Results of the local elections in Düsseldorf

City council election 2014

in percent

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.7

29.3

13.8

7.0

5.2

3.0

1.2

3.9

CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

left

AfD

FW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

-5.9

+6.0

-0.8

-3.2

-0.2

+3.0

-1.1

+2.3

CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

left

AfD

FW

Otherwise.

The results of the local elections in Düsseldorf 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.

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
  • 1961: GB / BHE
• CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• DKP: German Communist Party
• DP: German party
• DZP: German Center Party
• FDP: Free Democratic Party
• GB / BHE: All-German block / Federation of expellees and disenfranchised → BHE
• Grays : The Grays - Gray Panthers
• Greens: Greens
  • 1979: ALDU
  • 1984 and 1989: Greens
  • from 1994: B'90 / Greens
• KPD: Communist Party of Germany
• Left: The left
  • until 2004 (without the city district 2): PDS
  • 2004 in district 2: LLF
• MUT: Human Environment Animal Welfare Party (Animal Welfare Party)
• PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
• Pirates: Pirate Party Germany
• REP: Republicans
• SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Groups of voters

• ALDU: Alternative List Düsseldorf for Democracy and Environmental Protection → Greens
• FW: Free voters
  • 2009: UWGD (FW)
  • 2014: FW
• FWG: Free Voters Association Düsseldorf Garath-Hellerhof
• LeL: Lemmer list
• LLF: Left list Flingern → Left
• UBV: Independent citizen representation
  • 1979 in district 10: UBVGH
• UBVGH: Independent citizens' council Garath / Hellerhof → UBV
• UWGD (FW): Independent community of voters for Düsseldorf (Free Voters) → FW
• WGFSS: Community of Voters for Peace and Social Security

Mayor elections

In 1999, the first direct mayor election took place in Düsseldorf. The respective office holder is marked with "(OB)".

Mayor election 1999

candidate	Political party	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Joachim Erwin	CDU	48.3%	50.8%
Marie-Luise Smeets (OB)	SPD	45.3%	49.2%
Marion Enke	Green	3.7%	-
Heinz Winterweber	FDP	2.7%	-

Mayor election 2004

candidate	Political party	Result
Joachim Erwin (OB)	CDU	50.4%
Gudrun Hock	SPD	36.5%
Wolfgang Scheffler	Green	5.7%
Martin Zeitz	FDP	3.4%
Frank Laubenburg	PDS	1.8%
Jürgen Kruger	republican	1.1%
Torsten Lemmer	Lemmer list	1.0%

Mayor election 2009

candidate	Political party	Result
Dirk Elbers	CDU	59.7%
Karin Kortmann	SPD	35.3%
Helmut Born	left	2.9%
Klaus Kirchner	Free voters	1.1%
Jürgen Kruger	republican	0.5%
Diane Huttner	Single weight	0.3%
Michael Möller	center	0.2%

Mayor election 2014

candidate	Political party	1st ballot	2nd ballot
Thomas Geisel	SPD	37.9%	59.2%
Dirk Elbers (Mayor)	CDU	46.1%	40.8%
Miriam Koch	Green	9.3%	-
Helmut Born	left	4.0%	-
Herbert Nussbaum	Single weight	1.3%	-
André Maniera	republican	1.0%	-
Hans Eilers	Single weight	0.5%	-

Mayor election 2020

candidate	Political party	Result
Thomas Geisel (OB)	SPD
Stephan Keller	CDU
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann	FDP
Stefan Engstfeld	Green
Udo Bonn	left
Florian Josef Hoffmann	AfD
Marc Olejak	Pirates
Hans-Joachim Grumbach	Free voters
André Maniera	republican
Claudia Kruger	Animal welfare
Michael Baumeister	Single weight
Markus Brakonier	Sports party
Celine Coldewe	Climate list
Dominique Mirus	The party
Mark Schenk	volt

City council elections

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW	REP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	47.2	31.0		02.2				5.8		12.3
1948	41.2	31.6		06.2				7.4		11.5
11952 1	35.2	34.8		13.5				05.03	2.7	06.1
21956 2	38.1	46.9		08.8				2.4	2.4
31961 3	44.6	38.7		12.1					1.5
1964	42.5	49.4		07.0				1.1
1969	40.3	53.4		04.8
1975	46.3	44.5		08.0
1976	45.2	45.8		07.9
1979	47.6	44.0	01.1	06.1
1984	43.6	40.1	10.2	05.2
1989	37.5	39.7	09.9	06.0			6.2
1994	39.7	41.5	12.7	03.8			1.8
1999	49.4	35.2	07.1	04.3	2.3		1.5
2004	44.5	30.3	12.3	06.2	2.9		1.7
2009	42.6	23.3	14.6	10.2	5.4	2.3	1.2
4th2014 4	36.7	29.3	13.8	07.0	5.2	1.2	0.7

Distribution of seats between parties that have received more than two seats in at least one election (from 1979)

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	REP
1979	83	41	37		5
1984	83	37	34	8th	4th
1989	83	32	33	8th	5		5
1994	83	35	37	11
1999	82	40	29	6th	4th	2	1
2004	82	37	25th	10	5	2	1
2009	92	39	22nd	14th	9	5	1
2014	82	31	24	11	6th	4th	1

Allocation of seats to the parties that never received more than two seats (from 2004)

year	AfD	Pirates	COURAGE	FW	LeL	Gray ones
2004					1	1
2009				2
2014	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1952: additional: DP: 2.3%
² 1956: majority of votes of the BHE compared to the DZP
³ 1961: additional: WGFSS: 2.6%
⁴ 2014: additional: AfD: 3.0%

Elections to the district councils

District 1

District 1 includes u. a. the districts of Altstadt , Derendorf , Golzheim and Stadtmitte .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW
1979	50.6	38.5	03.0	07.0
1984	44.2	36.8	12.2	06.2
11989 1	36.5	37.5	11.8	07.3
1994	38.1	37.8	16.5	04.8
1999	49.1	33.8	10.1	05.4
2004	41.5	30.4	15.8	06.9	2.7
2009	39.4	21.2	18.7	11.9	5.3	2.5
2014	36.2	28.6	16.8	08.2	5.9	1.7

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	REP
1979	19th	10	8th		1
1984	19th	9	7th	2	1
1989	19th	7th	8th	2	1		1
1994	19th	8th	8th	3
1999	19th	9	7th	2	1
2004	19th	8th	6th	3	1	1
2009	19th	8th	4th	4th	2	1
2014	19th	7th	6th	3	2	1

footnote

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 6.4%

District 2

District 2 mainly includes the Flingern district .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	FW
1979	46.8	42.6	02.5		07.1
1984	42.6	39.3	11.3		06.3
11989 1	35.5	39.1	10.9		07.2
1994	37.3	40.2	14.6		04.6
1999	46.7	34.8	08.7	3.0	03.9
2004	41.6	30.2	16.7	2.3	06.1
2009	38.8	21.6	18.9	5.6	10.2	2.2
22014 2	33.8	28.9	19.3	6.7	06.3	1.8

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	REP
1979	19th	9	8th			2
1984	19th	8th	8th	2		1
1989	19th	7th	8th	2		1	1
1994	19th	8th	8th	3
1999	19th	9	7th	2		1
2004	19th	8th	6th	3		1
2009	19th	8th	4th	4th	1	2
2014	19th	7th	6th	4th	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 6.5%
² 2014: additionally: pirates: 2.3%

District 3

District 3 includes u. a. the districts of Bilk , Flehe , Hamm , Oberbilk , Unterbilk and Volmerswerth .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	FW
1979	45.8	44.6	03.0		5.6
1984	40.7	41.9	12.6		3.9
11989 1	32.8	41.9	12.3		5.1
1994	34.1	42.2	16.8		3.7
1999	43.3	36.8	10.5	3.4	4.1
22004 2nd	36.8	30.2	18.5	3.9	5.5
2009	36.4	23.3	20.8	7.1	8.8	2.3
32014 3	31.8	29.2	21.0	7.9	5.1	1.5

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	REP
1979	19th	9	9			1
1984	19th	8th	9	2
1989	19th	7th	8th	2		1	1
1994	19th	7th	9	3
1999	19th	8th	7th	2	1	1
2004	19th	7th	6th	4th	1	1
2009	19th	7th	5	4th	1	2
2014	19th	6th	6th	4th	2	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additional: REP: 7.0%
² 2004: additional: gray: 2.3%
³ 2014: additional: pirates: 2.5%

District 4

District 4 includes u. a. the districts of Heerdt , Lörick , Niederkassel and Oberkassel .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW
1979	53.2	35.8	02.8	07.6
1984	48.0	33.7	11.0	06.9
1989	44.8	34.0	12.0	08.4
1994	46.6	31.5	14.4	05.5
1999	57.4	26.8	07.6	07.0
2004	50.7	24.5	12.1	09.5	1.7
2009	48.8	16.7	14.1	14.3	3.3	2.0
2014	46.0	24.0	12.9	10.3	3.9	1.2

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left
1979	19th	10	7th		2
1984	19th	9	7th	2	1
1989	19th	9	7th	2	1
1994	19th	9	6th	3	1
1999	19th	11	5	2	1
2004	19th	10	5	2	2
2009	19th	9	3	3	3	1
2014	19th	9	5	2	2	1

District 5

District 5 includes u. a. the districts of Angermund , Kaiserswerth , Kalkum , Lohausen and Wittlaer .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left
1979	61.2	29.4		08.7
1984	54.8	25.2	10.3	09.5
11989 1	47.7	25.9	12.3	10.5
1994	54.1	25.4	12.3	06.8
1999	63.7	21.5	07.7	06.4
2004	58.4	20.0	11.3	08.4
2009	55.6	13.9	12.3	14.1	2.1
2014	51.7	18.7	12.4	12.3	2.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left
1979	19th	12	5		2
1984	19th	11	5	2	1
1989	19th	10	5	2	2
1994	19th	11	5	2	1
1999	19th	12	4th	2	1
2004	19th	11	4th	2	2
2009	19th	11	3	2	3
2014	19th	10	4th	2	2	1

footnote

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 3.4%

District 6

District 6 includes u. a. the districts of Lichtenbroich , Mörsenbroich , Rath and Unterrath .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	FW	REP
1979	45.9	47.4			5.9
1984	40.9	44.4	09.4		4.8
1989	35.2	44.5	07.9		5.4		6.7
1994	38.8	45.3	09.7		3.2		1.9
1999	49.6	39.9	05.1		3.5		2.0
2004	46.7	33.2	08.8	2.7	05.04		2.1
2009	45.1	25.6	10.7	5.2	8.8	2.3	1.5
12014 1	40.1	33.7	10.1	6.0	5.0	1.8	1.4

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	REP
1979	19th	9	9			1
1984	19th	8th	9	2
1989	19th	7th	9	1		1	1
1994	19th	8th	9	2
1999	19th	9	8th	1		1
2004	19th	9	6th	2	1	1
2009	19th	9	5	2	1	2
2014	19th	8th	7th	2	1	1

footnote

¹ 2014: additionally: pirates: 2.0%

District 7

District 7 includes u. a. the districts of Gerresheim , Grafenberg and Hubbelrath .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	DKP
1979	47.2	41.7	02.4	06.5		2.3
1984	42.7	35.6	10.1	06.1		5.5
11989 1	37.5	34.9	08.6	07.1		6.9
1994	42.5	36.4	11.4	04.3		3.1
1999	52.4	31.3	07.2	004.99		2.4
2004	45.5	27.9	11.9	07.3		2.6
2009	43.9	21.4	13.8	11.0	4.3	2.4
22014 2	38.3	27.0	13.8	08.7	4.0	1.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW	DKP
1979	19th	10	8th		1
1984	19th	8th	7th	2	1			1
1989	19th	8th	8th	1	1			1
1994	19th	9	8th	2
1999	19th	10	6th	1	1			1
2004	19th	9	5	2	2			1
2009	19th	9	4th	3	2	1
2014	19th	7th	5	3	2	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 4.9%
² 2014: additionally: FW: 3.2%, pirates: 2.1%

District 8

District 8 includes u. a. the districts of Eller , Unterbach and Vennhausen .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	FW	REP
1979	51.7	41.5			5.4
1984	48.4	37.2	09.8		3.9
1989	47.1	31.5	09.3		4.4		6.8
1994	48.5	35.0	11.0		2.9		2.1
1999	42.4	46.2	06.1		3.1		2.1
12004 1	36.3	41.2	09.3	3.2	4.2		02.12
2009	30.9	40.2	11.2	6.0	6.7	2.3	1.3
2014	38.9	36.6	10.5	6.0	3.8	2.4	1.9

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	REP
1979	19th	10	8th			1
1984	19th	10	7th	2
1989	19th	10	6th	2			1
1994	19th	10	7th	2
1999	19th	8th	9	1		1
2004	19th	7th	8th	2	1	1
2009	19th	7th	8th	2	1	1
2014	19th	8th	7th	2	1	1

footnote

¹ 2004: additionally: gray: 2.13%

District 9

District 9 includes u. a. the districts of Benrath , Holthausen , Reisholz , Urdenbach and Wersten .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW	REP
1979	48.7	44.7		5.6
1984	45.8	40.4	09.1	4.2
1989	40.1	40.0	07.9	4.8			6.7
1994	42.1	41.2	10.8	3.4			2.1
1999	52.2	35.9	05.8	3.6			1.8
12004 1	46.5	30.7	09.3	5.5	2.5		1.9
2009	45.6	23.9	11.7	8.5	5.4	3.0	1.9
22014 2	40.5	31.2	12.4	5.2	5.0	2.1	1.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	FW	REP
1979	19th	9	9		1
1984	19th	10	8th	1
1989	19th	9	8th	1				1
1994	19th	9	8th	2
1999	19th	10	7th	1	1
2004	19th	9	6th	2	1	1
2009	19th	9	4th	2	2	1	1
2014	19th	8th	6th	3	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 2004: additional: gray: 2.1%
² 2014: additional: pirates: 2.0%

District 10

The city district 10 includes u. a. the districts of Garath and Hellerhof .

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FWG	REP	FDP	UBV
11979 1	37.0	49.6					4.8	6.3
1984	36.8	44.2	8.9				3.4	5.1
1989	30.4	48.9	6.9			9.6	4.0
1994	35.0	50.3	8.2			3.0	2.6
1999	47.7	41.6	4.6			3.3	2.9
22004 2nd	47.2	32.2	6.2	2.5		4.1	3.3
2009	43.0	26.5	7.3	6.0	5.9	3.3	6.6
2014	37.6	34.3	7.7	06.73	06.71	3.5	3.0

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FWG	REP	FDP	UBV
1979	19th	8th	10						1
1984	19th	7th	10	1					1
1989	19th	6th	10	1			2
1994	19th	7th	11	1
1999	19th	9	8th	1			1
2004	19th	9	6th	1	1		1	1
2009	19th	9	5	1	1	1	1	1
2014	19th	7th	7th	1	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1979: additional: DKP: 2.2%
² 2004: additional: gray: 2.0%

Overall results

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	REP	FWG	FW	DKP	UBV
1979	190	94	83		12						1
1984	190	85	80	18th	5					1	1
1989	190	76	81	16	8th		8th			1
1994	190	83	82	23	2
1999	190	96	67	15th	9		1			1
2004	190	88	57	23	13	6th	1			1
2009	190	87	44	27	20th	9	1	1	1
2014	190	76	60	26th	14th	11	1	1	1

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	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	REP
1979	49.5	43.7		06.3
1984	44.7	42.1	09.5	02.6
1989	40.0	42.6	08.4	04.2		4.2
1994	43.7	43.2	12.1	01.1
1999	50.5	35.3	07.9	04.7
2004	46.3	30.0	12.1	06.8	3.2
2009	45.8	23.2	14.2	10.5	4.7
2014	40.0	31.6	13.7	07.4	5.8

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

Web links

• Information from the city of Düsseldorf on the 2009 local elections
• Information from the city of Düsseldorf on the 2014 local elections

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election results and social structures: An analysis of the local elections since 1999. In: duesseldorf.de (2009), p. 9.
2. ↑ Election results and social structures: An analysis of the local elections since 1999. In: duesseldorf.de (2009), p. 12.
3. ^ Election results and social structures: An analysis of the local elections since 1999. In: duesseldorf.de (2009), p. 14.
4. ^ The mayor's runoff election on June 15, 2014: Analysis of the preliminary results. In: duesseldorf.de (2014), p. 6.
5. ↑ The most important questions about local elections in Düsseldorf. In: rp-online.de (August 7, 2020).