Politics
Election results and the distribution of seats in borough council (Ortsbeirat) of Klarenthal are as follows:
| Political parties | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
% 1997 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 43.5 | 5 | 38.8 | 4 | 46.6 |
| Christian Democratic Union | 33.7 | 3 | 35.7 | 4 | 38.9 |
| Free Democratic Party | 8.4 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 4.2 |
| The Republicans | 7.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 6.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 10.2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 100.0 |
| Voter turnout in % | 36.9 | 49.1 | 62.3 | ||
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