Editing Cologne (section)

===Mayor===
[[File:2020 Cologne mayoral election (2nd round).svg|thumb|350px|Results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election]]
The incumbent [[List of mayors of Cologne|Lord Mayor of Cologne]] is [[Henriette Reker]]. She received 52.66% of the vote at the municipal election on 17 October 2015, running as an [[Independent politician|independent]] with the support of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]], [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]], and [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]. She took office on 15 December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/OB2015/05315000/html5/Oberbuergermeisterwahl_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|title = Oberbürgermeisterwahl – Wahl des/der Oberbürgermeisters/in 2015 in der Stadt Köln – Gesamtergebnis|access-date = 18 October 2015|website = stadt-koeln.de|language = de|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151020160002/http://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/OB2015/05315000/html5/Oberbuergermeisterwahl_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|archive-date = 20 October 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Reker was re-elected to a second term in a runoff election on 27 September 2020, in which she received 59.27% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Buergermeisterstichwahl_NRW_46_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|title = Stichwahl der Oberbürgermeisterin / des Oberbürgermeisters – Kommunalwahlen 2020 in der Stadt Köln – Gesamtergebnis|access-date = 24 January 2021|df = dmy-all|language = de|archive-date = 25 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201125171544/https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Buergermeisterstichwahl_NRW_46_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, 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| [[Henriette Reker]]
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]/[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]])
| 187,389
| 45.1
| 174,263
| 59.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Andreas Kossiski
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 111,353
| 26.8
| 119,753
| 40.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Jörg Detjen
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 29,810
| 7.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Europa}}| 
| align=left| Olivier Fuchs
| align=left| [[Volt Europa#Germany|Volt Germany]]
| 18,520
| 4.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Christer Cremer
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 17,441
| 4.2
|-
| 
| align=left| Nicolin Gabrysch
| align=left| Climate Friends
| 14,370
| 3.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Roberto Campione
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 14,122
| 3.4
|-
| 
| align=left| Thor Zimmermann
| align=left| Good Cologne
| 8,613
| 2.1
|-
| 
| align=left| Dagmar Langel
| align=left| We Are Cologne
| 4,464
| 1.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Robert Nussholz
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 4,044
| 1.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Sabine Neumeyer
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 2,547
| 0.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ecological Democratic Party}}| 
| align=left| Rüdiger-René Keune
| align=left| [[Ecological Democratic Party]]
| 2,336
| 0.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Martin Przybylski
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 924
| 0.2
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 415,933
! 98.7
! 294,016
! 99.1
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 5,633
! 1.3
! 2,727
! 0.9
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 421,566
! 100.0
! 296,743
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 820,527
! 51.4
! 818,731
! 36.2
|-
| colspan=7| Source: City of Cologne ([https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_NRW_44_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html 1st round] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419062359/https://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/KW2020/05315000/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_NRW_44_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html |date=19 April 2021 }}, [https://www.stadt-koeln.de/wahlen/kommunalwahl/09-2020/Buergermeisterstichwahl_NRW_46_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html 2nd round])
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