Percentage of votes
| Specification | Votes 2014 | Votes 2009 | Diff. on 2009 in p.p. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Persons entitled to vote | 924,005 | – | 896,703 | – | – |
| Voters | 422,743 | 45.8 | 387,606 | 43.2 | +2.5 |
| Invalid | 950 | 0.2 | 1,592 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| Valid | 421,793 | 99.8 | 386,014 | 99.6 | +0.2 |
| CSU | 113,475 | 26.9 | 127,500 | 33.0 | -6.1 |
| SPD | 108,649 | 25.8 | 65,266 | 16.9 | +8.9 |
| GRÜNE | 82,846 | 19.6 | 82,663 | 21.4 | -1.8 |
| FDP | 22,303 | 5.3 | 52,506 | 13.6 | -8.3 |
| FREIE WÄHLER | 7,699 | 1.8 | 11,937 | 3.1 | -1.3 |
| DIE LINKE | 17,057 | 4.0 | 12,034 | 3.1 | +0.9 |
| ÖDP | 11,360 | 2.7 | 7,356 | 1.9 | +0.8 |
| REP | 1,386 | 0.3 | 2,624 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| BP | 3,498 | 0.8 | 3,148 | 0.8 | ±0.0 |
| Tierschutzpartei | 4,859 | 1.2 | 3,372 | 0.9 | +0.3 |
| PIRATEN | 8,086 | 1.9 | 4,424 | 1.1 | +0.8 |
| FAMILIE | 764 | 0.2 | 1,083 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| PBC | 286 | 0.1 | 518 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Volksabstimmung | 626 | 0.1 | 541 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| CM | 257 | 0.1 | 387 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| AUF | 851 | 0.2 | 313 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| DKP | 292 | 0.1 | 396 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| BüSo | 157 | 0.0 | 196 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
| PSG | 80 | 0.0 | 120 | 0.0 | ±0.0 |
| AfD | 32,869 | 7.8 | – | – | – |
| PRO NRW | 142 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| MLPD | 168 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| NPD | 1,123 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | 2,960 | 0.7 | – | – | – |
| Political groups/individual candidates | – | – | 9,630 | 2.5 | – |