Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 155,449 | – | 147,051 | – | – |
| Voters | 85,548 | 55.0 | 74,905 | 50.9 | +4.1 |
| Invalid | 830 | 1.0 | 1,440 | 1.9 | -1.0 |
| Valid | 84,718 | 99.0 | 73,465 | 98.1 | +1.0 |
| CDU | 18,338 | 21.6 | 17,751 | 24.2 | -2.5 |
| SPD | 20,857 | 24.6 | 13,927 | 19.0 | +5.7 |
| GRÜNE | 23,466 | 27.7 | 23,846 | 32.5 | -4.8 |
| FDP | 2,821 | 3.3 | 7,024 | 9.6 | -6.2 |
| DIE LINKE | 7,257 | 8.6 | 4,203 | 5.7 | +2.8 |
| REP | 215 | 0.3 | 578 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 1,047 | 1.2 | 540 | 0.7 | +0.5 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,044 | 1.2 | 824 | 1.1 | +0.1 |
| FAMILIE | 248 | 0.3 | 402 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| PIRATEN | 1,795 | 2.1 | 966 | 1.3 | +0.8 |
| PBC | 203 | 0.2 | 269 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
| ÖDP | 749 | 0.9 | 319 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Volksabstimmung | 177 | 0.2 | 210 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| CM | 86 | 0.1 | 105 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| AUF | 151 | 0.2 | 116 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 30 | 0.0 | 53 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 71 | 0.1 | 81 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 22 | 0.0 | 25 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 28 | 0.0 | 33 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 4,825 | 5.7 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 21 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 73 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 206 | 0.2 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 988 | 1.2 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 2,193 | 3.0 | – |