is Lars König of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, 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| Sonja Leidemann | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 12,365 | 34.5 | 11,365 | 40.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Lars König | align=left| Christian Democratic Union | 10,595 | 29.6 | 17,036 | 60.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Stefan Borggraefe | align=left| Pirate Party Germany | 4,005 | 11.2 |- | | align=left| Martin Strautz | align=left| Citizens' Forum | 2,276 | 6.4 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Ursula Weiß | align=left| The Left | 2,227 | 6.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Richard Surrey | align=left| Witten Citzen's Association/Free Voters | 1,793 | 5.0 |- | | align=left| Michael Hasenkamp | align=left| CityClimate Witten | 1,110 | 3.1 |- | | align=left| Hans-Peter Skotarzik | align=left| Witten.Direct | 1,052 | 2.9 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Norman Kerner | align=left| Independent | 397 | 1.1 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 35,820 ! 98.1 ! 28,401 ! 98.7 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 709 ! 1.9 ! 369 ! 1.3 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 36,529 ! 100.0 ! 28,770 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 78,110 ! 46.8 ! 77,920 ! 36.9 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Witten (1st round, 2nd round) |} City council The Witten 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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 9,052 | 25.2 | 10.0 | 16 | 9 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 8,349 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 15 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 7,404 | 20.6 | 7.6 | 13 | 4 |- | | align=left| Citizens' Forum (BF) | 2,182 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,681 | 4.7 | New | 3 | New |-