Editing Mannheim (section)

===City council===
[[File:Technisches Rathaus in Mannheim.jpg|thumb|Town hall in E&nbsp;5]]
The council has 48 seats and is elected by direct suffrage for five years. In the local elections in Baden-Württemberg, voters are allowed to take advantage of [[cumulative voting]] and [[Panachage|vote splitting]]. Since the Second World War the SPD, except in the elections of 1999, 2004, and 2024, has received more votes than the CDU. In the 2019 election, the Greens received the most votes for the first time.

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)
| 1,110,883
| 21.6
| {{increase}} 2.5
| 10
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 1,035,384
| 20.1
| {{decrease}} 4.3
| 9
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 952,919
| 18.5
| {{decrease}} 2.7
| 9
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 731,679
| 14.2
| {{increase}} 5.0
| 7
| {{increase}} 3
|-
| 
| align=left| Free Voters/Mannheimer List (ML)
| 346,759
| 6.7
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 3
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 276,672
| 5.4
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 3
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 254,373
| 4.9
| {{decrease}} 1.1
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Human Environment Animal Protection Party}}| 
| align=left| [[Human Environment Animal Protection Party|Animal Protection Party]] (Tierschutz)
| 112,496
| 2.2
| {{increase}} 1.1
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]] (PARTEI)
| 108,638
| 2.1
| {{decrease}} 0.9
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| 
| align=left| Middle-Class for Mannheim (MfM)
| 76,555
| 1.5
| {{increase}} 0.2
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| 
| align=left| The Mannheimers
| 64,393
| 1.3
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Klimaliste}}| 
| align=left| [[Klimaliste|Climate List Baden-Württemberg]] (Klima)
| 59,228
| 1.2
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Protect the Cars
| 12,632
| 0.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 5,142,611
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid ballots
! 2,479
! 2.1
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 120,729
! 100.0
! 
! 48
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 238,394
! 51.5
! {{increase}} 1.7
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlergebnisse.komm.one/lb/produktion/wahltermin-20240609/08222000/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=1677&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_-10065_id_16232 City of Mannheim]
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