Editing Darmstadt (section)

== Politics ==
=== Mayor ===
The current mayor of Darmstadt is Hanno Benz of [[SPD]], who was elected in 2023.

The following is a list of mayors since 1945:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Term of office !! Name !! Party
|-
| 1945–1950 || Ludwig Metzger (1902–1993) || SPD
|-
| 1951–1971 || Ludwig Engel (1906–1975) || SPD
|-
| 1971–1981 || Heinz Winfried Sabais (1922–1981) || SPD
|-
| 1981–1993 || Günther Metzger (1933–2013) || SPD
|-
| 1993–2005 || Peter Benz (born 1942) || SPD
|-
| 2005–2011 || Walter Hoffmann (born 1952)|| SPD
|-
| 2011–2023 || Jochen Partsch (born 1962) || Greens
|-
| 2023–present || Hanno Benz || SPD
|}

=== City council ===
[[File:Darmstadt city council 2021.svg|thumb|{{Color box|{{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|border=silver}} [[The Left (Germany)|Left]]: 5 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Die PARTEI}}|border=silver}} [[Die PARTEI|PARTEI]]: 2 seats<br />{{Color box|#448581|border=silver}} UFFBASSE: 5 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|border=silver}} [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 12 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|border=silver}} [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]]: 20 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Volt Europa}}|border=silver}} [[Volt Europa#Germany|Volt]]: 5 seats<br />{{Color box|#A037A0|border=silver}} UWiGA: 2 seats<br />{{Color box|#556B2F|border=silver}} WGD: 1 seat<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Free Voters}}|border=silver}} [[Free Voters|FW]]: 1 seat<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|border=silver}} [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]: 4 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|border=silver}} [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]: 11 seats<br />{{Color box|{{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|border=silver}} [[Alternative for Germany|AfD]]: 3 seats]]
The Darmstadt city council (''Stadtverordnetenversammlung'') governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 14 March 2021, and the results were as follows:<ref name="Darmstadt_3">{{cite web | title=Stadtverordnetenversammlung: Darmstadt | website=Home | url=https://www.darmstadt.de/rathaus/politik/stadtverordnetenversammlung | language=de | access-date=1 February 2023 | archive-date=19 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819061838/https://www.darmstadt.de/rathaus/politik/stadtverordnetenversammlung | url-status=live }}</ref>

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Lead candidate
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| align=left| Hildegard Förster-Heldmann
| 1,151,498
| 27.4
| {{decrease}} 2.3
| 20
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| align=left| Tim Huß
| 703,686
| 16.7
| {{decrease}} 0.5
| 12
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| align=left| Paul Georg Wandrey
| 654,797
| 15.6
| {{decrease}} 2.6
| 11
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] ({{lang|de|Die Linke}})
| align=left| Karl-Heinz Böck
| 310,074
| 7.4
| {{increase}} 0.6
| 5
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Europa}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Europa#Germany|Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| align=left| Nicolas Kämmerer
| 289,023
| 6.9
| New
| 5
| New
|-
| bgcolor=#448581| 
| align=left| UFFBASSE
| align=left| Kerstin Lau
| 269,301
| 6.4
| {{decrease}} 1.3
| 5
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| align=left| Leif Blum
| 234,121
| 5.6
| {{increase}} 0.3
| 4
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| align=left| Günter Zabel
| 191,982
| 4.6
| {{decrease}} 4.6
| 3
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
| bgcolor=#A037A0| 
| align=left| UWiGA
| align=left| Erich Bauer
| 130,867
| 3.1
| {{decrease}} 0.6
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]] (PARTEI)
| align=left| Holger Eisenblätter
| 90,254
| 2.1
| {{increase}} 1.8
| 2
| {{increase}} 2
|-
| bgcolor=#556B2F| 
| align=left| Voters' Association of Darmstadt (WGD)
| align=left| Falk Neumann
| 85,320
| 2.0
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Voters]] (FW)
| align=left| Harald Uhl
| 79,293
| 1.9
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Take Part in Darmstadt
| align=left| Dorothea Mondry
| 13,680
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 60,815
! 96.6
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 2,141
! 3.4
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 62,956
! 100.0
! 
! 71
! ±0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 115,119
! 54.7
! {{increase}} 6.9
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=8| Source: [https://wahlen.statistik.hessen.de/k_2021/html/Gemeindewahl/VG411000 Statistics Hesse]
|}