Dresden (dpa/sn) - The mayoral elections in Dresden will decide today who will lead the state capital in the next seven years. According to the results of the first ballot, a head-to-head race between incumbent Dirk Hilbert (FDP) and Eva Jähnigen (Greens) is expected.
Hilbert, who is running for the "Independent Citizens for Dresden" alliance and is supported by the CDU, was clearly ahead in the first round of the election on July 12 with 32.5 percent and held off environmental mayor Jähnigen (18.9 percent). Distance. The Green politician is now supported by the SPD and the left, whose candidates are no longer running.
In the second ballot, whoever gets the most votes wins. An absolute majority is no longer required. In addition to Hilbert and Jähnigen, the AfD politician Maximilian Krah, Jan Pönisch (The Party) and the individual candidate Marcus Fuchs - organizer of the Dresden lateral thinking demonstrations - also appear. All of them are not given a chance.
