Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 217,229 | – | 215,530 | – | – |
| Voters | 125,455 | 57.8 | 105,438 | 48.9 | +8.8 |
| Invalid | 1,233 | 1.0 | 808 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| Valid | 124,222 | 99.0 | 104,630 | 99.2 | -0.2 |
| CDU | 47,728 | 38.4 | 41,606 | 39.8 | -1.3 |
| SPD | 35,903 | 28.9 | 20,743 | 19.8 | +9.1 |
| GRÜNE | 13,937 | 11.2 | 14,710 | 14.1 | -2.8 |
| FDP | 7,045 | 5.7 | 17,128 | 16.4 | -10.7 |
| DIE LINKE | 4,753 | 3.8 | 3,565 | 3.4 | +0.4 |
| REP | 240 | 0.2 | 696 | 0.7 | -0.5 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,431 | 1.2 | 1,022 | 1.0 | +0.2 |
| PIRATEN | 1,494 | 1.2 | 723 | 0.7 | +0.5 |
| FAMILIE | 527 | 0.4 | 597 | 0.6 | -0.1 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 670 | 0.5 | 560 | 0.5 | ±0.0 |
| Volksabstimmung | 318 | 0.3 | 246 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| PBC | 204 | 0.2 | 264 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| ÖDP | 294 | 0.2 | 196 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| CM | 66 | 0.1 | 132 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 130 | 0.1 | 107 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 29 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 46 | 0.0 | 54 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 14 | 0.0 | 23 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 32 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 7,633 | 6.1 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 828 | 0.7 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 38 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 379 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 483 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 2,174 | 2.1 | – |