Editing Stralsund (section)

==Governance==
The current mayor of Stralsund is Alexander Badrow (CDU) since 2008. The most recent mayoral election was held on 8 May 2022, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Alexander Badrow
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 13,785
| 67.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Melanie Rocksien-Riad
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]/[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 4,860
| 23.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Marc Quintana Schmidt
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 1,843
| 9.0
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 20,488
! 99.1
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 182
! 0.9
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 20,670
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 48,869
! 42.3
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://www.stralsund.de/export/sites/hst/buerger/rathaus/statistik/wahlergebnisse/Oberbuergermeister/Ergebnisuebersicht-der-Oberbuergermeister-Wahlen.pdf City of Stralsund]
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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)
| 19,890
| 25.5
| {{increase}} 5.5
| 11
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 16,642
| 21.4
| {{increase}} 8.4
| 9
| {{increase}} 3
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens for Stralsund (BfS)
| 14,052
| 18.0
| {{increase}} 0.4
| 8
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 7,023
| 9.0
| {{decrease}} 6.0
| 4
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 6,892
| 8.8
| {{decrease}} 4.7
| 4
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 6,032
| 7.7
| {{decrease}} 1.6
| 3
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 2,265
| 2.9
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 1
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 2,214
| 2.8
| {{increase}} 0.8
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany|Pirate Party]] (Piraten)
| 871
| 1.1
| {{increase}} 0.2
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Voter Group Adomeit
| 618
| 0.8
| {{decrease}} 1.8
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[National Democratic Party of Germany|The Homeland]] (HEIMAT)
| 394
| 0.5
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| 
| align=left| Other
| 1,011
| 1.3
| {{decrease}} 0.2
| 0
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 77,904
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid ballots
! 1,355
! 1.7
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 27,235
! 100.0
! 
! 43
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 48,192
! 56.5
! {{increase}} 6.8
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.stralsund.de/export/sites/hst/buerger/rathaus/statistik/wahlergebnisse/Buergerschaft/1_Fortschreibung-Ergebnisse-der-Buergerschaftswahlen-ab-1994.pdf City of Stralsund]
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