Overview
- Preliminary official results show Aubel defeating SPD’s Severin Fischer 72.9% to 27.1%, becoming the first woman to lead Potsdam since 1984 after winning all 131 precincts on 42.5% turnout.
- The city election committee is due to certify the result on Thursday; Aubel then has a week to accept the mandate, and she has flagged administrative reform, a housing agency and issue‑based majorities as early priorities.
- In Frankfurt (Oder), independent Axel Strasser won the runoff with 69.8% against AfD candidate Wilko Möller (30.2%), with 49.4% turnout, blocking the far‑right party from securing its first mayoralty.
- Eisenhüttenstadt elected non‑partisan, SPD‑nominated Marko Henkel with 57% over AfD’s Maik Diepold (43%), on 48% turnout.
- Aubel campaigned as a non‑partisan backed by Greens, Volt, Die Andere and the local BfW group, in an early election triggered by the May referendum that removed SPD mayor Mike Schubert.