Editing Delitzsch (section)

=== Town council ===
The [[town council]] consists of the [[lord mayor]] and 30 town councillors. Every five years, the town council is chosen anew. The inaugural meeting of newly elected council always takes place in the conference hall of the city hall. The current council has been in place since the last local election (held on 26 May 2019), and is constituted as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! colspan="2"| Party
! % of vote<br />2019
! Seats<br />2019
! % of vote<br />2014{{refn|group=note|Percentages are rounded}}
! Seats<br />2014
! % of vote <br />2009
! Seats<br />2009
|-
| align=left | CDU
| align=left | [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 25,9 %
| 8
| 34,4 %
| 11
| 34,9 %
| 11
|-
| align=left | FWG
| align=left | [[Free Voters|FWG]]
| 23,3 %
| 7
| 18,5 %
| 6
| 14,6 %
| 4
|-
| align=left | AfD
| align=left | [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 16,0 %
| 5
| –
| –
| –
| –
|-
| align=left | SPD
| align=left | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 14,3 %
| 4
| 20,5 %
| 6
| 20,5 %
| 7
|-
| align=left | LINKE
| align=left | [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 10,0 %
| 3
| 15,6 %
| 5
| {{0}}8,9 %
| 6
|-
| align=left | BI
| align=left | Bürgerinitiative Menschenskinder e.V.
| {{0}}3,9 %
| 1
| –
| –
| –
| –
|-
| align=left | HV
| align=left | Heimatverein Döbernitz e.V.
| {{0}}3,5 %
| 1
| {{0}}3,3 %
| 1
| {{0}}2,7 %
| 0
|-
| align=left | GRÜNE
| align=left | [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| {{0}}3,1 %
| 1
| {{0}}2,4 %
| 0
| –
| –
|-
| align=left | NPD
| align=left | [[National Democratic Party of Germany|NPD]]
| –
| –
| {{0}}4,4 %
| 1 {{refn|group=note|The elected representative left the NPD in January 2015 and remained as an independent until the May 2019 election]]}}
| {{0}}3,8 %
| 1
|-
| align=left | FDP
| align=left | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| –
| –
| {{0}}1,0 %
| 0
| {{0}}4,6 %
| 1
|-
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! style="text-align:left" colspan="2" |Total
! 100%
! 30
! 100%
! 30
! 100%
! 30
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! style="text-align:left" colspan="2" |% of Vote
! colspan="2"  | 53,7 %
! colspan="2"  | 42,4 %
! colspan="2"  | 39,5 %
|}
{{reflist|group=note}}
The next council elections are scheduled for 2024.