Democratic Party (SPD) | 9,066 | 33.9 | 7.0 | 19 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 5,895 | 22.1 | 2.5 | 12 | 1 |- | | align=left| Together for Lünen (GFL) | 3,835 | 14.4 | 1.1 | 8 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 3,690 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 8 | 4 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,816 | 6.8 | New | 4 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 922 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 2 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 846 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 2 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Voters Lünen (FW Lünen) | 501 | 1.9 | New | 1 | New |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent Fohrmeister | 85 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent Rosenkranz | 85 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent God | 19 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 26,730 ! 98.2 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 480 ! 1.8 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 27,210 ! 100.0 ! ! 56 ! 2 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 66,291 ! 41.1 ! 3.4 ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Lünen |} Twin towns - sister cities Lünen is twinned with: Bartın, Turkey Demmin, Germany Kamień Pomorski, Poland Panevėžys, Lithuania Salford, England, United Kingdom Zwolle, Netherlands Notable people Jens Beutel (1946–2019), SPD politician, mayor of Mainz 1997–2011 Markus Brzenska (born 1984), footballer Karl-Heinz Granitza (born 1951), footballer Björn Höcke (born 1972), AfD politician, Member of Landtag in Thuringia Theodor Kleine (1924–2014), sprint canoer, Olympic medalist Friedhelm Konietzka (1938–2012), football player and coach Wilhelm Kuhne (born 1926), priest (Monsignore) and former rector of the Hardehausen Abbey Michael Mendl (born 1944), actor Max Raabe (born 1962), singer and conductor of the Palast Orchester in Berlin Berndt Röder (born 1948), CDU politician, former president of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft Rollergirl (born 1975), singer Rüdiger Sagel (born 1955), politician Alliance 90/The Greens, later The Left, Member of Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia 1998–2012 Max Simon (1899–1961), SS officer and war