City of Recklinghausen |} City council The Recklinghausen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 16,078 | 37.0 | 0.6 | 21 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 10,924 | 25.2 | 12.8 | 14 | 6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 7,757 | 17.9 | 8.3 | 10 | 5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 2,861 | 6.6 | New | 4 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 1,867 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 2 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,561 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 2 | ±0 |- | | align=left| Independent Citizens' Party (UBP) | 1,477 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Die PARTEI | 614 | 1.4 | New | 1 | New |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | 199 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New |- | | align=left| Party of Holistic Democracy (PHD) | 103 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 43,441 ! 98.4 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 687 ! 1.6 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 44,128 ! 100.0 ! ! 56 ! 4 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 92,107 ! 47.9 ! 0.4 ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Recklinghausen |} Twin towns – sister cities Recklinghausen is twinned with: Acre, Israel Bytom, Poland Dordrecht, Netherlands Douai, France Preston, England, United Kingdom Schmalkalden, Germany Notable people Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg (1750–1820), prince of Recklinghausen Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg (1785–1861), 2nd prince of Recklinghausen Fritz Emil Irrgang (1890–1951), Nazi politician and storm trooper Walter Giller (1927–2011), actor Karl Ridderbusch (1932–1997), opera singer Ursula Dirichs (born 1935), actress Rosemarie Koczy (1939–2007), artist and teacher, concentration camp survivor Klaus Schulten (1947–2016), biophysicist Renate Künast (born 1955), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) Ralf Möller (born 1959), actor Ludger Pistor (born 1959), actor Hape Kerkeling (born 1964),