an example of 1950s architecture under Cultural heritage management. Politics The current mayor of Düren is Frank Peter Ullrich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2020. 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| Frank Peter Ullrich | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 10,641 | 36.1 | 14,853 | 69.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Thomas Floßdorf | align=left| Christian Democratic Union | 7,877 | 26.7 | 6,435 | 30.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Maria Belka | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 6,724 | 22.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Siegfried Fahl | align=left| Independent | 2,166 | 7.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Karl Cremer | align=left| Free Democratic Party | 2,113 | 7.2 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 29,521 ! 97.2 ! 21,288 ! 98.3 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 837 ! 2.8 ! 364 ! 1.7 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 30,358 ! 100.0 ! 21,652 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 69,324 ! 43.8 ! 69,257 ! 31.3 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Düren (1st round, 2nd round) |} City council The Düren 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) | 9,896 | 33.3 | 7.7 | 17 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 8,555 | 28.8 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 5,317 | 17.9 | 8.1 | 9 | 4 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 2,111 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,338 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 2 | ±0 |- | | align=left| Citizens for Düren (BfD) | 943 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 844 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1 | 2