Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 363,627 | – | 358,823 | – | – |
| Voters | 195,920 | 53.9 | 198,134 | 55.2 | -1.3 |
| Invalid | 3,058 | 1.6 | 5,187 | 2.6 | -1.1 |
| Valid | 192,862 | 98.4 | 192,947 | 97.4 | +1.1 |
| CDU | 72,535 | 37.6 | 70,412 | 36.5 | +1.1 |
| SPD | 45,347 | 23.5 | 35,804 | 18.6 | +5.0 |
| GRÜNE | 26,801 | 13.9 | 31,520 | 16.3 | -2.4 |
| FDP | 8,101 | 4.2 | 27,026 | 14.0 | -9.8 |
| DIE LINKE | 6,462 | 3.4 | 5,059 | 2.6 | +0.7 |
| REP | 2,549 | 1.3 | 6,383 | 3.3 | -2.0 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 5,974 | 3.1 | 2,917 | 1.5 | +1.6 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,771 | 0.9 | 2,002 | 1.0 | -0.1 |
| FAMILIE | 808 | 0.4 | 1,628 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| PIRATEN | 2,588 | 1.3 | 1,506 | 0.8 | +0.6 |
| PBC | 709 | 0.4 | 1,196 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| ÖDP | 1,047 | 0.5 | 802 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Volksabstimmung | 448 | 0.2 | 640 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| CM | 290 | 0.2 | 369 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| AUF | 453 | 0.2 | 518 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 141 | 0.1 | 170 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 53 | 0.0 | 97 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 35 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 37 | 0.0 | 36 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 14,586 | 7.6 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 45 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 153 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 792 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 1,137 | 0.6 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 4,815 | 2.5 | – |