Results of the local elections in Cologne

The results of the local elections in Cologne 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.

After the administrative court ordered the results of the 2014 local elections to be recounted in a Cologne constituency, the SPD lost a seat in the Cologne City Council, see Cologne 2014 local elections .

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
CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
DLVH: German League for People and Homeland
FDP: Free Democratic Party
FVP: Free People's Party
Greens: Greens
- 1979: KA
- 1984 and 1989: Greens
- from 1994: B'90 / Greens
KPD: Communist Party of Germany

Left: The left
- until 2004: PDS
NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
Pirate (s): Pirate Party Germany
REP: Republicans
SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Groups of voters

DF: Your friends
FWK: Free voters Cologne
- 2004 and 2009: Cologne Citizens' Alliance
GGS: Together against social robbery
KA: Cologne Alternative → Greens
KBB: Cologne Citizens' Alliance → FWK

KöB: Citizens of Cologne
Pro Cologne: Citizens' movement for Cologne
RL: rainbow list
WE: WE - Cologne Citizens' Community

City council elections

Graphical representations: share of votes of the parties in percent

City council election 2014

in percent

%

30th

20th

10

0

29.4

27.2

19.5

7.0

5.1

3.6

2.6

2.1

3.5

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

+1.4

-0.7

-2.2

+2.2

-4.3

+3.6

-2.8

+2.1

+0.7

Otherwise.

City council election 2009

in percent

%

30th

20th

10

0

28.0

27.9

21.7

9.4

5.4

4.8

2.8

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2004

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-3.0

-4.8

+5.1

+2.0

+0.7

+1.8

-1.8

Otherwise.

City council election 2004

in percent

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

32.7

31.0

16.6

7.4

4.7

3.0

4.6

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-12

-14

-12.5

+0.7

+0.9

+3.3

+4.7

+0.9

+2.0

Otherwise.

City council election 1999

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

45.2

30.3

15.7

4.1

2.1

1.2

1.4

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1994

% p

12

10

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-12

-14

+11.3

-12.2

-0.5

+0.6

+2.1

+1.2

-2.5

Otherwise.

City council election 1994

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

42.5

33.9

16.2

3.5

3.9

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1989

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

+0.4

+3.4

+4.5

-3.5

-4.8

Otherwise.

City council election 1989

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

42.1

30.5

11.7

7.4

7.0

1.3

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1984

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-4.3

-7.3

+0.9

+7.4

+2.5

+0.8

Otherwise.

City council election 1984

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

46.4

37.8

10.8

4.5

0.5

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1979

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

+1.9

-6.5

+6.8

-2.1

-0.1

Otherwise.

City council election 1979

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.5

44.3

6.6

4.0

0.6

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1975

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-3.3

+1.4

-1.7

+4.0

-0.4

Otherwise.

City council election 1975

in percent

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

47.8

42.9

8.3

1.0

SPD

CDU

FDP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1969

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-9.6

+4.8

+3.8

+1.0

SPD

CDU

FDP

Otherwise.

City council election 1969

in percent

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

57.4

38.1

4.5

no

SPD

CDU

FDP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1964

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

+1.4

+2.6

± 0.0

-4.0

SPD

CDU

FDP

Otherwise.

Tabular representation: share of the votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	Pro Cologne	REP	KPD
1946	34.6	53.4						09.3
1948	37.7	42.5			07.2			10.9
1952	37.1	43.1			11.4			04.9
¹1956 ¹	46.0	41.9			07.2
1961	46.8	45.4			07.5
1964	56.0	35.5			04.5
1969	57.4	38.1			04.5
1975	47.8	42.9			08.3
1979	44.5	44.3	04.0		06.6
1984	46.4	37.8	10.8		04.5
1989	42.1	30.5	11.7		07.0		7.4
1994	42.5	33.9	16.2		03.5
1999	30.3	45.2	15.7	2.1	04.1		1.2
2004	31.0	32.7	16.6	3.0	07.4	4.7
2009	28.0	27.9	21.7	4.8	09.4	5.4
²2014 ²	29.4	27.2	19.5	7.0	05.1	2.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	AfD	Pro Cologne	Pirates	DF	FWK	REP	GGS	KPD
1946	51	8th	41											2
1948	44	17th	19th			3								5
1952	66	26th	31			9
1956	66	32	29			5
1961	66	31	30th			5
1964	67	40	27
1969	67	37	26th			4th
1975	91	44	40			7th
1979	91	43	42			6th
1984	91	45	36	10
1989	95	41	30th	11		6th						7th
1994	91	42	33	16
1999	94	29	43	15th	2	4th						1
2004	90	28	29	15th	3	7th		4th			2	1	1
2009	90	25th	25th	20th	4th	9		5		1	1
2014	90	26th	25th	18th	6th	5	3	2	2	2	1

Footnotes

¹ 1956: additionally: FVP: 3.2%
² 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.6%, pirates: 2.1%, DF: 2.0%

Elections to the district councils

District 1 downtown

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	Green	SPD	CDU	left	FDP	Pro Cologne
1979	07.0	43.0	42.9		6.1
1984	17.6	43.1	34.3		4.1
¹1989 ¹	22.0	38.2	25.6		6.2
1994	30.3	35.0	27.2		3.1
²1999 ^2nd	28.3	26.8	33.0	3.7	3.8
³2004 ³	30.8	27.6	23.0	3.8	7.0	3.0
2009	37.7	21.7	19.9	6.0	9.4	2.8
^4th2014 ⁴	33.2	21.7	19.8	8.5	5.7	1.2

Distribution of seats

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

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 6.7%
² 1999: additionally: RL: 2.0%
³ 2004: additionally: FWK: 2.4%
⁴ 2014: additionally: DF: 3.5%, pirates: 2.6 %, AfD: 2.3%

District 2-Rodenkirchen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	Pro Cologne	FWK
1979	46.5	41.4	03.5	08.1
1984	41.4	41.3	10.7	06.2
¹1989 ¹	35.6	39.0	10.5	10.6
1994	38.7	38.2	13.6	05.7
1999	49.6	27.7	14.3	06.1	1.4
2004	34.6	28.1	17.3	010.03	2.1	4.4	2.3
2009	31.0	22.5	23.3	12.6	03.79	03.81	2.6
²2014 ²	31.5	23.5	22.2	07.5	5.5	2.2	1.8

Distribution of seats

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

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: KöB: 2.2%, NPD: 2.1%
² 2014: additionally: AfD: 4.0%

District 3-Lindenthal

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	Green	SPD	FDP	left	Pro Cologne
1979	52.5	05.1	32.9	09.0
1984	46.0	12.8	34.2	06.6
¹1989 ¹	37.5	13.6	32.3	10.6
²1994 ^2nd	40.4	20.0	30.6	05.1
1999	050.03	17.8	23.8	06.1	1.6
³2004 ³	36.1	20.2	25.2	10.2	1.9	3.0
2009	32.1	24.4	23.0	12.7	3.1	2.6
^4th2014 ⁴	33.9	25.8	20.9	07.1	5.4	1.1

Distribution of seats

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

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 5.3%
² 1994: additionally: WIR: 2.2%
³ 2004: additionally: FWK: 2.1%
⁴ 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.3%

District 4-Ehrenfeld

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	Green	CDU	left	DF	FDP	Pro Cologne
1979	48.7	04.1	41.0			5.5
1984	51.5	10.9	34.2			2.8
¹1989 ¹	46.0	12.7	26.4			4.9
²1994 ^2nd	46.2	18.7	28.9			2.9
1999	33.6	20.3	37.7	3.1		3.0
2004	31.7	22.8	25.7	3.9		5.9	5.4
2009	30.0	28.4	19.8	5.9		6.7	6.5
³2014 ³	30.3	25.7	17.2	8.3	6.0	02.88	2.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	Green	CDU	left	DF	Pirates	FDP	Pro Cologne	REP
1979	19th	10		8th				1
1984	19th	10	2	7th
1989	19th	10	2	5						2
1994	19th	9	4th	6th
1999	19th	6th	4th	7th	1			1
2004	19th	6th	5	5	1			1	1
2009	19th	6th	6th	4th	1			1	1
2014	19th	6th	5	3	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 9.1%
² 1994: additionally: DLVH: 2.1%
³ 2014: additionally: Piraten: 2.91%, AfD: 2.7%

Borough 5 knickknacks

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	Green	CDU	left	FDP	Pro Cologne	FWK
1979	46.1	04.4	43.0		6.0
1984	47.8	11.5	36.4		3.8
¹1989 ¹	42.2	13.2	28.7		5.7
1994	43.9	17.6	31.4		3.0
1999	33.5	18.1	41.0	2.5	3.2
2004	31.3	19.8	27.4	3.7	6.2	5.5	3.5
2009	30.6	25.5	21.8	5.3	7.0	6.0	2.2
²2014 ²	29.8	27.0	21.1	8.0	4.0	2.9

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	Green	CDU	left	FDP	AfD	Pro Cologne	FWK	REP
1979	19th	9		9		1
1984	19th	10	2	7th
1989	19th	9	2	6th		1				1
1994	19th	9	3	7th
1999	19th	6th	3	8th	1	1
2004	19th	6th	4th	5	1	1		1	1
2009	19th	6th	5	5	1	1		1
2014	19th	6th	5	4th	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 9.3%
² 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.0%, pirates: 2.6%

District 6-Chorweiler

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	Pro Cologne	FDP	REP
1979	45.9	44.0	03.4			6.2
1984	40.5	45.6	010.02			3.6
¹1989 ¹	32.4	42.4	08.8			5.6	8.4
1994	37.2	43.0	12.2			3.0	1.9
1999	51.8	31.4	11.1			3.4	2.2
2004	38.8	29.8	10.3	2.2	7.4	7.3	1.7
2009	33.3	31.2	12.9	4.2	8.3	7.5
²2014 ²	35.6	30.2	11.6	6.4	4.7	3.2

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	Pro Cologne	AfD	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	10	6th	2				1
2004	19th	7th	6th	2	1	2		1
2009	19th	6th	6th	3	1	2		1
2014	19th	7th	6th	2	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: KöB: 2.1%
² 2014: additionally: AfD: 4.5%, pirates: 2.0%

District 7-Porz

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	AfD	left	Pro Cologne	FDP
1979	44.7	44.4	03.3				7.1
1984	39.2	45.5	09.4				5.6
¹1989 ¹	30.4	42.7	09.0				6.5
²1994 ^2nd	35.2	44.8	11.8				3.2
1999	49.5	34.7	09.2		1.4		3.3
2004	38.1	31.4	10.4		2.4	7.1	7.0
2009	34.3	30.5	13.3		4.3	7.3	8.2
2014	34.2	31.4	12.0	5.7	5.3	4.1	3.9

Distribution of seats

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

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 7.8%, KöB: 3.2%
² 1994: additionally: WIR: 2.2%

District 8-Lime

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	left	Pro Cologne	FDP
1979	48.9	41.5	03.1			5.7
1984	50.4	35.7	09.9			3.6
¹1989 ¹	46.0	30.2	08.6			5.7
1994	47.5	33.0	11.7			3.4
1999	34.6	46.6	10.9	1.9		3.4
²2004 ^2nd	32.9	33.4	12.2	3.4	6.0	6.4
2009	33.1	28.9	14.6	5.8	7.3	7.6
³2014 ³	34.3	27.8	13.1	8.9	3.8	3.5

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	AfD	Pro Cologne	FDP	NPD	REP
1979	19th	10	8th					1
1984	19th	10	7th	2
1989	19th	10	6th	1				1		1
1994	19th	10	7th	2
1999	19th	7th	9	2				1
2004	19th	6th	7th	2	1		1	1	1
2009	19th	7th	6th	3	1		1	1
2014	19th	7th	5	2	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additional: REP: 8.7%
² 2004: additional: NPD: 2.0%
³ 2014: additional: AfD: 4.6%

District 9-Mülheim

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	left	FDP	Pro Cologne
1979	50.7	39.8	03.3		5.7
1984	51.2	34.8	09.9		3.6
¹1989 ¹	47.9	28.9	09.4		5.7
1994	48.4	32.1	12.5		3.0
1999	35.4	44.0	10.9	2.1	3.4
2004	33.6	31.5	14.2	3.4	7.1	5.4
2009	33.0	26.3	17.3	6.1	8.0	6.8
²2014 ²	33.4	24.9	17.3	7.7	3.5	3.3

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	left	AfD	FDP	Pro Cologne	REP
1979	19th	10	8th				1
1984	19th	10	7th	2
1989	19th	10	6th	1			1		1
1994	19th	10	7th	2
1999	19th	7th	8th	3			1
2004	19th	7th	6th	3	1		1	1
2009	19th	7th	5	3	1		2	1
2014	19th	7th	5	3	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1989: additionally: REP: 7.2%
² 2014: additionally: AfD: 4.2%, pirates: 2.3%

Overall results

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP	Pro Cologne	left	AfD	pirate	DF	KBB	NPD	RL	REP
1979	171	79	78	3	11
1984	171	82	68	18th	3
1989	171	79	56	17th	10									9
1994	171	78	64	27	2
1999	171	54	77	27	9		3						1
2004	171	55	52	31	11	11	7th				3	1
2009	171	50	48	40	14th	10	9
2014	171	51	48	34	10	5	12	7th	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	FDP	Pro Cologne	left	AfD	REP
1979	46.2	45.6	01.8	6.4
1984	48.0	39.8	10.5	1.8
1989	46.2	32.7	09.9	5.8				5.3
1994	45.6	37.4	15.8	1.2
1999	31.6	45.0	15.8	5.3		1.8
2004	32.2	30.4	18.1	6.4	6.4	4.1
2009	29.2	28.1	23.4	8.2	5.8	5.3
2014	29.8	28.1	19.9	5.8	2.9	7.0	4.1

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

Results of the local elections in Cologne

contents

Parties

Groups of voters

City council elections

Elections to the district councils

District 1 downtown

District 2-Rodenkirchen

District 3-Lindenthal

District 4-Ehrenfeld

Borough 5 knickknacks

District 6-Chorweiler

District 7-Porz

District 8-Lime

District 9-Mülheim

Overall results

literature

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