Overview

• Potsdam: Independent Noosha Aubel won with 72.9% over SPD’s Severin Fischer, ending decades of Social Democratic control of the capital of Brandenburg.
• Frankfurt (Oder): Independent Axel Strasser took 69.8% against AfD’s Wilko Möller, averting what would have been the party’s first Oberbürgermeister; turnout reached 49.4%.
• Eisenhüttenstadt: Non‑party, SPD‑nominated Marko Henkel secured about 57% against AfD candidate Maik Diepold, according to preliminary results.
• Ludwigshafen: CDU’s Klaus Blettner won with 58.5% as turnout fell to 24.1%, following the exclusion of AfD candidate Joachim Paul whose legal appeals were rejected by multiple courts.
• Election authorities reported provisional figures and stark participation gaps, with turnout around 42.5% in Potsdam and far lower engagement in Ludwigshafen.