Results of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia until 1969/73

In the following lists the results of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia up to 1969 and partly beyond this point in time up to 1973 are listed together. In the first part, after listing the parties and voter groups, there are the overall results determined for North Rhine-Westphalia. In the second part, the independent cities and then the districts are listed in alphabetical order with their election results. Only those parties and groups of voters are taken into account that have achieved at least two percent of the valid votes in the respective election. The lists are not always complete; because in some cases the results of the local elections that took place after 1969 are missing.

Parties

• BdD: Bund der Deutschen, Party for Unity, Peace and Freedom
• BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
  • 1961: GB / BHE
• CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• DFU: German Peace Union
  • in Duisburg 1961: DUFU
• DKonP: German Conservative Party (with the abbreviation DKP at the time) → DRP
• DKP: German Communist Party → KPD
• DP: German party
• DRP: German Reich Party
  • 1946 and 1948: DKonP
  • 1952: DRP / NR
• DRP / NR: German Reich Party / National Rights → DRP
• DVU: German People's Union
• DWU: Democratic Voter Union
• DZP: German Center Party
• FDP: Free Democratic Party
• FSU: Free Social Union
  • 1948: RSF
  • 1952: RSF / FSU
  • 1956: FSU
• FVP: Free People's Party
• GB / BHE: All-German block / Federation of expellees and disenfranchised → BHE
• KPD: Communist Party of Germany
  • 1969: DKP
• NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
• RVP: Rhenish People's Party
• RSF: Radical Social Freedom Party → FSU
• RSF / FSU: Radical Social Freedom Party / Free Social Union → FSU
• SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Groups of voters

• BBG: Bonn Citizens' Community
• BG: community of citizens
• CKW: Christian-Communal Voting Association
• CSWG: Christian-Social Voting Community
• CWG: Christian voter community
• DUFU: Duisburg Peace Union → DFU
• DUWG: German Independent Voting Association District Jülich
• FUWV: Free and independent voters' association of the Monschau district
• FWG: Free Association of Voters
• FWG: 1969 in Rheydt: Free voter community Schiffer
• FWV: Free voters' association
• KWV: Local voters' association for the district of Geldern
• UCSW: Independent Christian Social Voting Community
• UdM: Union of the Middle
• UWG: Independent community of voters, including in Wattenscheid and in the Borken district
  • in Gladbeck 1969: UWG / IGRK
• UWGB: Beelen independent voter community
• UWG / IGRK: Independent community of voters / interest group of pensioners and war invalids → UWG
• UWO: Independent voters Ochtrup (?)
• UWV: Independent voters' association
• VWG: United Voting Community
• WG: Voting community, in summary lists: summarized results of all voter groups and communities
• WGFSS: Community of Voters for Peace and Social Security

Election days and turnout

election day	voter turnout
September 15, 1946	74.4
October 17, 1948	69.0
November 9, 1952	76.0
October 28, 1956	76.9
March 19, 1961	78.2
September 27, 1964	76.2
November 9, 1969 (main election)	68.6

Nationwide results

Note

The WG column summarizes the results of all voter communities or groups of voters. The field of the party that received the most votes in the respective election is marked in color.

Votes in percent

Independent cities and districts

Overview

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	46.0	33.4	04.3	6.1		9.4
1948	37.6	35.9	06.9	9.7		7.8
1952	35.6	36.1	12.6	5.9	3.5	4.5
1956	38.2	44.2	09.6	4.0	2.8
1961	45.0	40.7	10.2	1.4	1.1
1964	43.1	46.6	08.0
11969/70 1	45.7	45.6	06.3

footnote

¹ including the new elections in 1970

Percentage of seats

Independent cities and districts

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	66.7	25.9	01.3	03.6	2.3
1948	40.7	35.7	05.8	10.7	5.6
11952 1	39.0	35.3	13.1	06.9	2.8
1956	41.9	42.9	09.6	04.0
1961	48.5	38.9	09.8	01.4
1964	46.3	44.8	07.2
21969 2	49.0	44.6	04.5
31969/73 3	49.0	44.8	04.4

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.7%

² not in all independent cities and districts

³ including the 1970 new elections and the 1972 and 1973 by-elections

One district cities

year	SPD	CDU	FDP
1964	54.5	41.6	4.9
1969	51.5	43.7	3.4

Further results are not available.

Circles

year	CDU	SPD	FDP
1964	49.8	38.4	9.3
1969	52.7	39.7	5.5

Further results are not available.

District communities

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	Flat share	DZP
1964	50.3	31.4	8.1	7.6	2.5

Further results are not available.

All parishes

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	Flat share	DZP
1964	49.8	32.6	8.0	7.2	2.3

Further results are not available.

Single results

One district cities

Note

Until September 30, 1953, the then existing independent cities were called urban districts . The field of the party that received the most votes in the respective election is marked in color.

Aachen

See also : Results of the local elections in Aachen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	KPD	RVP
1946	64.1	21.6		5.8	7.8
1948	55.0	30.2		6.9	6.2
11952 1	44.9	31.6	16.4	3.6
1956	49.4	38.2	9.0
1961	56.5	34.2	09.3
1964	51.4	41.2	07.4
1969	56.1	39.1	04.9
1972	52.6	40.5	05.9

footnote

¹ additionally: DZP: 3.5%

Bielefeld

See also : Results of the local elections in Bielefeld

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	50.2	39.3	04.4		6.0
11948 1	47.3	32.0	13.0		4.9
1952	46.2	21.0	22.5	8.0	2.3
1956	53.3	24.7	16.0	4.6
1961	49.7	37.4	12.9
1964	54.6	35.2	10.2
1969	53.4	39.6	07.0
1973	47.6	41.8	09.2

footnote

¹ additionally: DZP: 2.8%

Bocholt

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	39.6	31.2		20.2	9.0
1948	32.5	31.0		33.0	3.5
1952	39.9	23.8	13.1	20.5	2.7
1956	43.2	33.2	07.8	13.9
1961	53.8	32.7	07.1	06.4
1964	50.7	40.8	04.7	03.8
1969	57.4	42.6

Bochum

See also : Results of the local elections in Bochum

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	41.9	41.7		14.3
11948 1	42.6	34.8	04.3	09.7
1952	47.0	32.5	10.9	05.9
21952 2	55.5	34.0	07.3
1961	52.8	37.8	04.6
1964	59.7	34.3	04.6
1969	58.6	34.9	05.1

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 4.8%, DZP: 3.9%

² additionally: BHE: 2.4%

Bonn

See also : Results of the local elections in Bonn

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BBG	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	53.0	22.5	11.0			6.6	04.98
1948	40.3	28.5	17.4			8.0	5.1
11952 1	46.8	23.1	16.5		4.5	3.1	2.0
21956 2	46.9	33.1	12.9		3.4
1961	55.2	22.9	13.1	8.8
1964	50.9	33.5	08.8	6.8
1969	51.8	35.6	07.2	4.1

Footnotes

¹ additional: DP: 4.0%

² additionally: FVP: 3.7%

Bottrop

See also : Results of the local elections in Bottrop

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	KPD	FDP	DZP
1946	33.7	34.3	21.7		09.8
11948 1	033.82	033.77	15.5		12.1
21952 2	41.3	41.3	09.8	5.9	01.7
31956 3	52.3	37.5		3.5	03.4
4th1961 4	43.6	46.5		3.9
51952 5	51.6	41.5		1.9
1969	50.6	41.4	05.3	2.7

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 4.5%

² Majority of votes of the CDU against the SPD

³ additionally: FSU: 2.1%

^4th additionally: DWU: 6.0%

⁵ additionally: UWG: 5.0%

Castrop-Rauxel

See also : Results of the local elections in Castrop-Rauxel

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	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

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 3.1%

² additionally: BdD: 2.7%

Dortmund

See also : Facts and figures on politics in Dortmund

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD	DZP
1946	46.3	35.1	03.6	12.6	2.4
1948	46.0	31.1	07.8	11.8	3.3
1952	49.7	29.5	10.9	06.0
1956	57.0	31.0	06.7
11961 1	54.2	35.2	07.8
1964	61.2	33.4	05.4
1969	57.3	35.6	05.3

footnote

¹ additionally: DWU: 2.1%

Duisburg

See also : Results of the local elections in Duisburg

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DFU	DZP	DP	KPD
1946	34.8	39.5	5.2		6.2		14.2
1948	40.5	32.6	7.5		8.2		11.3
1952	46.4	28.2	9.9		4.8	2.5	06.4
1956	55.9	32.2	6.8		2.5	2.2
1961	49.6	39.4	7.7	2.3
1964	57.2	35.2	4.9	2.7
1969	55.1	37.9	5.3

Dusseldorf

See also : Results of the local elections in Düsseldorf

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	31.0	47.2	02.2	5.8		12.3
1948	31.6	41.2	06.2	7.4		11.5
11952 1	34.8	35.2	13.5	05.03	2.7	06.1
21956 2	46.9	38.0	08.8	2.4	2.4
31961 3	38.7	44.6	12.1		1.5
1964	49.4	42.5	07.0	1.1
1969	53.4	40.3	04.8

Footnotes

¹ additional: DP: 2.3%

² Majority of votes of the BHE over the DZP

³ additionally: WGFSS: 2.6%

eat

See also : Results of the local elections in Essen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	34.2	38.9	3.6	11.2	12.1
1948	35.1	30.7	4.5	15.4	10.4
1952	40.7	35.2	9.0	07.4	06.1
1956	51.1	38.4	6.3	03.3
1961	48.9	43.7	7.0
1964	52.6	42.4	4.8
1969	53.4	40.3	4.8

Gelsenkirchen

See also : Results of the local elections in Gelsenkirchen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD	DZP
1946	37.9	27.3	5.4	17.9	11.5
11948 1	38.5	22.6	4.9	13.8	14.1
21952 2	44.3	35.6	5.7	08.3
1956	57.3	30.6	5.5		04.6
31948 3	52.3	37.6	6.9
1964	61.3	33.5	4.2
1969	57.7	36.0	4.0	02.3

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 6.1%

² additionally: BHE: 3.0%

³ additionally: DWU: 2.5%

Gladbeck

See also : Results of the local elections in Gladbeck

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	UWG	KPD	DZP
1946	45.0	38.0			15.8
1948	47.2	30.4			13.3	9.1
11952 1	47.8	32.3	6.0		08.6	3.3
1956	55.9	37.1	4.7
1961	45.6	38.1	6.1	10.2
21964 2	51.3	38.4	3.2	04.1
1969	51.2	40.6	5.3	02.9

Footnotes

¹ additional: DP: 2.0%

² additionally: DFU: 3.0%

Hagen

See also : Results of the local elections in Hagen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	33.6	37.5	15.0		13.9
1948	35.6	33.2	17.5		13.7
11952 1	39.8	31.0	15.5	2.6	07.8
1956	51.2	34.9	11.0	2.4
21961 2	46.0	34.5	10.4
31964 3	54.0	35.9	07.6
1969	50.3	40.3	07.7

Footnotes

¹ additional: DP: 2.9%

² additionally: UWG: 4.1%, DWU: 2.9%

³ additionally: DFU: 2.5%

Hamm

See also : Results of the local elections in Hamm

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	49.4	37.5	02.6	05.1		5.4
1948	31.1	35.7	13.3	15.2		4.7
1952	38.2	32.5	16.0	06.6	4.4	2.3
1956	39.2	41.6	11.7	04.2	3.3
1961	45.1	43.4	11.5
1964	45.7	46.6	07.7
11969 1	53.1	40.7	03.9

footnote

¹ additionally: NPD: 2.3%

Herford

Note

The independent city was incorporated into the district of the same name on January 1, 1969.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	49.2	38.5	07.8		4.5
1948	47.5	40.7	07.6		4.1
1952	47.1	28.0	16.9	5.4	2.6
1956	50.8	31.9	12.6	4.7
1961	44.3	44.0	09.1	2.6
1964	47.1	45.3	07.6

Herne

See also : Results of the local elections in Herne

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	37.9	39.8	005.02	17.3
11948 1	45.2	32.3	06.7	13.0
21952 2	47.4	30.1	11.2	07.6
1956	57.0	35.0	08.0
31961 3	50.4	38.8	06.8
4th1964 4	56.0	35.5	04.5
1969	55.2	37.3	0004,994

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 2.8%

² additionally: BHE: 3.7%

³ additionally: DWU: 4.0%

^4th additionally: DFU: 4.0%

Iserlohn

See also : Results of the local elections in Iserlohn

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	41.7	26.8	11.5	14.3		4.1
1948	40.9	21.8	17.8	15.0		4.5
1952	38.2	15.3	22.7	14.4	6.7	2.7
1956	43.4	22.0	17.4	11.1	6.1
1961	42.4	36.2	17.9	03.5
1964	50.3	36.0	13.7
11969 1	47.6	46.3	04.7

footnote

¹ additionally: NPD: 2.8%

Cologne

See also : Results of the local elections in Cologne

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	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

footnote

¹ additionally: FVP: 3.2%

Krefeld

See also : Results of the local elections in Krefeld

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	45.1	32.4	07.5	06.9		6.5
1948	36.5	31.8	15.5	010.02		6.2
11952 1	30.7	33.3	18.2	07.5	3.4	3.3
21956 2	38.1	41.6	11.5	03.0	2.7
1961	47.1	40.8	12.1
1964	46.2	45.5	08.3
1970	51.6	42.1	04.9

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DP: 3.6%

² additionally: GVP: 2.2%

Leverkusen

See also : Results of the local elections in Leverkusen

Note

The city was spun off from the Rhein-Wupper district on January 1, 1955.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE
11952 1	38.3	36.8	11.8	3.5
1956	49.0	38.4	08.6	3.7
1961	48.9	43.7	07.0
1964	52.8	41.4	05.8
1969	53.7	39.6	05.1

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 5.5%, RSF / FSU: 4.1%

Ludenscheid

Note

The city was incorporated into the new Lüdenscheid district on January 1, 1969.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	FSU	KPD
1946	39.3	51.4				9.3
1948	39.6	39.3	08.3		10.3	5.5
1952	42.3	22.9	20.6	7.8	03.4	3.0
1956	50.1	28.6	17.4	3.9
11961 1	47.0	35.7	13.3
1964	51.0	37.6	11.4

footnote

¹ additionally: FWG: 4.0%

Luenen

See also : Results of the local elections in Lünen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	45.9	39.0		14.2
11948 1	48.8	32.3	4.6	11.4
21952 2	49.4	40.8		06.7
31956 3	56.5	34.4	5.4
1961	53.1	38.7	8.2
4th1964 4	57.4	34.9	4.2
1969	55.1	39.2	4.4

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 2.9%

² additionally: RSF / FSU: 3.1%

³ additionally: BHE: 3.1%

^4th additionally: UWG: 3.5%

Mönchengladbach

See also : Results of the local elections in Mönchengladbach

Note

The city was officially called M. Gladbach until October 10, 1960.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD	RVP
11946 1	050.01	21.5	06.9	12.0		6.9	2.7
1948	38.5	22.9	09.5	21.8		4.5	2.8
21952 2	43.9	24.9	09.8	13.1	2.5	2.5
1956	50.6	33.5	06.8	06.2	2.9
1961	55.6	30.8	10.2	03.4
1964	55.2	37.8	07.0
1969	60.3	35.6	04.1

Footnotes

¹ Majority of votes of the FDP against the KPD

²Majority of votes of the KPD against the BHE; additionally: DP: 3.1%

Mülheim an der Ruhr

See also : Results of the local elections in Mülheim an der Ruhr

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	37.2	39.1	12.8	10.1
11948 1	42.4	31.7	14.8	08.0
1952	46.9	27.2	20.0	05.9
1956	57.2	30.7	11.2
1961	52.2	35.2	10.9
1964	56.7	35.1	08.2
1969	54.0	35.6	09.0

footnote

¹ additionally: DZP: 3.0%

Muenster

See also : Results of the local elections in Münster

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	FWV	KPD
1946	43.3	24.7	05.4	22.3			4.3
1948	31.6	28.7	07.6	27.1			2.7
1952	38.2	24.8	10.3	12.4	5.3	7.8	1.3
11956 1	44.7	31.9	08.5	07.7	2.9	2.3
1961	51.6	26.7	15.0	02.8	2.0
1964	53.6	36.4	010.03
1969	52.8	41.1	06.1

footnote

¹ additionally: FVP: 2.0%

Neuss

See also : Results of the local elections in Neuss

Note

The city was officially called Neuss until 1968.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	55.2	28.0	02.0		5.2	9.5
1948	46.5	30.0	09.6		5.4	8.5
1952	41.8	30.7	12.7	5.6	4.2	04.98
1956	44.7	39.1	08.5	6.0	1.7
1961	55.0	31.2	08.5	5.3
1964	55.0	39.6	05.4
1969	56.8	38.9	04.3

Oberhausen

See also : Results of the local elections in Oberhausen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	34.8	31.8		22.7	10.5
11948 1	29.2	28.4	5.2	26.3	08.2
1952	37.6	29.3	9.3	17.5	004.99
1956	49.4	33.8	5.2	08.4
21961 2	40.5	45.5	6.4	04.0
1964	54.8	40.9	4.3
1969	53.4	41.4	3.9

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 2.7%

² additionally: DRP: 2.2%

Recklinghausen

See also : Results of the local elections in Recklinghausen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD	DZP
1946	33.2	41.9	01.2		17.1	06.6
1948	36.2	37.9	04.3		10.3	10.2
1952	36.3	33.9	14.5	3.7	06.7	04.9
1956	51.2	37.9	05.8	5.1
1961	48.3	39.6	09.8
1964	56.8	37.3	05.9
1969	53.4	40.3	06.3

Remscheid

See also : Results of the local elections in Remscheid

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD	FSU	BHE	DZP
1946	27.9	26.6	20.3	21.7			3.3
1948	24.3	19.6	19.7	20.8	7.3		4.4
1952	28.5	23.6	21.3	14.4	7.0	5.2
1956	47.5	28.4	17.0		3.3	3.1
11961 1	38.4	37.5	19.1
21961 2	47.8	34.9	12.7
1969	48.1	41.0	07.7	03.1

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DWU: 5.02%

² additionally: UWG: 4.6%

Rheydt

See also : Results of the local elections in Rheydt

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FWG	FDP	UWG	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	44.5	21.8		09.7		14.9		8.6
1948	33.3	24.6		13.8		19.7		7.0
1952	34.5	26.9		17.5		12.9	2.6	4.1
11956 1	38.1	35.5		10.8		07.9	2.2
1961	48.4	34.3		12.1	5.2
1964	45.2	40.7		08.6	5.5
1969	44.8	29.7	16.6	05.8	3.1

footnote

¹ additionally: GVP: 5.4%

Wins

See also : Results of the local elections in Siegen

Note

The independent city was incorporated into the district of the same name on July 1, 1966.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	UWG	BHE	DRP	DZP	KPD
1946	44.3	34.1	14.4					7.2
1948	36.9	31.6	11.7			11.8	3.4	4.6
1952	33.9	26.5	14.2		5.5	15.6	2.2	2.1
11956 1	32.4	31.6	12.4		4.3	02.5
21961 2	39.5	36.4	10.7	7.5	3.5
1964	43.0	41.7	07.9	6.4

Footnotes

¹ additionally: FVP: 10.1%, GVP: 6.7%

² additionally: DWU: 2.4%

Solingen

See also : Results of the local elections in Solingen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD	UWG	FSU
1946	28.1	28.7	18.7	22.9
1948	28.6	24.9	17.9	20.9		6.4
11952 1	32.3	23.6	22.5	13.3		6.1
1956	48.5	29.4	16.7			3.3
1961	39.8	38.3	16.1		5.8
21964 2	46.6	35.4	11.9		5.5
1969	47.1	39.5	09.8	03.6

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.2%

² additionally: DFU: 6.1%

Viersen

Note

The city was incorporated into the Kempen-Krefeld district on January 1, 1970.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
11946 1	45.9	29.1			16.1	5.4
1948	34.9	32.9	0004.999		21.7	5.5
1952	32.4	33.2	12.1	3.6	15.5	3.2
1956	47.6	40.0	09.2	3.2
1961	57.7	32.0	10.3
1964	53.0	40.1	06.9

footnote

¹ additionally: RVP: 3.5%

Wanne-Eickel

See also : Results of the local elections in Wanne-Eickel with the summarized results of the Herne district elections in the districts of Wanne and Eickel from 1979

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	BG	FDP	KPD
1946	37.6	41.6			20.7
11948 1	45.9	35.7			15.3
21952 2	46.4	31.8		8.2	08.8
1956	58.5	34.1		7.1
11961 1	54.9	36.0		5.6
1964	63.5	32.3		4.2
1969	53.6	32.8	8.1	3.0	02.5

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 3.1%

² additionally: BHE: 3.6%

³ additionally: DRP: 3.5%

Wattenscheid

See also : Results of the local elections in Wattenscheid with the results of the Bochum district elections in the district 2-Bochum-Wattenscheid from 1975

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	UWG	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	41.6	42.8				15.5
11948 1	49.7	35.6				12.0
1952	46.9	34.8		6.8	4.0	07.5
1956	59.1	34.6		6.1
1961	54.1	37.8		6.1	2.0
1964	60.3	35.6		4.1
1969	51.0	23.7	22.5	2.8

footnote

¹ additionally: DZP: 2.7%

Witten

See also : Results of the local elections in Witten

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	49.2	37.0			9.9
1948	52.3	32.3	06.8		8.6
1952	52.0	25.6	11.9	5.8	4.7
1956	59.1	27.2	10.4	3.3
1961	58.2	31.7	10.1
1964	63.3	29.8	06.9
1970	60.8	32.0	05.1

Wuppertal

See also : Results of the local elections in Wuppertal

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	KPD	FSU	DRP
1946	34.5	32.8	11.3	7.6	13.1		4.4
11948 1	29.4	21.3	17.1	8.4	10.9	6.8	5.8
21952 2	37.4	22.6	21.5	5.9	06.4	4.3
31956 3	48.5	31.0	12.2	3.7
1961	43.0	41.6	15.4
1964	50.4	39.3	09.0
1969	49.6	42.7	06.1

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 6.8%

² additionally: RSF / FSU: 4.3%

³ additionally: BHE: 2.6%

Counties

Note

From October 1, 1969, the districts are referred to as districts . The field of the party that received the most votes in the respective election is marked in color.

District of Aachen

See also : “Aachen district” in the article Results of the local elections in the Aachen city region

Note

According to the Aachen Act on January 1, 1972, the district was enlarged by the municipalities of the dissolved Monschau district and lost municipalities through incorporation into the independent city of Aachen.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	59.6	30.4			09.4
1948	45.6	40.1		4.1	010.02
11952 1	42.1	36.7	7.6	4.1	05.1
1956	43.9	44.3	7.6	2.8
1961	51.4	40.8	7.8
1964	48.2	45.4	6.4
1969	49.7	45.6	4.7
1972	48.7	45.7	4.5

footnote

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.12%, DP: 2.06%

Ahaus district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	64.6	19.8	09.8			4.0
1948	40.8	23.6	33.2			2.4
1952	50.3	16.2	18.9	4.2	8.4	2.0
1956	53.0	19.3	17.8	3.3	6.6
1961	68.5	18.2	06.3	7.0
1964	65.3	22.1	06.5	6.1
1969	66.0	26.5	03.8	3.7

Altena district

Note

The district was dissolved on July 1, 1969 and incorporated into the new Lüdenscheid district together with the city of Lüdenscheid. The data from 1969 refer to this group.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	44.2	46.0			6.8
11948 1	44.2	41.7	02.1		5.6
21952 2	40.6	25.7	20.5	6.6	2.6
1956	47.9	28.4	18.0	2.4
1961	45.3	33.8	20.9
1964	49.0	34.0	15.7
31969 3	47.7	34.2	12.5

Footnotes

¹ additionally: RSF: 3.8%, DZP: 2.9%

² additionally: DZP: 2.0%

³ additionally: NPD: 5.6%

Arnsberg district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	56.1	30.4		10.3	3.0
1948	43.7	36.0	0.9	16.9	2.5
11952 1	44.8	29.1	8.8	13.0
1956	48.8	33.2	8.3	09.3
1961	56.0	29.9	8.6	05.3
1964	54.5	34.3	6.4	04.8
1969	56.1	37.3	5.9

footnote

¹ additional: DP: 2.8%

Beckum district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	56.2	29.5			07.5	6.6
1948	42.6	34.2	1.3		16.4	5.5
1952	44.8	29.5	5.5	8.5	08.9	2.8
1956	47.3	34.5	6.2	4.9	07.1
1961	51.8	34.0	5.7	4.3	04.2
1964	55.2	37.8	5.9
1969	57.6	38.7	3.7

District of Bergheim (Erft)

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	38.0	54.0		7.0
11948 1	48.2	42.3		5.8
1952	45.9	37.4	13.3
1956	51.7	38.0	10.2
1961	46.1	46.0	07.9
21964 2	49.4	41.4	06.1
1969	51.5	41.9	0005.002

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 3.2%

² additionally: UWG: 3.1%

District of Bielefeld

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	55.1	34.0	04.3
1948	52.8	39.4	03.2		4.6
1952	51.1	36.1		09.98	2.3
1956	55.1	27.0	12.7	5.2
1961	53.3	35.2	11.5
1964	55.6	34.5	09.9
1970

District of Bonn

Note

The district was dissolved on August 1, 1969 and incorporated into the new Rhein-Sieg district together with the Siegkreis.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	UWG	DZP	BHE
1946	64.6	24.2	03.7		4.7
11948 1	48.4	32.2	09.6		6.0
1952	47.9	25.6	14.1		4.8	4.9
1956	51.9	31.1	11.7		3.2	2.1
1961	57.1	25.4	12.0	4.3
1964	50.8	32.8	10.3	6.1

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 3.2%

Borken district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	UWG	FDP	DZP	BHE
1946	66.3	17.7			14.1
1948	51.1	22.5			26.4
1952	53.3	12.4		05.6	24.2	3.5
1956	54.6	15.5		05.1	22.6	2.2
1961	64.6	15.0		10.4	010.03
1964	63.7	18.4		07.9	06.7
1969	61.8	21.9	13.9

Brilon County

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE
1946	59.8	16.7	16.2	1.3
1948	45.0	19.1	27.7	6.6
1952	47.8	15.8	19.8	6.1	7.0
1956	53.1	19.7	16.7	5.1	5.3
1961	58.0	21.3	10.6	7.1	3.0
1964	57.9	25.5	09.3	6.4
1969	57.7	26.7	09.6	4.6

District of Büren

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	BHE	FDP
1946	67.5	12.7	18.3
1948	42.7	15.1	28.8		11.6
1952	34.9	12.8	34.7	11.1	05.7
1956	50.2	15.6	21.8	09.7	02.7
1961	67.4	14.2	10.1	08.3
1964	67.2	19.4	13.4
1969	64.2	23.5	12.3

Coesfeld district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE
11946 1	48.0	15.2	33.7
1948	36.5	21.6	40.8
1952	47.1	13.7	26.7	3.8	8.4
1956	49.5	17.5	23.5	3.4	6.1
1961	58.9	15.3	16.7	3.2	4.9
1964	62.6	19.5	12.4	5.5
1969	60.1	25.8	09.0	5.1

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.4%

Detmold district

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and incorporated together with the Lemgo district into the new Lippe district. The data from 1973 refer to this group.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	41.2	49.6	03.4		5.6
1948	39.7	44.1	11.1		5.1
1952	41.5	25.7	17.9	12.4
1956	50.4	20.6	21.0	07.3
1961	47.1	27.5	18.9	06.5
1964	51.0	28.6	17.2	03.2
1970	51.0	39.1	09.9
1973	48.7	39.9	11.4

District of Dinslaken

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	35.7	38.3	03.9	11.1	11.0
1948	37.0	27.3	11.9	14.8	09.0
1952	44.1	24.2	13.1	11.5	07.1
1956	56.7	31.8	09.8
1961	53.3	38.2	08.5
1964	54.2	35.4	07.6
1969	55.4	35.8	07.8

Düren district

Note

On January 1, 1972, the district was essentially enlarged to include communities from the Jülich district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	63.6	28.5			6.1
11948 1	48.0	37.1			4.9
1952	49.3	34.9	06.4	04.98	3.0
1956	50.3	40.5	05.1	3.0
1961	55.0	34.7	10.3
1964	51.7	40.1	08.2
1969	54.6	40.2	04.9
1972	53.9	41.5	04.2

footnote

¹ additionally: RVP: 9.5%

District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	32.0	44.3	07.6		4.2	11.9
1948	34.7	33.5	11.8		8.3	11.4
11952 1	34.3	29.2	15.2	3.8	5.7	06.7
1956	46.5	32.8	12.5	4.0	3.3
1961	42.9	41.8	13.5
1964	49.1	40.5	09.6
1969	46.8	44.8	07.1

footnote

¹ additionally: FWV: 2.6%, RSF / FSU: 2.5%

Ennepe-Ruhr district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	42.1	28.0	17.1	12.8
1948	41.4	24.4	20.6	12.2
1952	46.0	22.3	21.7	06.9
11956 1	55.3	25.4	17.1
1961	52.4	31.2	14.7
1964	57.2	31.2	11.6
1970	54.9	36.8	08.3

footnote

¹ additionally: 1956: BHE: 2.2%

Erkelenz district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	UWG	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	74.9	19.7					4.0
1948	60.7	22.6	01.9		03.93		03.90
1952	64.7	20.1			7.4	3.9
1956	54.4	26.9	09.8		5.7	2.6
1961	59.2	25.7	14.4
1964	51.1	30.3	11.4	6.9
1969	55.3	31.0	07.4	6.3

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 7.0% of the valid votes.

District of Euskirchen

Note

On January 1, 1972, the district was essentially enlarged to include communities in the Schleiden district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	RVP	DZP	KPD
1946	67.8	24.6				4.4
1948	46.1	34.4		9.5	4.0	3.7
1952	47.7	29.0	16.2	2.5	2.0
11956 1	48.8	31.7	13.7
21961 2	51.2	29.7	15.1
1964	49.8	36.3	13.3
1969	48.0	37.0	11.4
31972 3	57.0	31.5	08.7

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 3.8%

² additionally: FWV: 2.8%

³ additionally: UWV: 2.3%

District of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg

Note

The district was renamed Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg in 1951. The district election results of 1946 and 1948 are there.

District of Geldern

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	76.6	17.9			2.4
1948	52.5	20.5	1.2	22.3	2.4
1952	54.8	17.5	9.8	14.7
1956	59.9	20.7	8.9	10.2
11961 1	68.0	17.7	7.8
1964	67.9	22.6	7.9
1969	67.7	25.6	5.6

footnote

¹ additionally: KWV: 3.8%, GB / BHE: 2.7%

Grevenbroich district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	55.9	27.7		10.5		5.3
1948	44.4	36.2		14.0		5.4
1952	43.5	27.2	10.7	08.5	7.2	2.9
1956	47.1	32.9	08.6	06.1	4.4
1961	54.6	29.0	08.3	04.5	2.3
1964	51.0	36.0	09.6
1970	56.5	36.1	05.4	02.2

Gütersloh district

Note

The district was newly formed on January 1, 1973 essentially from the previous districts of Halle (Westphalia) and Wiedenbrück. The district election results of 1973 are in the district of Wiedenbrück . Look there!

District of Halle (Westphalia)

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and incorporated together with the Wiedenbrück district into the new Gütersloh district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE
11946 1	46.9	40.0	06.6
1948	40.6	45.3	12.2
1952	29.6	40.7	19.7	6.5
1956	31.0	44.9	17.6	6.5
1961	33.9	43.0	16.9	6.2
1964	34.5	45.5	16.7	3.3
11969 1	43.6	41.7	11.3

Footnotes

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.0%

² additionally: NPD: 3.4%

District of Heinsberg

Note

The district was formed on January 1, 1972 essentially from the previous districts Erkelenz and Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg. The district election result of 1972 is in the Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg . Look there!

Herford district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	KPD
1946	53.8	39.0		6.1
1948	53.4	36.9	04.0	5.7
1952	53.9	28.4	13.8
11956 1	57.2	28.0	12.0
1961	55.0	33.7	11.3
1964	56.3	32.2	11.5
21969 2	51.7	33.7	09.0
1973	51.0	40.1	09.0

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.8%

² additionally: NPD: 4.2%

District of Höxter

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE
11946 1	58.8	17.5	19.8
1948	41.9	24.6	24.4	07.2
1952	40.6	20.1	18.5	09.5	9.8
1956	47.2	23.0	15.0	10.2	4.6
1961	52.4	19.8	13.8	07.5	5.9
1964	54.8	24.9	11.6	08.7
1970	58.2	25.9	10.8	05.1

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 3.6%

Iserlohn district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	41.1	40.5	02.7	09.7		6.0
1948	41.3	34.0	04.3	13.8		5.9
1952	37.7	28.7	13.5	10.9	4.1	3.6
1956	43.5	33.3	10.8	08.2	3.8
1961	42.0	44.1	11.5
1964	46.5	43.7	08.2
1969	47.6	46.3	04.7

Jülich district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DUWG	DZP	KPD
1946	65.6	25.4				6.0
1948	52.1	37.8			4.1	4.4
11952 1	48.7	32.2	11.9		4.5	2.3
1956	51.6	35.4	07.4		5.6
1961	56.8	30.6	08.1	4.5
1964	51.8	36.7	06.7	4.8
1969	54.7	39.7	05.6

footnote

¹ additionally: FVP: 8.8%

Kempen-Krefeld district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	UWG	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	52.3	26.5		01.3	12.7		6.2
1948	40.6	29.7		05.6	19.3		4.8
1952	37.7	27.6		14.8	12.9	4.2	2.8
1956	42.6	32.8		11.8	09.7	3.1
1961	56.0	29.6		10.8	03.6
1964	52.3	34.0	4.2	09.5
1970	54.4	32.9	7.1	05.6

Kleve district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	75.3	19.8			4.2
1948	62.5	25.2		4.6	3.3
1952	57.4	24.2	009.97	6.5
1956	57.8	27.6	08.5	4.8
1961	66.7	22.5	10.1
1964	63.5	28.0	08.3
1969	64.8	29.7	05.5

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 4.4% of the valid votes.

District of Cologne

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	34.6	55.4			09.98
1948	42.5	42.6	4.1		9.4
1952	39.9	41.4	9.9	3.8	04.96
1956	45.3	52.5	6.6	4.0
1961	39.3	50.9	9.8
1964	43.9	48.7	7.4
1969	46.6	45.3	7.9

Lemgo district

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and incorporated into the new Lippe district together with the Detmold district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	48.6	40.7	04.9		5.8
1948	45.9	34.8	15.1		5.1
1952	46.9	18.6	21.4	10.5
1956	55.3	19.0	18.4	06.2
1961	53.3	26.3	17.1	03.3
1964	56.3	27.7	16.0
11969 1	50.9	35.9	08.7

footnote

¹ additionally: NPD: 4.2%

Circle lip

Note

The district was newly formed on January 1, 1973 essentially from the previous districts of Detmold and Lemgo. The district election results of 1973 are in the Detmold district . Look there!

Lippstadt district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	65.3	23.6		06.3		4.5
1948	42.0	27.2	14.2	12.5		2.7
1952	43.7	25.6	11.2	09.7	8.2
1956	47.3	30.5	05.9	06.8	9.5
1961	52.6	30.5	05.2	04.6	7.1
1964	48.2	38.4	05.4	03.6	4.4
1969	52.4	41.1	04.0	02.5

Lübbecke district

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and, together with the Minden district, incorporated into the new Minden-Lübbecke district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE
1946	36.7	61.5
11948 1	42.1	50.3	03.8
1952	40.0	31.8	22.8	3.2
1956	42.1	35.0	18.3	4.1
1961	41.8	36.1	18.3	3.3
1964	46.7	36.3	17.0
21969 2	44.7	40.7	09.6

Footnotes

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.6%

² additional: NPD: 4.98%

Lüdenscheid district

Note

The district was newly formed on July 1, 1969 from the previous district of Altena and the previously independent city of Lüdenscheid. The district election results of 1969 are in the Altena district . Look there!

Lüdinghausen district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	65.7	24.8		2.1	6.5
1948	52.4	34.0		8.4	5.2
11952 1	54.7	27.2	4.4	7.8	3.4
1956	54.5	33.7	4.9	5.5
1961	62.2	31.4	6.4
1964	60.3	34.8	4.9
1969	59.6	37.2	3.2

footnote

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.3%

Meschede district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	75.6	21.6			2.8
1948	57.2	23.8	00.8	11.5	2.9
1952	59.9	23.4	11.1	04.0
1956	63.1	24.6	12.3
1961	67.2	21.8	11.0
1964	65.6	25.6	07.8
1969	62.0	30.1	06.9

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 3.8% of the valid votes.

District of Minden

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and, together with the Lübbecke district, incorporated into the new Minden-Lübbecke district. The data from 1973 refer to this group.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	45.9	46.6	01.1		6.4
1948	47.2	42.4	04.2		6.2
1952	42.9	27.8	17.2	8.7	3.1
1956	49.4	26.5	18.3	5.2
1961	47.9	30.1	17.8	3.8
1964	51.4	31.0	17.6
1969	49.9	36.1	14.0
1973	46.8	40.5	12.7

Minden-Lübbecke district

Note

The district was newly formed on January 1, 1973 essentially from the previous districts of Lübbecke and Minden. The district election results of 1973 are in the Minden district . Look there!

District of Moers

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	42.2	43.4	03.5	1.9	8.9
1948	41.3	40.8	02.1	6.5	7.5
11952 1	42.9	32.9	10.9	5.3	4.0
21956 2	51.1	35.5	08.3	2.5
1961	48.6	42.2	08.1
1964	54.4	38.8	06.8
1969	52.7	41.3	06.0

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DP: 2.1%

² additionally: BHE: 2.6%

District of Monschau

See also : “Landkreis Monschau” in the article Results of the local elections in the Aachen city region

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	FUWV	DZP
1946	69.8	07.0			13.6
1948	65.1	16.4			14.7
11952 1	63.4	08.2	09.0		17.4
1956	61.6	10.9	11.3		14.9
1961	64.7	11.6	06.1	9.0	08.7
1964	60.7	19.5	08.1	8.2	03.5
1969	62.3	22.5	11.2	4.0

In the 1946 election, independent candidates received 9.7% of the valid votes. In 1948 it was 3.8% and in 1952 2.1%.

footnote

¹ additionally: BHE: 2.3%

District of Münster

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE
1946	46.9	16.2	30.5	4.6
1948	36.5	18.6	40.3	3.3
1952	40.3	19.4	24.1	7.5	8.0
1956	45.1	21.9	22.5	5.7	4.8
1961	53.5	20.3	16.3	6.7	2.9
1964	54.2	24.9	14.4	6.5
1969	59.1	29.5	05.9	5.5

Oberbergischer Kreis

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	34.9	51.9	08.9			4.2
1948	39.7	32.0	18.4		5.8	3.9
11952 1	36.9	26.0	19.3	4.6	4.5
1956	38.5	32.5	19.6	5.8	2.1
1961	34.2	37.4	19.8	6.4
1964	40.1	38.6	18.5
1969	43.4	40.8	14.0

footnote

¹ additional: DP: 2.9%

District of Olpe

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP
11946 1	65.4	24.1		06.7
1948	52.0	23.5	3.5	19.1
1952	52.8	22.3	9.6	13.8
1956	57.5	24.9	7.2	10.4
1961	67.1	22.6	5.3	04.9
1964	62.3	27.2	4.1	04.7
1969	67.6	29.5	2.9

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 3.1%

Paderborn district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP
11946 1	56.7	15.7		25.2
1948	46.0	19.7	04.3	28.6
1952	42.6	19.0	10.4	25.0
1956	50.1	22.2	09.0	18.4
1961	66.1	20.8	06.8	06.3
21964 2	62.0	25.1	07.4
1970

Footnotes

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.3%

² additionally: UWG: 5.5%

Recklinghausen district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	34.5	44.7		06.9		13.3
1948	37.3	40.2	0.2	12.1		10.2
1952	38.4	36.4	8.2	08.1	2.8	06.1
1956	47.8	39.0	4.2	06.0	3.0
1961	43.6	46.6	5.1	02.8	1.9
1964	47.8	44.2	5.5	02.2
1969	50.5	42.7	4.6

Rees county

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	59.5	20.0		11.1	5.4
1948	48.5	26.4	04.2	18.0	2.9
1952	43.6	24.6	15.6	14.0	2.2
1956	43.4	31.4	16.5	08.2
1961	49.4	32.4	15.3	02.9
1964	48.6	37.4	14.0
1969	50.4	37.9	11.7

Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE	DZP	KPD
1946	66.6	24.8	01.6			5.7
1948	53.1	31.9	03.7		6.1	5.2
1952	46.7	28.8	13.6	04.99	3.4	2.5
1956	47.4	35.5	10.8	4.5
1961	54.0	29.1	12.1	2.9
1964	52.2	37.3	09.6	1.3
1969	49.5	43.1	07.4

Rhein-Sieg district

Note

The district was newly formed on August 1, 1969, essentially from the previous districts of Bonn and Siegkreis. The district election results of 1969 are in the Siegkreis . Look there!

Rhein-Wupper district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD	FSU
1946	25.1	47.5	14.4		11.9
1948	28.4	36.3	18.0		10.4	5.1
1952	31.0	34.8	16.0	7.6	05.9	4.6
1956	38.5	38.6	13.4	7.4
1961	36.0	44.5	12.2	5.6
1964	44.1	42.4	11.2	1.5
1969	46.4	44.7	07.9

Schleiden district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	UWV	DZP
1946	85.5	12.1
1948	65.4	25.7			0.1
1952	56.0	14.2	19.3		4.2
1956	64.3	10.7	17.7		6.4
1961	66.7	10.8	14.5	05.6	2.4
1964	60.4	15.4	13.6	10.5
1969	56.1	20.6	11.8	08.2	3.3

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 8.3% of the valid votes. 1952 was 5.8%.

Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg

Hints

The district got its name in 1951 when the district of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg was renamed. On January 1, 1972, he formed the new Heinsberg district together with the dissolved district of Erkelenz. The district election results of 1946 and 1948 for the Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg district and 1972 for the Heinsberg district are listed here.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	UWG	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	77.1	16.5				3.7
1948	62.8	21.0		1.6	2.2	4.8
11952 1	58.8	21.7		5.7		2.6
21956 2	56.3	24.5		5.9	3.4
1961	58.5	22.6	11.1	7.7
1964	55.5	27.0	11.2	6.3
1969	61.0	29.1	06.2	3.7
31972 3	60.2	32.7	04.1	4.1

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 7.6% of the valid votes.

Footnotes

¹ additionally: FWV: 9.7%

² additionally: FVP: 8.8%

³ Majority of votes of the UWG against the FDP

District of Siegen

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	DRP	KPD
1946	30.0	59.5	05.4			5.1
11948 1	35.6	42.0	08.8		7.2	4.0
1952	29.3	34.4	17.1	9.6	6.6	2.3
21956 2	34.1	32.6	16.5	7.2
1961	39.8	38.2	14.8	6.3
31964 3	46.6	36.6	12.2
1969	49.7	43.5	06.8

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 2.2%

² additionally: GVP: 9.6%

³ additionally: UWG: 3.4%

Siegkreis

Note

The district was dissolved on August 1, 1969 and, together with the Bonn district, incorporated into the new Rhein-Sieg district. The data from 1969 refer to this group.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE	KPD
1946	42.8	17.0	08.2	27.5		4.3
1948	30.1	25.2	11.3	28.1		4.2
1952	32.8	23.5	13.8	21.2	6.8
1956	41.6	30.1	009.99	12.1	6.2
1961	53.5	28.6	09.9	03.6	4.4
1964	51.4	34.4	010.04	03.6
1969	55.0	38.2	06.2

Soest district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BG	DZP	BHE
11946 1	49.5	27.0	06.2		21.3	1.3
1948	41.2	30.2			26.8
1952	31.3	23.2	19.8		17.7	6.6
1956	39.4	28.4	17.8		13.1
1961	48.1	26.4	14.5		05.1	5.9
1964	42.9	30.0	15.4	4.1	05.4	2.2
1969	48.0	30.1	10.4	9.6

footnote

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.0%

Steinfurt district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	KPD
1946	52.8	22.7		17.8	2.8
1948	38.9	29.5		28.2	2.4
11952 1	43.4	23.2	3.7	23.3
1956	46.1	28.8	3.9	19.4
1961	55.9	26.4	6.2	11.5
1964	54.6	29.0	7.8	07.6
21969 2	57.7	32.2	4.4	03.4

Footnotes

¹ additionally: BHE: 5.4%

² additionally: UWO: 2.9%

Tecklenburg district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	UCSW	DZP	BHE
11946 1	30.3	31.2	11.4		23.8
1948	26.2	37.3	08.1		25.1
1952	28.0	27.4	13.9		18.3	10.2
1956	30.6	32.5	13.4		15.6	07.9
1961	36.8	32.1	12.7	2.2	009.96	06.2
1964	47.4	37.4	13.1	2.1
21969 2	50.9	38.3	08.4

Footnotes

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.1%

² additionally: UWG: 2.3%

Unna district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	50.7	37.2			10.2
11948 1	49.9	33.6	04.2		08.3
1952	49.7	28.4	13.3	3.6	004.99
1956	56.6	29.4	10.9	3.0
21961 2	54.4	33.7	09.9
1964	57.3	33.2	08.5
31969 3	55.3	32.9	05.6

Footnotes

¹ additionally: DZP: 3.0%

² additionally: DRP: 2.0%

³ additionally: NPD: 2.6%, flat share: 2.6%

Warburg district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	CWG	SPD	FDP	DZP
1946	58.8		17.5		23.7
1948	44.7		21.6		33.6
1952	41.6		16.1	09.4	23.8
11956 1	46.3		14.5	06.9	17.7
21961 2	53.2	18.3	12.2	12.9
31964 3	54.1	(14.0)	16.3	15.5
1969	53.8	18.3	15.2	12.0

In the 1952 election, independent candidates received 7.9% of the valid votes.

Footnotes

¹ additionally: UdM: 11.9%, BHE: 2.7%

² additionally: CSWG: 3.3%

³ CWG in italics in brackets: result not sure

Warendorf district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE
1946	57.2	12.4	1.1	27.2
1948	38.9	21.2		31.5
1952	51.5	15.5	3.6	19.9	8.1
1956	50.2	18.0	4.8	21.3	5.7
1961	58.0	16.8	6.2	15.6	3.4
1964	60.6	21.9	7.6	09.9
11969 1	62.4	24.4	6.8	04.0
1973	67.5	23.0	6.8

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 7.4% of the valid votes.

footnote

¹ additionally: UWGB: 2.0%

Wiedenbrück district

Note

The district was dissolved on January 1, 1973 and incorporated together with the Halle district into the new Gütersloh district. The data from 1973 refer to this group.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE
11946 1	62.1	29.9		4.1
1948	49.3	31.4	06.2	9.7
1952	53.9	23.2	12.0	5.8	4.3
1956	50.1	27.6	10.9	6.4	04.99
1961	54.6	26.5	010.03	4.8	4.1
1964	53.8	30.7	10.6	3.7
21970 2	(58.8)	(31.8)	0(9.4)
1973	56.3	34.5	09.3

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 2.7% of the valid votes.

Footnotes

¹ additionally: KPD: 2.5%

² unsure result

Wittgenstein district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	FDP	UWG
1946	37.5	60.5
1948	46.1	51.6
1952	37.1	25.4	34.9
11956 1	43.5	27.7	22.4
21961 2	38.5	33.2	17.3
1964	44.2	32.3	12.8	8.9
1969	49.2	33.4	11.9	5.1

Footnotes

¹ additionally: FVP: 6.4%

² additional: DP: 8.5%

Most successful parties in urban and rural districts

Note

The party that received the most votes in relative terms in the respective election is listed, even if another party provides the mayor or the district administrator. Only the years in which a change took place are given.

table

year	number	SPD	CDU	DZP
1946	94	19th	75
1948	94	40	51	3
1952	94	43	51
1956	95	50	45
1961	95	40	55
1964	95	48	47
1969	91	45	46
1970	90	45	45
1972	86	45	41
1973	82	42	40

Parties that received at least five percent of the valid votes

One district cities

Hints

The deadline is the election day.

There were 37 urban districts in North Rhine-Westphalia.

On January 1, 1955, the city of Leverkusen left the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis and became a district. Thus the number of independent cities increased by one to 38.

On July 1, 1966 Siegen was incorporated into the district of the same name. The number of independent cities fell to 37.

On January 1, 1969, Herford and Lüdenscheid were incorporated into the districts of the same name. The total number of independent cities was now 35.

table

year	Number	CDU	SPD	FDP	Flat share	DKP	DFU	DWU	DZP	BHE	FVP	GVP	KPD	FSU	DRP	RVP
1946	37	37	37	16	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	33	-	-	1
1948	37	37	37	24	-	-	-	-	19th	-	-	-	29	5	2	1
1952	37	37	37	35	1	-	-	-	12	9	-	-	19th	1	1	-
1956	38	38	38	35	-	-	-	-	4th	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
1961	38	38	38	35	4th	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	38	38	38	24	4th	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	35	35	35	19th	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	34	34	34	18th	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Counties

Hints

The deadline is the election day.

There were 57 districts in North Rhine-Westphalia.

On August 1, 1969, the district of Bonn and the Siegkreis merged to form the new Rhein-Sieg district. The number of counties thus decreased to 56.

table

year	number	CDU	SPD	FDP	Flat share	DZP	NPD	BHE	DP	FVP	GVP	KPD	DRP	RVP
1946	57	57	57	8th	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	25th	-	-
1948	57	57	57	19th	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	20th	2	1
1952	57	57	57	49	2	32	-	22nd	-	1	-	5	1	-
1956	57	57	57	48	4th	27	-	16	-	2	1	-	-	-
1961	57	57	57	55	8th	15th	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-
1964	57	57	57	54	8th	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	56	56	56	42	8th	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	52	52	52	38	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	48	48	48	34	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

The best election results in the independent cities

CDU

1946

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Aachen	64.1
2	Neuss	55.2
3	Cologne	53.4
4th	Bonn	53.0
5	Ludenscheid	51.4

1948

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Aachen	55.0
2	Neuss	46.5
3	Cologne	42.5
4th	Dusseldorf	41.2
5	Herford	40.7

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bonn	46.8
2	Aachen	44.9
3	Mönchengladbach	43.9
4th	Cologne	43.1
5	Neuss	41.8

1956

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Mönchengladbach	50.6
2	Aachen	49.4
3	Viersen	47.6
4th	Bonn	46.9
5	Neuss	44.7
	Muenster	44.7

1961

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Viersen	57.7
2	Aachen	56.5
3	Mönchengladbach	55.6
4th	Bonn	55.2
5	Neuss	55.0

1964

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Mönchengladbach	55.2
2	Neuss	55.0
3	Muenster	53.6
4th	Viersen	53.0
5	Aachen	51.4

1969/70

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Mönchengladbach	60.3
2	Bocholt	57.4
3	Viersen	57.3
4th	Neuss	56.8
5	Hamm	53.1

SPD

1946

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bielefeld	50.2
2	Herford	49.2
	Witten	49.2
4th	Dortmund	46.3
5	Luenen	45.9

1948

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Witten	52.3
2	Wattenscheid	49.7
3	Luenen	48.8
4th	Castrop-Rauxel	47.8
5	Herford	47.5

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Witten	52.0
2	Dortmund	49.7
3	Luenen	49.4
4th	Castrop-Rauxel	49.0
5	Gladbeck	47.8

1956

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Witten	59.1
	Wattenscheid	59.1
3	Wanne-Eickel	58.5
4th	Gelsenkirchen	57.3
5	Castrop-Rauxel	57.2
	Mülheim an der Ruhr	57.2

1961

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Witten	58.2
2	Wanne-Eickel	54.9
3	Dortmund	54.2
4th	Wattenscheid	54.1
5	Luenen	53.1

1964

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Wanne-Eickel	63.5
2	Witten	63.3
3	Gelsenkirchen	61.3
4th	Dortmund	61.2
5	Wattenscheid	60.3

1969/70

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Witten	60.8
2	Bochum	58.6
3	Gelsenkirchen	57.7
4th	Cologne	57.4
5	Dortmund	57.3

FDP

1946

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Remscheid	20.3
2	Solingen	18.7
3	Hagen	15.0
4th	Wins	14.4
5	Mülheim an der Ruhr	12.8

1948

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Remscheid	19.7
2	Solingen	17.9
3	Iserlohn	17.8
4th	Hagen	17.5
5	Bonn	17.4

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Iserlohn	22.7
2	Solingen	22.5
	Bielefeld	22.5
4th	Wuppertal	21.5
5	Remscheid	21.3

1956

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Iserlohn	17.4
	Ludenscheid	17.4
3	Remscheid	17.0
4th	Solingen	16.1
5	Bielefeld	16.0

1961

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Remscheid	19.1
2	Iserlohn	17.9
3	Solingen	16.1
4th	Wuppertal	15.4
5	Muenster	15.0

1964

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Iserlohn	13.7
2	Remscheid	12.7
3	Solingen	11.9
4th	Ludenscheid	11.4
5	Wins	10.7

1969/70

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Solingen	9.8
2	Bielefeld	9.2
3	Mülheim an der Ruhr	9.0
4th	Remscheid	7.7
	Hagen	7.7

DZP

1946

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Oberhausen	22.7
2	Muenster	22.3
3	Bocholt	20.2
4th	Viersen	16.1
5	Rheydt	14.9

1948

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bocholt	33.0
2	Muenster	27.1
3	Oberhausen	26.3
4th	Mönchengladbach	21.8
5	Viersen	21.7

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bocholt	20.5
2	Oberhausen	17.5
3	Viersen	15.5
4th	Iserlohn	14.4
5	Mönchengladbach	13.1

1956

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bocholt	13.8
2	Iserlohn	11.1
3	Oberhausen	08.4
4th	Rheydt	07.9
5	Muenster	07.7

KPD

1946

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Solingen	22.9
2	Bottrop	21.7
	Remscheid	21.7
4th	Wanne-Eickel	20.7
5	Gelsenkirchen	17.9

1948

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Solingen	20.9
2	Remscheid	20.8
3	Bottrop	15.5
4th	Wanne-Eickel	15.3
5	Gelsenkirchen	13.8

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Remscheid	14.4
2	Solingen	13.3
3	Bottrop	09.8
4th	Wanne-Eickel	08.8
5	Gladbeck	08.6

BHE

1952

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Bielefeld	8.0
2	Ludenscheid	7.8
3	Iserlohn	6.7
4th	Witten	5.8
5	Neuss	5.6

1956

space	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	Iserlohn	6.1
2	Neuss	6.0
3	Recklinghausen	5.1
4th	Herford	4.7
5	Bielefeld	4.6

Other parties

Note

Only the best election result is listed.

table

space	Political party	year	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	DRP	1952	Wins	15.6
2	RSF	1948	Ludenscheid	10.3
3	FVP	1956	Wins	10.1
4th	RVP	1946	Aachen	07.8
5	GVP	1956	Wins	06.7

Groups of voters

Note

Only the best election result is listed.

table

space	Voter group	year	District-free city	Share of votes in%
1	UWG	1969	Wattenscheid	22.5
2	FWG	1969	Rheydt	16.6
3	UWG	1961	Gladbeck	10.2
4th	BBG	1961	Bonn	08.8
5	BG	1969	Wanne-Eickel	08.1

The best election results in the counties

CDU

1946

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Schleiden district	85.5
2	District of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	77.1
3	District of Geldern	76.6
4th	Meschede district	75.6
5	Kleve district	75.3

1948

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Schleiden district	65.4
2	District of Monschau	65.1
3	District of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	62.8
4th	Kleve district	62.5
5	Erkelenz district	60.7

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Erkelenz district	64.7
2	District of Monschau	63.4
3	Meschede district	59.9
4th	Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	58.8
5	Kleve district	57.4

1956

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Schleiden district	64.3
2	Meschede district	63.1
3	District of Monschau	61.1
4th	District of Geldern	59.9
5	Kleve district	57.8

1961

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Ahaus district	68.5
2	District of Geldern	68.0
3	District of Büren	67.4
4th	Meschede district	67.2
5	District of Olpe	67.1

1964

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Geldern	67.9
2	District of Büren	67.2
3	Meschede district	65.6
4th	Ahaus district	65.3
5	Borken district	63.7

1969/70

space	circle	Share of votes in%
1	District of Geldern	67.7
2	District of Olpe	67.6
3	Ahaus district	66.0
4th	Kleve district	64.8
5	Borken district	64.2

SPD

1946

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Bielefeld	55.1
2	Herford district	53.8
3	Unna district	50.7
4th	Lemgo district	48.4
5	District of Minden	45.9

1948

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Herford district	53.4
2	District of Bielefeld	52.8
3	Unna district	49.9
4th	District of Minden	47.2
5	Wittgenstein district	46.1

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Herford district	53.9
2	District of Bielefeld	51.1
3	Unna district	49.7
4th	Lemgo district	46.9
5	Ennepe-Ruhr district	46.0

1956

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Herford district	57.2
2	District of Dinslaken	56.7
3	Unna district	56.6
4th	Lemgo district	55.3
	Ennepe-Ruhr district	55.3

1961

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Herford district	55.0
2	Unna district	54.4
3	District of Dinslaken	53.3
	Lemgo district	53.3
5	Ennepe-Ruhr district	52.4

1964

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Unna district	57.3
2	Ennepe-Ruhr district	57.2
3	Herford district	56.3
	Lemgo district	56.3
5	District of Bielefeld	55.6

1969/70

space	circle	Share of votes in%
1	District of Dinslaken	55.4
2	Unna district	55.3
3	Ennepe-Ruhr district	54.8 (?)
4th	District of Bielefeld	54.0 (?)
5	District of Moers	52.7

FDP

1946

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Ennepe-Ruhr district	17.1
2	Rhein-Wupper district	14.4
3	Tecklenburg district	11.4
4th	Oberbergischer Kreis	8.9
5	Siegkreis	8.2

1948

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Ennepe-Ruhr district	20.6
2	Oberbergischer Kreis	18.4
3	Rhein-Wupper district	18.0
4th	Lemgo district	15.1
5	Lippstadt district	14.2

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Wittgenstein district	34.9
2	Lübbecke district	22.8
3	Ennepe-Ruhr district	21.7
4th	Lemgo district	21.4
5	Altena district	20.5

1956

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Wittgenstein district	22.4
2	Detmold district	21.0
3	Oberbergischer Kreis	19.6
4th	Lemgo district	18.4
5	Lübbecke district	18.3
	District of Minden	18.3

1961

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Altena district	20.9
2	Oberbergischer Kreis	19.8
3	Detmold district	18.9
4th	Lübbecke district	18.3
5	District of Minden	17.8

1964

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Oberbergischer Kreis	18.5
2	District of Minden	17.6
3	Detmold district	17.2
4th	Lübbecke district	17.0
5	District of Halle (Westphalia)	16.7

1969/70

space	circle	Share of votes in%
1	Oberbergischer Kreis	14.0
	District of Minden	14.0
3	Warburg district	12.0
4th	Wittgenstein district	11.9
5	Schleiden district	11.8

DZP

1946

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Coesfeld district	33.7
2	District of Münster	30.5
3	Siegkreis	27.5
4th	Warendorf district	27.2
5	Paderborn district	25.2

1948

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Coesfeld district	40.8
2	District of Münster	40.3
3	Warburg district	33.6
4th	Ahaus district	33.2
5	Warendorf district	31.5

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Büren	34.7
2	Coesfeld district	26.7
3	Paderborn district	25.0
4th	Borken district	24.2
5	District of Münster	24.1

1956

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Coesfeld district	23.5
2	Borken district	22.6
3	District of Münster	22.5
4th	District of Büren	21.8
5	Warendorf district	21.3

1961

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Coesfeld district	16.7
2	District of Münster	16.3
3	Warendorf district	15.6
4th	District of Höxter	13.8
5	Brilon County	10.6

1964

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Münster	14.4
2	District of Büren	13.4
3	Coesfeld district	12.4
4th	District of Höxter	11.6
5	Brilon County	9.3

1969/70

space	circle	Share of votes in%
1	District of Büren	12.3
2	District of Höxter	10.8
3	Brilon County	9.6
4th	Coesfeld district	9.0
5	District of Münster	5.9

KPD

1946

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Recklinghausen district	13.3
2	Ennepe-Ruhr district	12.8
3	District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann	11.9
	Rhein-Wupper district	11.9
5	District of Dinslaken	11.0

1948

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Ennepe-Ruhr district	12.2
2	District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann	11.4
3	Rhein-Wupper district	10.4
4th	Recklinghausen district	10.2
5	District of Aachen	10.0

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Dinslaken	7.1
2	Ennepe-Ruhr district	6.9
3	District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann	6.7
4th	Recklinghausen district	6.1
5	Rhein-Wupper district	5.9

BHE

1952

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	Detmold district	12.4
2	District of Büren	11.1
3	Lemgo district	10.5
4th	Tecklenburg district	10.2
5	District of Bielefeld	10.0

1956

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Büren	9.7
2	Lippstadt district	9.5
3	Tecklenburg district	7.9
4th	Rhein-Wupper district	7.4
5	Detmold district	7.3

1961

space	district	Share of votes in%
1	District of Büren	8.3
2	Lippstadt district	7.1
3	Detmold district	6.5
4th	Oberbergischer Kreis	6.4
5	District of Siegen	7.3

Other parties

Note

Only the best election result is listed.

table

space	Political party	year	District / County	Share of votes in%
1	GVP	1956	District of Siegen	9.6
2	RVP	1948	Districts of Düren and Euskirchen	9.5
3	FVP	1952	Jülich district	8.8
		1956	Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	8.8
5	DP	1961	Wittgenstein district	8.5

Groups of voters

Note

Only the best election result is listed.

table

space	Voter group	year	District / County	Share of votes in%
1	CWG	1961	Warburg district	18.3
	CWG	1969	Warburg district	18.3
2	UWG	1969	Borken district	13.9
3	UWG	1964	Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	11.2
4th	UWV	1964	Schleiden district	10.5
5	FWV	1952	Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg	9.7

swell

• 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, p. 48–60 ( PDF file; 1.36 MB [accessed January 30, 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, p. 261–267 ( PDF file; 612 kB [accessed January 30, 2015]).
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: The local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, November 9, 1952 , Düsseldorf, 1953
• State Statistical Office North Rhine-Westphalia: Statistical reports from the State Statistical Office North Rhine-Westphalia, March 20, 1956
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Elections for the representations of the independent cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia on October 28, 1956 (preliminary results) and on November 9 , 1952, Düsseldorf, 1952
• Statistical reports of the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, issued on March 20, 1961: Elections for the representations of the independent cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1961 (preliminary results) and 1956
• Statistical reports of the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, issued on September 28, 1964: Elections for the representations of the independent cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1964 (preliminary results) and 1961
• Statistical reports of the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, issued on October 28, 1964: Elections for the representations of the independent cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia on September 27, 1964
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections 1969, Issue 1: Results of previous elections , Düsseldorf, undated
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections 1969, Issue 3: Final results , Düsseldorf, undated
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Elections for the representatives of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld on March 25 , 1973 , Düsseldorf, no year.
• State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections 1975, Issue 1: Results of previous elections , Düsseldorf, undated

See also

• Results of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1975
• Local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2004
• Local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia 2009