Editing Dortmund (section)

===Mayor===
[[File:2020 Dortmund mayoral election (2nd round).svg|thumb|350px|Results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election]]
The current mayor of Dortmund is [[Thomas Westphal]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), who was elected in 2020.

The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate
! rowspan=2| Party
! colspan=2| First round
! colspan=2| Second round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Thomas Westphal]]
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 75,565
| 35.9
| 75,884
| 52.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Andreas Hollstein
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 54,505
| 25.9
| 69,876
| 47.9
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Daniela Schneckenburger
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 46,015
| 21.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Utz Kowalewski
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 9,351
| 4.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Michael Kauch
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 6,538
| 3.1
|-
| style="background:#553a26;"| 
| align=left| Bernd Schreyner
| align=left| [[The Right (Germany)|The Right]]
| 6,274
| 3.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Judith Storb
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 5,019
| 2.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Carl Hendri Draub
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 2,552
| 1.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| Christian Gebel
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]]
| 1,897
| 0.9
|-
| 
| align=left| Detlef Münch
| align=left| Free Citizens' Initiative
| 1,512
| 0.7
|-
| 
| align=left| Günther Ziethoff
| align=left| Grassroots Democracy Now
| 1,016
| 0.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|German Communist Party}}| 
| align=left| Dave Varghese
| align=left| [[German Communist Party]]
| 415
| 0.2
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 210,659
! 99.1
! 145,760
! 99.0
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 1,950
! 0.9
! 1,529
! 1.0
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 212,609
! 100.0
! 147,289
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 451,925
! 47.0
! 451,710
! 32.6
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b913000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627183713/https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b913000kw2000.shtml |date=27 June 2021 }}
|}