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Dirk Elbers (born 11 December 1959) German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union.
After the death of Lord Mayor Joachim Erwin, who died in office, on 2 June 2008 Elbers was a candidate for the CDU to become mayor. The election took place on 31 August 2008. Dirk Elbers won this election on the first ballot with 59.7% of the vote against his candidate against Karin Kortmann from the SPD. The turnout was around 38%.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Stadt Düsseldorf: Sieg mit deutlichem Vorsprung Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 31 August 2008