Editing Kiel (section)

=== 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]
|}