Onyeka Oshionwu secured a commanding position in the Göttingen mayoral race through a 41.4% first-round share on September 13, advancing to the runoff against CDU candidate Ehsan Kangarani after SPD contender Florian Dinger fell short at 21.6%. Her coalition backing from the Greens, Volt, and the Bündnis für nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung aligned with the party's strongest local council showing, while the incumbent SPD's decision not to renominate its officeholder opened the seat after two decades of dominance. The September 27 runoff produced a 63% to 37% victory for Oshionwu amid 49.3% turnout. Trader consensus at 100% for her reflects these confirmed tallies across all districts. Late procedural reviews or narrow legal disputes remain the only theoretical paths to alteration, though the margin renders such outcomes improbable.