Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 370,957 | – | 375,076 | – | – |
| Voters | 201,473 | 54.3 | 161,205 | 43.0 | +11.3 |
| Invalid | 2,714 | 1.3 | 1,504 | 0.9 | +0.4 |
| Valid | 198,759 | 98.7 | 159,701 | 99.1 | -0.4 |
| CDU | 73,652 | 37.1 | 60,834 | 38.1 | -1.0 |
| SPD | 64,042 | 32.2 | 36,525 | 22.9 | +9.4 |
| GRÜNE | 18,288 | 9.2 | 19,753 | 12.4 | -3.2 |
| FDP | 9,353 | 4.7 | 24,460 | 15.3 | -10.6 |
| DIE LINKE | 7,498 | 3.8 | 6,711 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| REP | 698 | 0.4 | 1,722 | 1.1 | -0.7 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 2,698 | 1.4 | 1,626 | 1.0 | +0.3 |
| PIRATEN | 2,939 | 1.5 | 1,154 | 0.7 | +0.8 |
| FAMILIE | 1,100 | 0.6 | 1,047 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 742 | 0.4 | 541 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
| Volksabstimmung | 614 | 0.3 | 386 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| PBC | 264 | 0.1 | 252 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| ÖDP | 439 | 0.2 | 220 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| CM | 113 | 0.1 | 216 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 174 | 0.1 | 137 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 98 | 0.0 | 149 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 80 | 0.0 | 97 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 27 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 133 | 0.1 | 43 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 13,114 | 6.6 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 974 | 0.5 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 58 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 884 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 777 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 3,786 | 2.4 | – |