Editing Schaffhausen (section)

==Politics==
===Government===
The City Council (de: '''Stadtrat''') constitutes the [[executive (government)|executive]] government of the town of Schaffhausen and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. It is composed of five councilors ({{langx|de|Stadtrat/Stadträtin}}), each presiding over a department (''Referat''), which each consists of several administrative districts. The president of the executive department acts as [[mayor]] (''Stadtpräsident(in)''). In the mandate period January 2025 – December 2028 (''Amtsdauer'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident'' [[Peter Neukomm]]. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Grand City Council (parliament) are carried by the City Council. The regular election of the City Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Schaffhausen allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The mayor is elected as such as well by public election while the heads of the other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The mayor as well as the delegates are elected by means of a system of [[Majorz]].<ref name=SR>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch/derstadtrat/28652 |title=Stadtrat |publisher=Stadt Schaffhausen |type=official site |language=de |location=Schaffhausen, Switzerland |date=2025 |access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, Schaffhausen's City Council is made up of two representative of the SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]), of who one is also the mayor, one of the FDP ([[FDP.The Liberals|The Liberals]]), one of the SVP ([[Swiss People's Party]]), one of the GLP ([[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party]]), and one ''independent''. The last regular election was held on 18 August 2024.<ref name=SRelect24>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch/_docn/5251903/Resultate_Wahlen_18082024.pdf |title=Volksabstimmung vom 18. August 2024 |type=official site |language=de |location=Schaffhausen, Switzerland |date=2024-08-18 |access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ ''Stadtrat'' of Schaffhausen 2025-2028<ref name=SR/>
! City Councillor<br />(''Stadtrat/ Stadträtin'') !! Party !! Title !! Head of department (''Referat'', since) of !! elected since
|-
| [[Peter Neukomm]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP || ''Stadtpräsident'' (Mayor) || Mayor's Office (''Präsidialreferat'', 2017) || 2012
|-
| [[Marco Planas]] || {{Color box|grey|border=darkgray}} ''independent'' || ''Bildungsreferent''|| Education (''Bildungsreferat'', 2025) || 2024
|-
| [[Daniel Preisig]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Swiss People's Party}}|border=darkgray}} SVP || ''Finanzreferent'' (Vice President) || Finances (''Finanzreferat'', 2017) || 2016
|-
| [[Katrin Bernath]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} GLP || ''Baureferentin''|| Construction and Civil Engineering (''Baureferat'', 2017) || 2016
|-
| [[Christine Thommen]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP  || ''Sozial- und Sicherheitsreferent''|| Social Services and Security (''Sozial- und Sicherheitsreferat'', 2020) || 2020
|}

Yvonne Waldvogel is the town chronicler ({{langx|de|Stadtschreiberin}}) since 2018.

{{TR mayor|header=yes|caption=Mayor (''Stadtpräsident'') of Schaffhausen|place=Schaffhausen}}
{{TR mayor|period=1831–1835|mayor=[[Johann Conrad Fischer]]|lifespan=1773–1854|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1835–1844|mayor=[[Johann Heinrich Im Thurn]]|lifespan=1777–1845|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1845–1851|mayor=[[Tobias Hurter]]|lifespan=1790–1866|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1851–1865|mayor=[[Hans von Ziegler]]|lifespan=1810–1865|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1866–1867|mayor=[[Johann Heinrich Ammann]]|lifespan=1820–1867|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1867–1879|mayor=[[Georg Rauschenbach]]|lifespan=1816–1879|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1879–1891|mayor=[[Rudolf Pfister]]|lifespan=1824–1893|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1891–1893|mayor=[[Conrad Habicht-Oechslin]]|lifespan=1842–1931|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1893–1894|mayor=[[Ernst Müller-Fink]]|lifespan=1851–1910|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1894–1917|mayor=[[Carl Spahn]]|lifespan=1863–1943|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1917–1919|mayor=[[Hermann Schlatter]]|lifespan=1873–1953|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1919–1932|mayor=[[Heinrich Pletscher]]|lifespan=1878–1952|party=}}
{{TR mayor|period=1933–1968|mayor=[[Walther Bringolf]]|lifespan=1895–1981|party=SPS/PSS}}
{{TR mayor|period=1969–1988|mayor=[[Felix Schwank]]|lifespan=born 1922|party=FDP/PRD}}
{{TR mayor|period=1989–1996|mayor=[[Max Hess (mayor)|Max Hess]]|lifespan=born 1944|party=SPS/PSS}}
{{TR mayor|period=1997–2008|mayor=[[Marcel Wenger]]|lifespan=born 1948|party=FDP/PRD}}
{{TR mayor|period=2009–2014|mayor=[[Thomas Feurer]]|lifespan=born 1953|party=ÖBS}}
{{TR mayor|period=2015–present|mayor=[[Peter Neukomm]]|lifespan=born 1962|party=SPS}}
{{TR mayor|footer=yes}}

===Parliament===
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The Grand City Council ('''Grosser Stadtrat''') holds [[legislative power]]. It is made up of 36 members, with elections held every four years. The Grand City Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of [[proportional representation|Proporz]].

The sessions of the Grand City Council are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the Grand City Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Schaffhausen allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Grand City Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the ''Kantonsratsaal'' (Cantonal Council Hall) on ''Kornmarkt''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch/dergrossestadtrat/28655 |title=Zusammensetzung: Grosser Stadtrat |publisher=Stadt Schaffhausen |type=official site |location=Schaffhausen, Switzerland |language=de |date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>

The last regular election of the Grand City Council was held on 24 November 2024 for the mandate period ({{langx|de|Legislatur}}) from January 2025 to December 2028. Currently the Grand City Council consist of 10 members of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)]] and one of its junior section, the ''JUSO'', 8 of the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]], 6 of [[FDP.The Liberals|The Liberals (FDP/PLR)]] and none of its junior partner, the ''JFSH'', 4 of the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL)]], 2 of the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party (GPS/PES)]]) and one of its junior partner, the ''Junge Grüne'', and one each of [[The Centre (political party)|The Centre (former CVP/PDC)]], [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland|Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PES)]], [[Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland|Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF)]], and one of the ''PUSH''.<ref name=Wahl24>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch/_docn/5398720/Resultate_Wahlen_24112024_b.pdf |title=Wahlen Grosser Stadtrat Und Mitglied Stadtschulrat 24. November 2024 |publisher=Stadt Schaffhausen |type=official site |location=Schaffhausen, Switzerland |page=5 |language=de |date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>

===National elections===
; National Council
In the [[2023 Swiss federal election|2023 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (35.9%, +3.8). The next five most popular parties were the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 29.7% of the vote (-3.1), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (12.7%, +3.1), the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|GLP]] with 7.4% (+0.8), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Greens]] with 6.3% (-1.7), and others (8.0%). In the federal election, a total of 14,450 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 60.9% (+2.2).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wahlen.admin.ch/en/sh/ |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Federal elections: National Council elections 2023: strongest party, canton of Schaffhausen |language=de, fr, it |date=2023 |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>

In the [[2019 Swiss federal election|2019 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 32.8% of the vote (-6.2). The next five most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (32.1%, -1.9), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (9.6%, -3.1), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Greens]] with 8.0% (+3.7), the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|GLP]] with 6.6% (+6.6), and others (10.9%). In the federal election, a total of 13,351 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 57.7% (-3.0).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/12/de/17685_17682_17675_242/27436.html |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Politischer Atlas der Schweiz: Nationalratswahlen chronologisch / Nationalratswahlen 2019 / Ergebnisse 2019 |language=de, fr |date=2019 |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] with 39.0% of the vote (+7.2). The next three most popular parties were the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP]] (34.0%, -7.6), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP]] (12.7%, +0.6), the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Greens]] with 4.3% (+4.3), and others (10.0%). In the federal election, a total of 13,754 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 60.7% (+2.8).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden |language=de, fr, it |access-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802003536/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html |archive-date=2 August 2016 }}</ref>