Editing Neubrandenburg (section)

==Governance==
The current mayor of Neubrandenburg is [[independent politician]] Silvio Witt since 2015. The most recent mayoral election was held on 16 January 2022, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Silvio Witt
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]/[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]])
| 16,325
| 87.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Gunar Mühle
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 2,327
| 12.5
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 18,652
! 99.5
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 93
! 0.5
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 38,745
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 52,941
! 35.4
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://www.neubrandenburg.de/Politik-Verwaltung/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/index.php?object=tx,3330.5173.1&NavID=2751.22.1 City of Neubrandenburg]
|}

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|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 17,473
| 21.5
| {{increase}} 5.4
| 9
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 14,597
| 17.9
| {{decrease}} 7.4
| 8
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance}}| 
| align=left| [[Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance]] (BSW)
| 13,037
| 16.0
| New
| 7
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 9,238
| 11.4
| {{decrease}} 5.1
| 5
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| 
| align=left| Project Neubrandenburg (Projekt-NB)
| 7,218
| 8.9
| New
| 4
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 6,411
| 7.9
| {{decrease}} 15.9
| 3
| {{decrease}} 7
|-
| 
| align=left| Citizens for Neubrandenburg (BfN)
| 5,195
| 6.4
| New
| 3
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 4,131
| 5.1
| {{decrease}} 6.2
| 2
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| 
| align=left| Strong Citizens Neubrandenburg (SBNB)
| 1,866
| 2.3
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 827
| 1.0
| {{decrease}} 2.4
| 0
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] Sandmann
| 695
| 0.9
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| 485
| 0.6
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[National Democratic Party of Germany|The Homeland]] (HEIMAT)
| 245
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 81,408
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid ballots
! 1,001
! 1.2
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total ballots
! 28,124
! 100.0
! 
! 43
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 51,927
! 54.2
! {{increase}} 2.2
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://votemanager.kdo.de/20240609/13071107/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=701&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_-2170_id_2465 City of Neubrandenburg]
|}

In October 2024 Mr. Witt announced on Facebook that he would step down as Lord Mayor effective May 2025.