sentences:  In the 1972 local elections, he was elected Mayor of Munich with 55.9 percent of the votes, succeeding Hans-Jochen Vogel.Due to conflicts within his party, he did not run for mayorship in the 1978 elections, and was succeeded by the CSU's Erich Kiesl.Six years later, he was elected mayor again in the 1 April 1984 run-off election, with 58.1 percent of the votes.