Results of the local elections in Castrop-Rauxel

City council election 2014

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.1

30.6

8.0

7.5

5.3

4.4

4.1

no

FWI

UBP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-2.9

+3.6

+1.2

+2.4

-0.1

-4.5

+1.8

-1.5

FWI

UBP

Otherwise.

The following lists the results of the local elections in Castrop-Rauxel . The results of the city council elections from 1946 are given.

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

B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
BdD: Bund der Deutschen, Party for Unity, Peace and Freedom
BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
FDP: Free Democratic Party
Greens: Greens
- until 1994: GAL
- from 1999: B'90 / Greens
KPD: Communist Party of Germany
Left: The left
- 2004: PDS
NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
PBP: Pro-Citizen Party
PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany
UBP: Independent Citizens' Party

Groups of voters

FWI: Free Voters Initiative
GAL: Green Alternative List → Greens

City council elections

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	FWI	left	FDP	UBP	KPD
1946	42.2	42.5						15.3
1948	47.8	38.9				2.6		10.7
1952	49.0	37.4						05.3
¹1956 ¹	57.2	35.1				4.6
²1961 ²	51.9	40.3				5.1
1964	58.8	38.0				3.2
1969	55.8	39.1				3.5
1975	56.2	36.9				5.5
1979	56.0	37.1				5.4
1984	54.3	32.2	10.1			2.8
1989	46.9	27.6	11.2	10.6		3.7
1994	51.4	30.6	06.9	09.5		1.6
1999	40.7	42.0	04.1	11.3		1.9
2004	43.1	35.6	06.7	06.5	3.3	3.4
2009	43.0	27.0	06.8	05.1	5.4	8.9	2.3
2014	40.1	30.6	08.0	07.5	5.3	4.4	4.1

Distribution of seats from 1979

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	FWI	left	FDP	UBP	WE	PBP
1979	51	29	19th				3
1984	51	29	17th	5
1989	51	25th	15th	6th	5
1994	51	27	16	3	5
1999	50	20th	21st	2	6th		1
2004	46	20th	16	3	3	1	2			1
2009	46	20th	13	3	2	2	4th	1	1
2014	50	20th	15th	4th	4th	3	2	2

Footnotes

¹ 1956: additionally: BHE: 3.1%
² 1961: additionally: BdD: 2.7%

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 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, December 1999, PDF file, approx. 5.8 MB
2004: Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, February 2005, PDF file, approx. 7 MB
2009: Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, February 2010, PDF file, approx. 3.5 MB
2014: Issue 4: Results by municipalities , Düsseldorf, December 2014, PDF file