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CDU Seizes Dortmund as SPD Repels AfD in Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen

High turnout in AfD battlegrounds spotlighted a mobilization that leaves fractured councils facing complex coalition math.

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Overview

  • Alexander Omar Kalouti (CDU) won Dortmund’s mayoral runoff with 52.9 percent, ending the SPD’s 79-year hold on the office.
  • In Duisburg, incumbent Sören Link (SPD) defeated AfD challenger Carsten Groß with about 78.6 percent to 21.4 percent, according to provisional official results.
  • Andrea Henze (SPD) captured Gelsenkirchen with 66.9 percent over AfD’s Norbert Emmerich, as the new 66-seat council is split with SPD and AfD holding 20 seats each.
  • The AfD failed to secure any mayoralty in the key runoffs, with the CDU’s Dennis Rehbein far ahead in Hagen and the Greens’ Tilman Fuchs winning Münster with 57.9 percent.
  • Turnout surged where AfD candidates were on the ballot, reaching roughly 38.3 percent by mid‑afternoon in Gelsenkirchen and 35.0 percent in Duisburg, well above prior runoff benchmarks.