Editing Bochum (section)

===Mayor===
The current mayor of Bochum is Thomas Eiskirch of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020.

The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Thomas Eiskirch
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 85,397
| 61.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Christian Haardt
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 28,125
| 20.3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Amid Rabieh
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 8,335
| 6.0
|-
| 
| align=left| Jens Lücking
| align=left| UWG: Free Citizens
| 3,937
| 2.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Felix Haltt
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 3,441
| 2.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Nils-Frederick Brandt
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 3,357
| 2.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Ariane Meise
| align=left| [[National Democratic Party of Germany|National Democratic Party]]
| 2,546
| 1.8
|-
| 
| align=left| Volker Steude
| align=left| The Citymakers
| 2,351
| 1.7
|-
| 
| align=left| Günter Gleising
| align=left| Social List Bochum
| 790
| 0.6
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 138,279
! 99.0
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 1,438
! 1.0
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 139,717
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 287,216
! 48.6
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b911000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}