Results of the local elections in Bochum
The results of the municipal elections in Bochum are listed in the following lists . The first part shows the results of the city council elections from 1946 onwards. The second part contains the results of the city district elections, which have only existed since 1979. The district results of 1975 are derived from the result of the council election in the respective district.
Only those parties and groups of voters are listed that have received at least two percent of the valid votes in at least one election. If this limit is exceeded several times, further results are also listed. The field of the party that received the most votes or seats in the respective election is marked in color.
Parties
- AfD: Alternative for Germany
- B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
- BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
- CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- FDP: Free Democratic Party
- Greens: Greens
- from 1994: B'90 / Greens
- KPD: Communist Party of Germany
- LD: Liberal Democrats - the social liberals
- Left: The left
- 2004: PDS
- NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
- PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
- Pirates: Pirate Party Germany
- Pro NRW: Citizens' movement for North Rhine-Westphalia
- REP: Republicans
- SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany
Groups of voters
- FB: Free citizens of Bochum
- SLB: Social List Bochum
- Stg: The city designers
- UWG: Independent voter community Wattenscheid
abbreviation
- Total: total
City council elections
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | UWG | SLB | KPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 41.9 | 41.7 | 14.3 | |||||
| 1948 1 | 42.6 | 34.8 | 4.3 | 9.7 | ||||
| 1952 | 47.0 | 32.5 | 10.9 | 5.9 | ||||
| 1956 2 | 55.5 | 34.0 | 7.3 | |||||
| 1961 | 52.8 | 37.8 | 4.6 | |||||
| 1964 | 59.7 | 34.3 | 4.6 | |||||
| 1969 | 58.6 | 34.9 | 5.1 | |||||
| 1975 | 57.4 | 32.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||||
| 1979 | 56.6 | 34.3 | 5.6 | 2.4 | ||||
| 1984 | 55.1 | 28.6 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | |||
| 1989 | 54.1 | 26.5 | 11.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | |||
| 1994 | 50.5 | 29.4 | 12.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | |||
| 1999 | 41.3 | 40.5 | 10.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | |||
| 2004 | 40.9 | 32.3 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | |
| 2009 | 38.9 | 27.4 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 2.1 | |
| 2014 3 | 38.6 | 25.7 | 12.8 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
Distribution of seats between parties that have received more than two seats in at least one election (from 1979)
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | AfD | FDP | UWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 75 | 48 | 27 | |||||
| 1979 | 75 | 44 | 27 | 4th | ||||
| 1984 | 75 | 45 | 23 | 7th | ||||
| 1989 | 67 | 40 | 19th | 8th | ||||
| 1994 | 69 | 38 | 22nd | 9 | ||||
| 1999 | 66 | 27 | 27 | 7th | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | 76 | 31 | 25th | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 82 | 32 | 22nd | 10 | 6th | 6th | 3 | |
| 2014 | 84 | 32 | 22nd | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Allocation of seats to the parties that never received more than two seats (from 2004)
| year | Pirates | SLB | NPD | FB | Pro NRW | Stg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | |||||
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1948: additionally: RSF: 4.8%, DZP: 3.9%
2 1956: additionally: BHE: 2.4%
3 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.5%, pirates: 2.1%
Elections to the district councils
District 1-Bochum-Mitte
The city district 1-Bochum-Mitte recorded u. a. the districts of Altenbochum , Grumme , Hamme , Hofstede , Hordel and Riemke .
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | SLB | REP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 57.4 | 35.4 | 4.5 | ||||
| 1979 | 57.1 | 36.9 | 4.9 | ||||
| 1984 | 56.7 | 30.8 | 8.9 | 1.8 | |||
| 1989 | 54.0 | 26.9 | 10.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1994 | 52.5 | 30.1 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 1999 | 43.5 | 41.4 | 12.4 | 2.7 | |||
| 2004 | 41.9 | 32.3 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
| 2009 | 39.2 | 26.5 | 15.7 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 2.3 | |
| 2014 1 | 37.3 | 24.3 | 16.3 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | AfD | Pirates | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 12 | 7th | |||||
| 1979 | 19th | 12 | 7th | |||||
| 1984 | 19th | 12 | 6th | 1 | ||||
| 1989 | 19th | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 1994 | 19th | 11 | 6th | 2 | ||||
| 1999 | 19th | 8th | 8th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | 19th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 19th | 8th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 19th | 7th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
footnote
1 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.4%, pirates: 2.7%
District 2-Bochum-Wattenscheid
The city district 2-Bochum-Wattenscheid covers the area of the formerly independent city Wattenscheid .
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | UWG | Green | left | FDP | NPD | REP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52.5 | 29.9 | 13.2 | 3.2 | ||||
| 1979 | 52.1 | 32.5 | 11.4 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1984 | 49.0 | 25.0 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 1.2 | |||
| 1989 | 47.5 | 22.6 | 15.9 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1994 | 47.6 | 26.5 | 14.6 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1999 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | |||
| 2004 | 34.0 | 26.8 | 23.2 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 2.83 | 2.81 | |
| 2009 | 32.4 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 1.5 | |
| 2014 1 | 34.7 | 25.6 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 5.05 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | UWG | Green | left | Pro NRW | FDP | NPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 12 | 7th | ||||||
| 1979 | 19th | 10 | 7th | 2 | |||||
| 1984 | 19th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1989 | 19th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1994 | 19th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1999 | 19th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 2004 | 19th | 7th | 5 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 19th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 19th | 7th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
footnote
1 2014: additionally: Per NRW: 2.5%
District 3-Bochum-Nord
The urban district 3-Bochum-Nord recorded u. a. the districts of Gerthe , Harpen , Hiltrop and Kornharpen.
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | SLB | REP | NPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65.6 | 28.4 | 3.8 | |||||
| 1979 | 64.8 | 29.1 | 3.8 | |||||
| 1984 | 64.0 | 24.6 | 8.7 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1989 | 61.9 | 23.3 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | |||
| 1994 | 57.8 | 27.7 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | |||
| 1999 | 48.2 | 39.5 | 8.9 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2004 | 48.3 | 30.3 | 10.2 | 5.9 | 5.3 | |||
| 2009 | 44.3 | 24.4 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 2014 1 | 45.3 | 25.3 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | FB | Pirates | SLB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 13 | 6th | ||||||
| 1979 | 19th | 13 | 6th | ||||||
| 1984 | 19th | 13 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1989 | 19th | 13 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1994 | 19th | 12 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 1999 | 19th | 9 | 7th | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2004 | 19th | 9 | 6th | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | 19th | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2014 | 19th | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
footnote
1 2014: additional: FB: 5.4%, pirates: 2.8%
District 4-Bochum-Ost
The city district 4-Bochum-Ost recorded u. a. the districts of Laer , Langendreer and Werne .
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | SLB | REP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 63.9 | 29.4 | 4.6 | ||||
| 1979 | 64.1 | 30.3 | 4.4 | ||||
| 1984 | 62.3 | 25.5 | 9.6 | 1.4 | |||
| 1989 | 59.3 | 22.0 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 1994 | 57.3 | 26.4 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | ||
| 1999 | 48.3 | 37.6 | 11.6 | 2.4 | |||
| 2004 | 45.7 | 30.1 | 13.4 | 4.8 | 6.0 | ||
| 2009 | 43.1 | 23.8 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 3.1 | |
| 2014 1 | 42.3 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | Pro NRW | Pirates | FB | FDP | SLB | REP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 13 | 6th | ||||||||
| 1979 | 19th | 13 | 6th | ||||||||
| 1984 | 19th | 12 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 1989 | 19th | 12 | 4th | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1994 | 19th | 12 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 1999 | 19th | 9 | 7th | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2004 | 19th | 9 | 6th | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2009 | 19th | 8th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | 19th | 8th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
footnote
1 2014: additionally: Pro NRW: 4.2%, pirates: 3.0%, FB: 2.9%
District 5-Bochum-Süd
The city district 5-Bochum-Süd recorded u. a. the districts of Querenburg , Stiepel and Wiemelhausen .
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | SLB | LD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 1 | 50.5 | 36.2 | 8.1 | ||||
| 1979 | 48.3 | 38.4 | 11.9 | ||||
| 1984 | 44.8 | 33.1 | 13.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 1989 | 45.0 | 30.0 | 16.3 | 6.6 | |||
| 1994 | 41.9 | 34.7 | 19.0 | 3.2 | |||
| 1999 | 34.2 | 45.9 | 13.7 | 3.6 | |||
| 2004 | 34.4 | 38.5 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | |
| 2009 | 32.2 | 33.6 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 2.2 | |
| 2014 2 | 33.4 | 30.8 | 16.7 | 7.0 | 4.4 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | AfD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 11 | 8th | ||||
| 1979 | 19th | 9 | 8th | 2 | |||
| 1984 | 19th | 9 | 7th | 3 | |||
| 1989 | 19th | 9 | 6th | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 19th | 8th | 7th | 4th | |||
| 1999 | 19th | 6th | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 19th | 7th | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 19th | 6th | 7th | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 19th | 7th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1975: additionally: UWG: 3.7%
2 2014: additionally: AfD: 4.0%
District 6-Bochum-Südwest
The city district 6-Bochum-Südwest recorded u. a. the districts of Dahlhausen , Linden and Weitmar .
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | SLB | LD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 1 | 57.2 | 34.0 | 5.8 | ||||
| 1979 | 55.5 | 34.8 | 7.2 | ||||
| 1984 | 55.4 | 30.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1989 | 55.0 | 27.3 | 11.3 | 4.2 | |||
| 1994 | 51.6 | 31.1 | 13.9 | 1.9 | |||
| 1999 | 42.8 | 43.0 | 10.9 | 3.4 | |||
| 2004 | 42.7 | 35.0 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2009 | 40.1 | 30.1 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 2.2 | |
| 2014 2 | 41.5 | 30.1 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | FB | SLB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 19th | 12 | 7th | |||||
| 1979 | 19th | 11 | 7th | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 19th | 11 | 6th | 2 | ||||
| 1989 | 19th | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 1994 | 19th | 11 | 6th | 2 | ||||
| 1999 | 19th | 8th | 8th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | 19th | 8th | 7th | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 19th | 8th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 19th | 8th | 6th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1975: additionally: UWG: 2.1%
2 2014: additionally: FB: 3.2%, pirates: 2.3%
Overall results
Distribution of seats
| year | Ges. | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | UWG | FB | pirate | AfD | Pro NRW | SLB | NPD | REP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 114 | 73 | 41 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 114 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 114 | 67 | 34 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 114 | 68 | 30th | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 1994 | 114 | 64 | 34 | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 114 | 47 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 114 | 48 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 6th | 4th | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2009 | 114 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 8th | 8th | 4th | 1 | ||||||
| 2014 | 114 | 45 | 31 | 14th | 8th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Percentage of seats
The information is given in percent. Only those parties and groups of voters are listed that have received at least 1.95 percent of the seats in at least one election.
| year | SPD | CDU | Green | left | FDP | UWG | FB | Pirates | SLB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 64.0 | 36.0 | |||||||
| 1979 | 59.6 | 36.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | |||||
| 1984 | 58.8 | 29.8 | 8.8 | 2.6 | |||||
| 1989 | 59.6 | 26.3 | 9.6 | 2.6 | |||||
| 1994 | 56.1 | 29.8 | 11.4 | 2.6 | |||||
| 1999 | 41.2 | 39.5 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2004 | 42.1 | 32.5 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2009 | 39.5 | 28.1 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.5 | |||
| 2014 | 39.5 | 27.2 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
literature
- Law and regulation gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . 1st year, no. 5 . Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Makrolog, March 5, 1947, ISSN 0177-5359 , The results of the elections on September 15, 1946 and October 13, 1946 in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia ( PDF file; 1.36 MB [accessed February 21, 2015]).
- Law and regulation gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . 2nd year, no. 36 . Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Makrolog, November 19, 1948, ISSN 0177-5359 , results of the elections on October 17, 1948 ( PDF file; 612 kB [accessed on February 21, 2015]).
LDS NRW: Local elections (issue series)
- 1975: Issue 4: Results by municipalities, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1979: Issue 4: Results by municipalities, corrected edition, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1984: Issue 4: Results by municipalities, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1989: Issue 4: Results by municipalities, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1994: Issue 4: Results by municipalities, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1999:
- Issue 3: Final Results , Düsseldorf, October 1999, PDF file, approx. 6.8 MB
- Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, December 1999, PDF file, approx. 5.8 MB
- 2004:
- Issue 3: Final Results , Düsseldorf, January 2005, PDF file, approx. 5.9 MB
- Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, February 2005, PDF file, approx. 7 MB
- 2009:
- Issue 3: Final Results , Düsseldorf, November 2009, PDF file, approx. 1.9 MB
- Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, February 2010, PDF file, approx. 3.5 MB
- 2014:
- Issue 3: Final Results , Düsseldorf, October 2014, PDF file
- Issue 4: Results by municipality , Düsseldorf, December 2014, PDF file