Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 363,677 | – | 356,755 | – | – |
| Voters | 198,535 | 54.6 | 195,839 | 54.9 | -0.3 |
| Invalid | 3,283 | 1.7 | 5,303 | 2.7 | -1.1 |
| Valid | 195,252 | 98.3 | 190,536 | 97.3 | +1.1 |
| CDU | 72,069 | 36.9 | 69,215 | 36.3 | +0.6 |
| SPD | 47,931 | 24.5 | 36,798 | 19.3 | +5.2 |
| GRÜNE | 25,652 | 13.1 | 29,474 | 15.5 | -2.3 |
| FDP | 8,574 | 4.4 | 26,986 | 14.2 | -9.8 |
| DIE LINKE | 6,682 | 3.4 | 5,789 | 3.0 | +0.4 |
| REP | 1,231 | 0.6 | 4,562 | 2.4 | -1.8 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 6,385 | 3.3 | 3,714 | 1.9 | +1.3 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 1,885 | 1.0 | 2,156 | 1.1 | -0.2 |
| FAMILIE | 850 | 0.4 | 1,529 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| PIRATEN | 2,191 | 1.1 | 1,515 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| PBC | 701 | 0.4 | 1,509 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| ÖDP | 1,387 | 0.7 | 790 | 0.4 | +0.3 |
| Volksabstimmung | 398 | 0.2 | 472 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| CM | 220 | 0.1 | 328 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| AUF | 470 | 0.2 | 465 | 0.2 | ±0.0 |
| BP | 163 | 0.1 | 155 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| DKP | 45 | 0.0 | 79 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 60 | 0.0 | 63 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 44 | 0.0 | 51 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 16,232 | 8.3 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 59 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 133 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 937 | 0.5 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 953 | 0.5 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 4,886 | 2.6 | – |