Editing Mainz (section)

===City council===
[[File:2019 Mainz City Council election.svg|thumb|350px|Results of the 2019 city council election]]
The Mainz city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 1,582,459
| 27.7
| {{increase}} 7.5
| 17
| {{increase}} 5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 1,339,561
| 23.5
| {{decrease}} 6.9
| 14
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 1,151,572
| 20.2
| {{decrease}} 7.2
| 12
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 340,501
| 6.0
| {{increase}} 0.9
| 4
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 335,459
| 5.9
| {{increase}} 1.3
| 4
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 302,604
| 5.3
| {{increase}} 2.3
| 3
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ecological Democratic Party}}| 
| align=left| [[Ecological Democratic Party]] (ÖDP)
| 238,727
| 4.2
| {{increase}} 0.2
| 2
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 127,581
| 2.2
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Voters]] (FW)
| 108,701
| 1.9
| {{increase}} 0.9
| 1
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany|Pirate Party]] (Piraten)
| 78,595
| 1.4
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| 1
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| 67,376
| 1.2
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance for Innovation and Justice}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance for Innovation and Justice]] (BIG)
| 31,419
| 0.6
| {{increase}} 0.1
| 0
| ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Total votes
! 5,704,555
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 100,522
! 100.0
! 
! 60
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 162,321
! 61.9
! {{increase}} 11.0
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahl.mainz.de/wahlapp/gw2019pers.html City of Mainz]
|}