Overview

• Noosha Aubel won the Potsdam mayoralty with 72.9 percent, becoming the city’s first woman in the post since reunification and breaking the SPD’s decades-long hold.
• Axel Strasser captured Frankfurt (Oder) with 69.8 percent over AfD candidate Wilko Möller’s 30.2 percent, preventing what would have been Germany’s first AfD-led mayoralty; turnout was 49.4 percent.
• In Eisenhüttenstadt, SPD‑nominated independent Marko Henkel prevailed with about 57 percent against AfD’s Maik Diepold, with turnout reported at roughly 48 percent.
• Potsdam’s turnout reached 42.5 percent (60,803 of 143,046 voters), Aubel won all 131 districts, and she ran as an independent backed by Greens, Volt, Die Andere, Die Partei and the local BfW group.
• The results are preliminary pending certification by local election authorities this week, after which the winners formally accept office; Strasser indicated he could assume duties around October 21 if timelines hold.