Editing Remscheid (section)

===Mayor===
The current mayor of Remscheid is Burkhard Mast-Weisz of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), elected in 2014 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| Burkhard Mast-Weisz
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 22,431
| 60.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Heidemarie Alexa Bell
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 9,710
| 26.2
|-
| 
| align=left| Peter Keck
| align=left| Pro Remscheid
| 1,908
| 5.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Fritz Beinersdorf
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 1,309
| 3.5
|-
| 
| align=left| Roland Kirchner
| align=left| W.i.R. Remscheid
| 877
| 2.4
|-
| 
| align=left| Bettina Stamm
| align=left| Real Remscheid
| 775
| 2.1
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 37,010
! 98.5
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 548
! 1.5
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 37,558
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 85,783
! 43.8
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b120000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]
|}