Dirk Elbers

{{Short description|German politician}}

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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%.Stadt Düsseldorf: [http://www.duesseldorf.de/top/thema010/aktuell/news/ob_wahl/index.shtml Sieg mit deutlichem Vorsprung] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913050021/http://www.duesseldorf.de/top/thema010/aktuell/news/ob_wahl/index.shtml |date=September 13, 2008 }}, 31 August 2008