2021 Athens special mayoral election

The 2021 Athens special mayoral election will be held in 2021. Former Athens mayor Alexis Zurgenstine, who served in the position since May 2018, resigned in May 2021 after he won the 2021 Athens Federation presidential election. He was temporarily replaced by acting mayor Lucas Taylor Aranedsa, who decided not to run in this election. As is typical with most elections in the Athens Federation, if no candidate wins an outright majority, the top two finishers in this election will advance to a runoff election.

Declared Candidates

 * Melanie Alamattis (Athens Socialist Party)
 * Frank Anazoa (Union of Athens)
 * Colleen Bates (Athens Conservative Party)
 * Karatas Haranvicius (Athens Commune)
 * Charlie Landon (AFU-Greens Party)
 * Zágunda Mafaotoalaskas (Big Balls Party)
 * Alexei Karimov Montrakovich (New Democratic Movement)
 * Martin Kaufenfeld (Liberty)
 * Franklin Johano Steele (Progressive Democrats)

Polling
On July 23, 2021, Hummus Opinion Polling released a poll, with Alamattis at 29%, Montrakovich at 26%, Bates at 23%, with other candidates accounting for the remaining 22%.

Another poll was released two days later after the Progressive Democrats entered the race by Square Wave Opinion Research, Inc. on behalf of the Athens Inquirer. It placed Alamattis at 26%, Montrakovich at 25%, and Bates at 24%, with all other candidates being below 10 percent. (with Frank Anazoa polling at a mere one percent, below even the joke Big Balls Party). The most popular minor candidates in the poll were Haranvicius, at 9%, and Kaufenfeld, at 8%.