Source: City of Greifswald ([https://www.greifswald.de/wahlergebnisse/20220612/13075039/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=10&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_3_id_1 1st round], [https://www.greifswald.de/wahlergebnisse/20220612/13075039/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=13&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_3_id_1 2nd round])
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The most recent city council election was held on 9 June 2024, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 17,490
| 20.1
| {{increase}} 0.5
| 9
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 14,155
| 16.2
| {{increase}} 4.5
| 7
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 11,470
| 13.2
| {{decrease}} 4.6
| 6
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 8,001
| 9.2
| {{decrease}} 5.2
| 4
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 7,644
| 8.8
| {{decrease}} 1.9
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance}}| 
| align=left| [[Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance]] (BSW)
| 5,966
| 6.8
| New
| 3
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Human Environment Animal Protection Party}}| 
| align=left| [[Human Environment Animal Protection Party|Animal Protection Party]] (Tierschutz)
| 4,871
| 5.6
| {{increase}} 0.7
| 2
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| 
| align=left| Initiative Referendum Greifswald (IBG)
| 4,823
| 5.5
| New
| 2
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens' List Greifswald (BG)
| 3,856
| 4.4
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 2
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 2,431
| 2.8
| {{decrease}} 2.3
| 1
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Alternative List (AL)
| 1,633
| 1.9
| {{decrease}} 0.5
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| 
| align=left| Alliance of the Civic Centre (AdbM)
| 1,286
| 1.5
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 1,117
| 1.3
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| 1,079
| 1.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Free Voters (FW)
| 500
| 0.6
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|German Communist Party}}| 
| align=left| [[German Communist Party]] (DKP)
| 97
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| 781
| 0.9
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 87,200
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid ballots
! 1,109
! 3.7
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 30,007
! 100.0
! 
! 43
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 47,059
! 63.8
! {{increase}} 7.6
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.greifswald.de/wahlergebnisse/20240609/13075039/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=18&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_-3_id_3# City of Greifswald]
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