Beelen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 30 km south-west of Bielefeld and 35 km east of Münster.
The current mayor is Rolf Mestekemper, who has been serving as mayor since 2020. In the 2025 local elections, he was reelected with 79,3 % of the vote, being the only candidate.
After the 2025 local elections, the Beelen city council is composed as follows:
! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=#0000CD| | align=left| Free Voters' Society Beelen (FWG) | 1,351 | 45.8 | New | 10 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 758 | 25.7 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 287 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 2 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 193 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 189 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 1 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Linke) | 172 | 5.8 | New | 1 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 2,950 ! 97.9 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 63 ! 2.1 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 3,013 ! 100.0 ! ! 20 ! 2 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 4,728 ! 63.7 ! ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: State Returning Officer