Editing Leverkusen (section)

== Politics ==
=== Mayor ===
The current mayor of Leverkusen is Uwe Richrath of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. 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|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Uwe Richrath
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 28,016
| 46.1
| 29,438
| 70.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Frank Schönberger
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 14,198
| 23.4
| 12,619
| 30.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Stefan Baake
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 7,283
| 12.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Roland Hartwig
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 3,132
| 5.2
|-
| 
| align=left| Karl Schweiger
| align=left| Citizens' List Leverkusen
| 3,070
| 5.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Monika Ballin-Meyer-Ahrens
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 2,613
| 4.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Christian Alexander Langer
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 1,377
| 2.3
|-
| 
| align=left| Markus Beisicht
| align=left| Awakening Leverkusen
| 1,101
| 1.8
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 60,790
! 98.8
! 42,057
! 99.1
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 744
! 1.2
! 362
! 0.9
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 61,534
! 100.0
! 42,419
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 126,846
! 48.5
! 126,801
! 33.5
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b316000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}

=== City council ===
[[File:2020 Leverkusen City Council election.svg|thumb|300px|Results of the 2020 city council election.]]
The Leverkusen city council governs the city alongside the mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, 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)
| 16,859
| 27.8
| {{decrease}} 4.7
| 14
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 15,276
| 25.2
| {{decrease}} 3.1
| 13
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 11,015
| 18.2
| {{increase}} 8.8
| 9
| {{increase}} 4
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens' List Leverkusen (Bürgerliste)
| 3,630
| 6.0
| {{decrease}} 1.0
| 3
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Opladen Plus (OP)
| 3,601
| 5.9
| {{increase}} 0.7
| 3
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 3,466
| 5.7
| New
| 3
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 2,937
| 4.8
| {{increase}} 1.0
| 3
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 2,092
| 3.4
| {{decrease}} 0.4
| 2
| ±0
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens' Forum Green Leverkusen – Climate List (Büfo)
| 909
| 1.5
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Awakening Leverkusen (AUF)
| 876
| 1.4
| New
| 1
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 60,661
! 98.6
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 866
! 1.4
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 61,527
! 100.0
! 
! 52
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 126,846
! 48.5
! {{increase}} 2.3
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/a316000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}