Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 420,999 | – | 424,350 | – | – |
| Voters | 199,861 | 47.5 | 169,212 | 39.9 | +7.6 |
| Invalid | 3,146 | 1.6 | 1,413 | 0.8 | +0.7 |
| Valid | 196,715 | 98.4 | 167,799 | 99.2 | -0.7 |
| CDU | 49,130 | 25.0 | 45,742 | 27.3 | -2.3 |
| SPD | 77,250 | 39.3 | 56,117 | 33.4 | +5.8 |
| GRÜNE | 24,623 | 12.5 | 24,813 | 14.8 | -2.3 |
| FDP | 5,957 | 3.0 | 16,507 | 9.8 | -6.8 |
| DIE LINKE | 12,770 | 6.5 | 11,158 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| REP | 570 | 0.3 | 1,373 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 2,604 | 1.3 | 1,865 | 1.1 | +0.2 |
| PIRATEN | 3,968 | 2.0 | 1,846 | 1.1 | +0.9 |
| FAMILIE | 862 | 0.4 | 895 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 641 | 0.3 | 465 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
| Volksabstimmung | 669 | 0.3 | 389 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| PBC | 136 | 0.1 | 155 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| ÖDP | 364 | 0.2 | 185 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| CM | 86 | 0.0 | 146 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| AUF | 145 | 0.1 | 84 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 229 | 0.1 | 226 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 69 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 52 | 0.0 | 40 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 75 | 0.0 | 71 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 11,693 | 5.9 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 794 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 261 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 1,998 | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 1,769 | 0.9 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 5,664 | 3.4 | – |