Editing Nuremberg (section)

== Politics ==
Nuremberg is represented in the [[Bundestag]] by two [[List of Bundestag constituencies|constituencies]]; [[Nuremberg North]] and [[Nuremberg South]]. Since 2002, both constituencies have been held by the CSU.

At the local level, Nuremberg has historically been left-leaning in the conservative state of Bavaria – since the end of World War II, the city has mainly elected [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] mayors with the exception of [[Ludwig Scholz]] (elected 1996, served until 2002) and Marcus König (elected 2020). From 1957 to 1987, the position of Chief Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) was continuously held by Andreas Urschlechter (SPD) for 30 years.

===Mayor===
[[File:2020 Nuremberg mayoral election (2nd round).svg|thumb|350px|Results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election]]
The current mayor of Nuremberg is Marcus König of the [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]] (CSU). The most recent mayoral election was held on 15 March 2020, with a runoff held on 29 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 Social Union in Bavaria}}| 
| align=left| Marcus König
| align=left| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]
| 66,521
| 36.5
| 103,865
| 52.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Thorsten Brehm
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 63,742
| 34.9
| 95,237
| 47.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Verena Osgyan
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 27,535
| 15.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Roland Hübscher
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 7,696
| 4.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Titus Schüller
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 4,631
| 2.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| Florian Betz
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany|Pirate Party]]/[[Die PARTEI]]
| 2,153
| 1.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ecological Democratic Party}}| 
| align=left| Christian Rechholz
| align=left| [[Ecological Democratic Party]]
| 2,029
| 1.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Ümit Sormaz
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 1,905
| 1.0
|-
| 
| align=left| Marion Padua
| align=left| Left List Nuremberg
| 1,469
| 0.8
|-
| 
| align=left| Fridrich Luft
| align=left| Citizens' Initiative A (BIA)
| 869
| 0.5
|-
| 
| align=left| Philipp Schramm
| align=left| The Good Ones (Guten)
| 637
| 0.4
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 182,493
! 99.6
! 199,102
! 99.2
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 790
! 0.4
! 1,626
! 0.81
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 183,283
! 100.0
! 200,728
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 390,547
! 47.1
! 388,998
! 51.6
|-
| colspan=7| Source: City of Nuremberg ([https://datenwahlen.nuernberg.de/ko2020/prod/wahlen/09564000/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_Bayern_5_Gemeinde_Stadt_Nuernberg.html 1st round], [https://datenwahlen.nuernberg.de/ko2020/prod/wahl-2020-03-29/09564000/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_Bayern_15_Gemeinde_Stadt_Nuernberg.html 2nd round])
|}

===City council===
[[File:2020 Nuremberg City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2020 city council election]]
The Nuremberg city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 15 March 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party !! Votes !! % !! ± !! Seats !! ±
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}| || align=left| [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]] (CSU) || 3,584,755 || 31.3 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{increase}} 1.9 || 22 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| || align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) || 2,943,118 || 25.7 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{decrease}} 18.4 || 18 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{decrease}} 13
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| || align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne) || 2,283,988 || 20.0 || {{increase}} 11.0 || 14 || {{increase}} 8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| || align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) || 650,369 || 5.7 || New || 4 || New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| || align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke) || 449,463 || 3.9 || New || 3 || New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters of Bavaria}}| || align=left| [[Free Voters of Bavaria]] (FW) || 324,475 || 2.8 || {{steady}} 0.0 || 2 || {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ecological Democratic Party}}| || align=left| [[Ecological Democratic Party]] (ÖDP) || 265,079 || 2.3 || {{increase}} 0.2 || 2 || {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| || align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP) || 241,329 || 2.1 || {{increase}} 0.1 || 1 || {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| || align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]/[[Pirate Party Germany|Pirate Party]] (PARTEI/Piraten) || 194,693 || 1.7 || New || 1 || {{steady}} 0
|-
| || align=left| Socio-Cultural Freedom, Participation and Sustainability (Politbande) || 190,710 || 1.7 || New || 1 || New
|-
| || align=left| Left List Nuremberg || 151,992 || 1.3 || {{decrease}} 2.8 || 1 || {{decrease}} 2
|-
| || align=left| The Good Ones (Guten) || 95,862 || 0.8 || {{decrease}} 0.9 || 1 || {{steady}} 0
|-
| || align=left| Citizens' Initiative A (BIA) || 62,374 || 0.6 || {{decrease}} 2.5 || 0 || {{decrease}} 2
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes !! 178,999 !! 97.7 !! !! !! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes !! 4,124 !! 2.3 !! !! !! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total !! 183,123 !! 100.0 !! !! 70 !! {{steady}} 0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout !! 389,547 !! 47.0 !! {{increase}} 2.7 !! !! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://datenwahlen.nuernberg.de/ko2020/prod/wahlen/09564000/html5/Gemeinderatswahl_Bayern_6_Gemeinde_Stadt_Nuernberg.html City of Nuremberg]
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