Editing Frankfurt (section)

==Government and politics==
=== Mayor ===
{{main|Mayor of Frankfurt}}
[[File:2023 Frankfurt am Main mayoral election (2nd round).svg|thumb|250px|Results of the second round of the 2023 mayoral election]]
The current mayor is Mike Josef of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]], who took the office on 11 May 2023.

The most recent mayoral election was held on 5 March 2023, with a runoff held on 26 March, 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|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Uwe Becker
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| '''70,411'''
| '''34.5'''
| 86,307
| 48.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Mike Josef
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 49,033
| 24.0
| '''92,371'''
| '''51.7'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Manuela Rottmann]]
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 43,502
| 21.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Peter Wirth
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 10,397
| 5.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Daniela Mehler-Würzbach
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 7,356
| 3.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Maja Wolff
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 6,014
| 2.9
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Yanki Pürsün
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 5,768
| 2.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Andreas Lobenstein
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 4,628
| 2.3
|-
| bgcolor=#FF8E57| 
| align=left| Mathias Pfeiffer
| align=left| Citizens for Frankfurt
| 1,565
| 0.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Katharina Tanczos
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 1,176
| 0.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Team Todenhöfer}}| 
| align=left| Khurrem Akhtar
| align=left| [[Team Todenhöfer]]
| 858
| 0.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Frank Großenbach
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| 744
| 0.4
|-
| 
| align=left| Tilo Schwichtenberg
| align=left| Garden Party Frankfurt am Main
| 661
| 0.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Sven Junghans
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 574
| 0.3
|-
| 
| align=left| Yamòs Camara
| align=left| Free Party Frankfurt
| 487
| 0.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Niklas Pauli
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 340
| 0.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Peter Pawelski
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 325
| 0.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Feng Xu
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 199
| 0.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Karl-Maria Schulte
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 158
| 0.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Markus Eulig
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 102
| 0.0
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 204,298
! 99.6
! 178,678
! 99.0
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 921
! 0.4
! 1,754
! 1.0
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 205,219
! 100.0
! 180,432
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 508,510
! 40.4
! 510,336
! 35.4
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/zahlen-daten-fakten/publikationen/wahlanalysen/obwahlen City of Frankfurt am Main] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427214215/https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/zahlen-daten-fakten/publikationen/wahlanalysen/obwahlen |date=27 April 2021 }}
|}

=== City council ===
[[File:2021 Frankfurt am Main City Council election.svg|thumb|250px|Results of the 2021 city council election]]
The Frankfurt am Main city council (''Stadtverordnetenversammlung'') governs the city alongside the mayor. It is located in the city's medieval town hall, Römer, which is also used for representative and official purposes. The most recent city council election was held on 14 March 2021, and the results were as follows:
{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Lead candidate
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| align=left| Martina Feldmayer
| 4,894,339
| 24.6
| {{increase}} 9.3
| 23
| {{increase}} 9
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| align=left| Nils Kößler
| 4,361,942
| 21.9
| {{decrease}} 2.2
| 20
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| align=left| Mike Josef
| 3,385,017
| 17.0
| {{decrease}} 6.8
| 16
| {{decrease}} 6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] ({{lang|de|Die Linke}})
| align=left| Dominike Pauli
| 1,572,333
| 7.9
| {{decrease}} 0.1
| 7
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| align=left| Annette Rinn
| 1,515,646
| 7.6
| {{increase}} 0.1
| 7
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| align=left| Patrick Schenk
| 902,412
| 4.5
| {{decrease}} 4.4
| 4
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Europa}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Europa#Germany|Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| align=left| Eileen O'Sullivan
| 745,418
| 3.7
| New
| 4
| New
|-
| bgcolor=#FF8E57| 
| align=left| Citizens for Frankfurt (BFF)
| align=left| Mathias Mund
| 395,905
| 2.0
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor=#93A7BB| 
| align=left| Ecological Left – Anti-Racist List (ÖkoLinX-ARL)
| align=left| Jutta Ditfurth
| 359,304
| 1.8
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| 2
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]] (PARTEI)
| align=left| Nico Wehnemann
| 361,932
| 1.8
| {{increase}} 0.4
| 2
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor=#484EAB| 
| align=left| Europe List for Frankfurt (ELF)
| align=left| Luigi Brillante
| 265,914
| 1.3
| {{increase}} 0.1
| 1
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Voters]] (FW)
| align=left| Eric Pärisch
| 162,122
| 0.8
| {{increase}} 0.2
| 1
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor=#0000FC| 
| align=left| I am a Frankfurter (IBF)
| align=left| Jumas Medoff
| 166,573
| 0.8
| {{increase}} 0.4
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor=#87CEEB| 
| align=left| Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG)
| align=left| Haluk Yıldız
| 128,846
| 0.6
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Garden Party Frankfurt am Main (Gartenpartei)
| align=left| Tilo Schwichtenberg
| 126,991
| 0.6
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]] (Piraten)
| align=left| Herbert Förster
| 123,772
| 0.6
| {{decrease}} 0.2
| 1
| ±0
|-
| colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey| 
|-
| 
| align=left| Polish Dialogue Initiative for Frankfurt
| align=left| Barbara Lange
| 88,771
| 0.4
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| The Frankfurters (dFfm)
| align=left| Bernhard Ochs
| 73,026
| 0.4
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| International Vote Frankfurt (ISF)
| align=left| Kerry Reddington
| 61,772
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Climate List Frankfurt (Klimaliste)
| align=left| Beate Balzert
| 61,526
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Free Party Frankfurt (FPF)
| align=left| Benjamin Klinger
| 40,621
| 0.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| United Democrats (VD)
| align=left| André Leitzbach
| 30,691
| 0.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| The Social Liberals (SL)
| align=left| Christian Bethke
| 18,563
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Frankfurt Free Voter Group (FFWG)
| align=left| Thomas Schmitt
| 16,587
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Romanians for Frankfurt (RF)
| align=left| Ionut-Vlad Plenz
| 15,884
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor=#110077| 
| align=left| [[Party of Humanists]] (Die Humanisten)
| align=left| Rüdiger Gottschalk
| 11,680
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Bulgarian Association of Frankfurt (BGF)
| align=left| Daniela Spasova-Mischke
| 11,488
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Sven Junghans, We Frankfurters (WF)
| align=left| Sven Junghans
| 9,627
| 0.0
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 221,487
! 96.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 9,196
! 4.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 230,683
! 100.0
! 
! 93
! ±0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 512,034
! 45.1
! {{increase}} 6.1
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=8| Source: [https://wahlen.statistik.hessen.de/k_2021/html/Gemeindewahl/VG412000 Statistics Hesse]
|}

=== Landtag election ===
For elections to the [[Landtag of Hesse|Hesse State Parliament]], Frankfurt am Main is split up into six constituencies. In total 15 delegates represent the city in the [[Landtag]] in [[Wiesbaden]]. The last election took place in October 2018. Six members of parliament were directly elected in their respective constituencies: Uwe Serke (CDU, Frankfurt am Main I), [[Miriam Dahlke]] (Greens, Frankfurt am Main II), Ralf-Norbert Bartel (CDU, Frankfurt am Main III), [[Michael Boddenberg]] (CDU, Frankfurt am Main IV), Markus Bocklet (Greens, Frankfurt am Main V) and Boris Rhein (CDU, Frankfurt am Main VI).

Delegates from Frankfurt often serve high-ranking positions in Hessian politics, e.g. [[Michael Boddenberg]] is Hessian Minister of Finance and Boris Rhein was elected President of the Landtag of Hesse in 2019.

=== German federal election ===
For federal elections which are held every four years, Frankfurt is split up into two constituencies. In the [[2017 German federal election|German federal election 2017]], [[Matthias Zimmer]] (CDU) and [[Bettina Wiesmann]] were elected to the Bundestag by directe mandate in [[Frankfurt am Main I (electoral district)|Frankfurt am Main I]] and [[Frankfurt am Main II (electoral district)|Frankfurt am Main II]] respectively. [[Nicola Beer]] (FDP), [[Achim Kessler]] (Linke), [[Ulli Nissen]] (SPD) and [[Omid Nouripour]] (Greens) were elected as well.

Nicola Beer resigned as a member of parliament in 2019 following her [[2019 European Parliament election|election to the European Parliament]] where she now serves as vice president.