Editing Kiel (section)

== Politics ==
===City Council===
[[File:Ayuntamiento, Kiel, Alemania, 2019-09-10, DD 51-53 HDR.jpg|thumb|259x259px|Kiel Town Hall]]
The City Council is the municipal representative body of Kiel. Its composition is determined by citizens in elections held every five years.

Since the last election on May 14, 2023, in which [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] became the strongest party in Kiel for the first time,  the city has been governed by a [[Red–green alliance|green-red coalition]]. This coalition, formed by the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]] and the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]], holds 25 of the 49 seats in the Kiel City Council and operates under a cooperation agreement from 2023 to 2028.<ref name="r617">{{cite web |title=Kieler-Kooperationsvereinbarung-Gruene-und-SPD-2023-2028 |url=https://gruene-kiel.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/69/2023/08/Kieler-Kooperationsvereinbarung-Gruene-und-SPD-2023-2028.pdf |access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Seats in City Council after 2023 Vote<ref name="p931">{{cite web | title=Gemeindewahl 2023 in Kiel, Amtliches Endergebnis, Statischer Bericht Nr. 287| last=Stadtamt Kiel | url=https://www.kiel.de/de/kiel_zukunft/statistik_kieler_zahlen/_statistische_wahlberichte/Statistischer_Bericht_Nr._287_-_Gemeindewahl_2023_in_Kiel_-_amtliches_Endergebnis.pdf | access-date=2024-11-27}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Party!! Seats 
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}};" | 
| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne) || 14
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|CDU/CSU}};" |
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) || 11
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)|| 11
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}};" |
| [[South Schleswig Voters' Association]] (SSW) || 4
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Alternative for Germany}};" |
| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) || 3
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" |
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP) || 2
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|The Left (Germany)}};" |
| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke) || 2
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}};" |
| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany]] (Die Basis) || 1
|-
| scope="row" style="background-color:{{Party color|Die Partei}};" |
| [[Die Partei]] || 1
|-
| colspan="2" |Total|| 49
|}

=== Mayor ===
The current mayor of Kiel is [[Ulf Kämpfer]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD). Kämpfer has stated that he will not run for a third five year term.<ref name="i118">{{cite web | last=Müller | first=Kay | title=Kieler Oberbürgermeister Ulf Kämpfer tritt nicht für dritte Amtszeit an | publisher=shz.de | date=2024-08-27 | url=https://www.shz.de/lokales/kiel/artikel/ulf-kaempfer-will-nicht-erneut-buergermeister-von-kiel-werden-47651687 | language=de | access-date=2024-11-28}}</ref> His current term ends in 2026. The results of the 29 October 2019 election were as follows.:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Ulf Kämpfer]]
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 48,033
| 65.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Andreas Ellendt
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 14,776
| 20.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Björn Thoroe
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 6,643
| 9.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Florian Wrobel
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 3,513
| 4.8
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 72,965
! 99.3
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 500
! 0.7
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 73,465
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 193,653
! 37.9
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.kiel.de/de/politik_verwaltung/wahlen_abstimmungen/_ergebnisse_ob/wahl_eines_oberbuergermeisters_gemeinde_2000.html City of Kiel]
|}

===2018 City Council election===
[[File:2018 Kiel City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2018 city council election]]
The Kiel city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The results of the city council election on 6 May 2018 were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 26,617
| 29.9
| {{decrease}} 5.8
| 18
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 20,987
| 23.5
| {{decrease}} 6.2
| 14
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 18,215
| 20.4
| {{increase}} 2.8
| 12
| {{increase}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 6,437
| 7.2
| {{increase}} 3.8
| 4
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 5,764
| 6.5
| {{increase}} 2.6
| 4
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 5,293
| 5.9
| New
| 3
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}}| 
| align=left| [[South Schleswig Voters' Association]] (SSW)
| 2,521
| 2.8
| {{decrease}} 0.6
| 2
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 2,278
| 2.6
| New
| 2
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]] (Piraten)
| 1,011
| 1.1
| {{decrease}} 1.9
| 1
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| 
|-
| 
| align=left| Independent
| 36
| 0.0
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 89,159
! 99.1
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 766
! 0.9
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 89,925
! 100.0
! 
! 59
! {{increase}} 6
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 196,334
! 45.8
! {{increase}} 8.7
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.kiel.de/de/kiel_zukunft/statistik_kieler_zahlen/_statistische_wahlberichte/Statistischer_Bericht_Nr._255_-_Die_Gemeindewahl_am_6_mai_2018_in_Kiel_-_amtliches_Endergebnis.pdf City of Kiel]
|}