100.0 ! 30,713 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,552 ! 48.0 ! 80,540 ! 38.1 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Gütersloh (1st round, 2nd round) |} City council The Gütersloh 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) | 11,521 | 30.3 | 8.1 | 17 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 9,379 | 24.7 | 13.3 | 14 | 8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 7,370 | 19.4 | 8.7 | 11 | 4 |- | | align=left| Citizens for Gütersloh (BfGT) | 4,955 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,757 | 4.6 | New | 3 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,227 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 986 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 |- | | align=left| Independent Voters' Association (UWG) | 849 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 38,055 ! 98.7 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 510 ! 1.3 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 38,565 ! 100.0 ! ! 56 ! 4 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,555 ! 47.9 ! 2.5 ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Gütersloh |} Major industries Gütersloh is an industrial city; inside the ring road is the city centre, which contains a variety of shops and department stores. Gütersloh is best known for Bertelsmann (a media company with 11,300 workers in the district) and Miele (an appliance manufacturer with 5,000 workers). There are 5,000 other small and medium enterprises in Gütersloh. Those companies have 46,000 workers. The most important areas are: media: Bertelsmann Software: Reply Deutschland metal working: Miele, Westaflex, Hermann-Sewerin. food: Mestemacher (baked goods, Pumpernickel), Campina GmbH (Dairy), Marten, Vogt & Wolf (meat, sausages), Gehring-Bunte (drinks) Recreational amenities Gütersloh has four parks: The Stadtpark und Botanischer Garten Gütersloh contains a duck pond, a botanical garden, and many paths bordered by mature trees.