election was held on 12 June 2022, with a runoff held on 10 July, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Dirk Hilbert | align=left| Independent Citizens for Dresden | 66,165 | 32.5 | 80,483 | 45.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Eva Jähnigen | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 38,473 | 18.9 | 67,947 | 38.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Albrecht Pallas | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 31,068 | 15.2 | align=center colspan=2| Withdrew |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Maximilian Krah | align=left| Alternative for Germany | 28,971 | 14.2 | 21,741 | 12.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| André Schollbach | align=left| The Left | 20,898 | 10.3 | align=center colspan=2| Withdrew |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Marcus Fuchs | align=left| Independent | 6,856 | 3.4 | 3,549 | 2.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Martin Schulte-Wissermann | align=left| Pirate Party | 5,975 | 2.9 | align=center colspan=2| Withdrew |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Sascha Wolff | align=left| Independent | 2,695 | 1.3 | align=center colspan=2| Withdrew |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Jan Pöhnisch | align=left| Die PARTEI | 2,684 | 1.3 | 3,824 | 2.2 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 203,785 ! 99.4 ! 177,544 ! 99.5 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 1,145 ! 0.6 ! 974 ! 0.5 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 204,930 ! 100.0 ! 178,518 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 432,294 ! 47.4 ! 431,967 ! 41.3 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Dresden (1st round, 2nd round) |} City council The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 171,630 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 15 | 4 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 153,022 | 18.3 | 9.3 | 13 | 8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 143,207 | 17.2 | 10.1 | 12 | 7 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 135,613 | 16.2 | 4.7 | 12 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) |