Editing Hagen (section)

== Politics ==

=== Bundestag ===
Part of the [[Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I]] [[List of Bundestag constituencies|constituency]] for elections to the [[Bundestag]]

===Mayor===
The current mayor of Hagen is [[Independent politician|independent]] Erik O. Schulz, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Erik O. Schulz
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]/[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]])
| 31,086
| 51.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Wolfgang Jörg
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 15,547
| 25.5
|-
| 
| align=left| Josef Bücker
| align=left| Hagen Active
| 5,214
| 8.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Michael Eiche
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 5,197
| 8.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Laura Knüppel
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 1,704
| 2.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Ingo Hentschel
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 1,534
| 2.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| Thorsten Kiszkenow
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]]
| 420
| 0.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Republicans (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Franco Flebus
| align=left| [[The Republicans (Germany)|The Republicans]]
| 182
| 0.3
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 60,884
! 98.1
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 1,156
! 1.9
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 62,040
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 147,361
! 42.1
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b914000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}

The following is a list of mayors since 1746:

* 1746–1749: Heinrich Wilhelm Emminghaus
* 1749–1750: Heinrich Caspar Hiltrop
* 1750–1771: Johann Caspar Hücking
* 1771–1795: Heinrich Arnold Wülfingh
* 1795–1808: Peter Matthias Jule
* 1808–1809: Carl Johann Elbers I.
* 1809–1821: Carl Ludwig Christian Dahlenkamp
* 1821–1823: Wilhelm Möllenhoff
* 1823–1827: Johann Conrad Pütter
* 1827–1831: August Wille
* 1831–1832: Wilhelm Kämper
* 1832–1835: Johann Peter Aubel
* 1835–1837: Friedrich Kämper
* 1837–1849: Ferdinand Elbers
* 1849–1864: Johann Diedrich Friedrich Schmidt
* 1864–1876: Friedrich Dödter
* 1876–1900: August Prentzel
* 1901–1927: Willi Cuno, ([[Free-minded People's Party (Germany)|FVP]], ab 1918: [[German Democratic Party|DDP]])
* 1927–1929: Alfred Finke (DDP)
* 1929–1933: Cuno Raabe ([[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrum]])
* 1933–1945: Heinrich Vetter ([[Nazi Party|NSDAP]])
* 1945:           Werner Dönneweg (NSDAP, acting from 18 April–18 May 1945)
* 1945–1946: Ewald Sasse ([[CDU/CSU|CDU]], from 18 May 1945, initially on an acting basis, later permanent)

* 1946–1956: [[Fritz Steinhoff]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) later became minister president of north rhine-westphalia
* 1956–1963: Helmut Turck (SPD)
* 1963–1964: Fritz Steinhoff (SPD)
* 1964–1971: Lothar Wrede (SPD)
* 1971–1989: Rudolf Loskand (SPD)
* 1989:           Renate Löchter (SPD)
* 1989–1999: Dietmar Thieser (SPD)
* 1999–2004: Wilfried Horn (CDU)
* 2004–2009: Peter Demnitz (SPD)
* 2009–2014: Jörg Dehm (CDU)
* since 2014: Erik O. Schulz (independent)

===City council===
[[File:2020 Hagen City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2020 city council election.]]
The Hagen city council governs the city alongside the mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, 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)
| 16,813
| 27.5
| {{decrease}} 4.5
| 14
| {{decrease}} 6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 15,573
| 25.5
| {{decrease}} 7.3
| 13
| {{decrease}} 8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 8,114
| 13.3
| {{increase}} 4.3
| 7
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 5,692
| 9.3
| {{increase}} 5.6
| 5
| {{increase}} 3
|-
| 
| align=left| Hagen Active (HA)
| 4,186
| 6.8
| {{decrease}} 1.3
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 2,829
| 4.6
| {{increase}} 1.0
| 2
| ±0
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens for Hohenlimburg (BfHo)
| 2,066
| 3.4
| {{increase}} 1.1
| 2
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 1,762
| 2.9
| {{decrease}} 1.4
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Hagen Activist Circle (HAK)
| 1,740
| 2.8
| New
| 2
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]] (PARTEI)
| 1,692
| 2.8
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| 
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]] (Piraten)
| 436
| 0.7
| {{decrease}} 0.9
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Republicans (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Republicans (Germany)|The Republicans]] (REP)
| 194
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Independents
| 19
| 0.0
| –
| 0
| –
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 61,116
! 98.7
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 825
! 1.3
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 61,941
! 100.0
! 
! 52
! {{decrease}} 10
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 147,361
! 42.0
! {{decrease}} 3.1
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/a914000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}