Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 378,862 | – | 368,282 | – | – |
| Voters | 201,380 | 53.2 | 192,772 | 52.3 | +0.8 |
| Invalid | 1,725 | 0.9 | 3,117 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| Valid | 199,655 | 99.1 | 189,655 | 98.4 | +0.8 |
| CDU | 61,736 | 30.9 | 55,220 | 29.1 | +1.8 |
| SPD | 46,512 | 23.3 | 34,148 | 18.0 | +5.3 |
| GRÜNE | 39,059 | 19.6 | 45,406 | 23.9 | -4.4 |
| FDP | 10,698 | 5.4 | 27,500 | 14.5 | -9.1 |
| DIE LINKE | 11,529 | 5.8 | 8,560 | 4.5 | +1.3 |
| REP | 889 | 0.4 | 3,775 | 2.0 | -1.5 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 3,109 | 1.6 | 2,260 | 1.2 | +0.4 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,857 | 0.9 | 1,813 | 1.0 | ±0.0 |
| FAMILIE | 475 | 0.2 | 850 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| PIRATEN | 3,538 | 1.8 | 2,293 | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| PBC | 371 | 0.2 | 615 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| ÖDP | 1,362 | 0.7 | 1,293 | 0.7 | ±0.0 |
| Volksabstimmung | 288 | 0.1 | 501 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| CM | 149 | 0.1 | 262 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 276 | 0.1 | 265 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 105 | 0.1 | 162 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 170 | 0.1 | 165 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 153 | 0.1 | 84 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 42 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 14,887 | 7.5 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 49 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 238 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 545 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 1,618 | 0.8 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 4,428 | 2.3 | – |