Editing Magdeburg (section)

==Politics==
===Mayor and city council===
The mayor of Magdeburg is [[independent politician]] Simone Borris since 2022. The most recent mayoral election was held on 24 April 2022, with a runoff held on 8 May, 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|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Simone Borris
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]], future!, [[Human Environment Animal Protection|MUT]])
| 33,065
| 44.3
| 39,201
| 64.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Jens Rösler
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]/[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]
| 20,080
| 26.3
| 21,298
| 35.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Tobias Krull
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 9,327
| 12.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Nicole Anger
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 5,230
| 6.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Frank Pasemann
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 3,802
| 5.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Till Isenhuth
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 1,676
| 2.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| Sarah Biedermann
| align=left| [[Free Voters]]
| 1,289
| 1.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection}}| 
| align=left| Bettina Fassl
| align=left| [[Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection|Animal Protection Alliance]]
| 1,103
| 1.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| André Jordan
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 860
| 1.1
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 76,432
! 99.6
! 60,508
! 99.4
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 302
! 0.4
! 340
! 0.6
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 76,734
! 100.0
! 60,848
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 189,916
! 40.4
! 189,471
! 32.1
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlergebnisse.magdeburg.de/OB2022/ City of Magdeburg]
|}

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)
| 75,972
| 23.8
| {{increase}} 5.2
| 13
| {{increase}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 72,626
| 22.8
| {{increase}} 8.4
| 13
| {{increase}} 5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 47,852
| 15.0
| {{decrease}} 1.9
| 8
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 32,549
| 10.2
| {{decrease}} 5.1
| 6
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 30,119
| 9.4
| {{decrease}} 5.9
| 5
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
| 
| align=left| Magdeburg Garden Party (Gartenpartei)
| 14,711
| 4.6
| {{increase}} 0.4
| 3
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Human Environment Animal Protection Party}}| 
| align=left| [[Human Environment Animal Protection Party|Animal Protection Party]] (Tierschutzpartei)
| 14,328
| 4.5
| {{increase}} 1.2
| 3
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 13,141
| 4.1
| {{decrease}} 1.3
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| future!
| 6,984
| 2.2
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 1
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance for Human Rights, Animal and Nature Protection|Animal Protection Alliance]] (Tierschutzallianz)
| 5,495
| 1.7
| {{increase}} 0.4
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| 3,343
| 1.0
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Pößel ([[Independent politician|Independent]])
| 809
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 319,022
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid balots
! 1,620
! 1.5
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 109,729
! 100.0
! 
! 56
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 187,588
! 58.5
! {{increase}} 5.1
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlergebnisse.magdeburg.de/ City of Magdeburg]
|}