Editing Duisburg (section)

=== Mayor ===
The current mayor of Duisburg is Sören Link of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2017.

The most recent mayoral election was held on 24 September 2017, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}
| align=left| Sören Link
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 127,793
| 56.7
|-
| {{party color cell|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}
| align=left| Gerhard Meyer
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| 57,815
| 25.7
|-
| {{party color cell|The Left (Germany)}}
| align=left| Erkan Kocalar
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 13,306
| 5.9
|-
| {{party color cell|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}
| align=left| Thomas Wolters
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 12,776
| 5.7
|-
| {{party color cell|National Democratic Party of Germany}}
| align=left| Melanie Händelkes
| align=left| [[National Democratic Party of Germany|National Democratic Party]]
| 7,519
| 3.3
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| align=left| Yasar Durmus
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 5,478
| 2.4
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 224,687
! 98.7
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 3,009
! 1.3
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 227,696
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 365,646
! 62.3
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://wahlergebnis.duisburg.de/BWOBW/05112000/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_NRW_36_Gemeinde_Stadt_Duisburg.html City of Duisburg]
|}