Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 323,232 | – | 320,814 | – | – |
| Voters | 173,398 | 53.6 | 170,793 | 53.2 | +0.4 |
| Invalid | 4,865 | 2.8 | 7,399 | 4.3 | -1.5 |
| Valid | 168,533 | 97.2 | 163,394 | 95.7 | +1.5 |
| CDU | 70,759 | 42.0 | 69,187 | 42.3 | -0.4 |
| SPD | 39,874 | 23.7 | 31,533 | 19.3 | +4.4 |
| GRÜNE | 17,574 | 10.4 | 19,130 | 11.7 | -1.3 |
| FDP | 5,830 | 3.5 | 22,023 | 13.5 | -10.0 |
| DIE LINKE | 4,990 | 3.0 | 3,698 | 2.3 | +0.7 |
| REP | 1,355 | 0.8 | 3,453 | 2.1 | -1.3 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 4,066 | 2.4 | 1,970 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,899 | 1.1 | 2,184 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
| FAMILIE | 969 | 0.6 | 1,641 | 1.0 | -0.4 |
| PIRATEN | 2,175 | 1.3 | 1,523 | 0.9 | +0.4 |
| PBC | 677 | 0.4 | 1,297 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| ÖDP | 611 | 0.4 | 365 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Volksabstimmung | 479 | 0.3 | 445 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
| CM | 311 | 0.2 | 442 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 383 | 0.2 | 237 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| BP | 98 | 0.1 | 121 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 53 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 47 | 0.0 | 48 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 39 | 0.0 | 41 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 14,325 | 8.5 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 64 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 68 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 1,003 | 0.6 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 884 | 0.5 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 3,981 | 2.4 | – |