Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 262,976 | – | 261,769 | – | – |
| Voters | 141,757 | 53.9 | 116,700 | 44.6 | +9.3 |
| Invalid | 2,150 | 1.5 | 1,206 | 1.0 | +0.5 |
| Valid | 139,607 | 98.5 | 115,494 | 99.0 | -0.5 |
| CDU | 61,325 | 43.9 | 52,069 | 45.1 | -1.2 |
| SPD | 40,300 | 28.9 | 24,792 | 21.5 | +7.4 |
| GRÜNE | 14,287 | 10.2 | 13,948 | 12.1 | -1.8 |
| FDP | 4,272 | 3.1 | 13,914 | 12.0 | -9.0 |
| DIE LINKE | 5,336 | 3.8 | 3,741 | 3.2 | +0.6 |
| REP | 248 | 0.2 | 694 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,348 | 1.0 | 870 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| PIRATEN | 1,526 | 1.1 | 789 | 0.7 | +0.4 |
| FAMILIE | 685 | 0.5 | 779 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 784 | 0.6 | 478 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Volksabstimmung | 285 | 0.2 | 258 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| PBC | 238 | 0.2 | 240 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| ÖDP | 334 | 0.2 | 299 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
| CM | 114 | 0.1 | 165 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 129 | 0.1 | 126 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 37 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 47 | 0.0 | 76 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 25 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 19 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 6,716 | 4.8 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 304 | 0.2 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 35 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 593 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 620 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 2,143 | 1.9 | – |