Results of the local elections in Rheydt
The results of the local elections in Rheydt are listed in the following lists . The first part gives the results of the city council elections from 1946 to 1969. The second part contains the results of the district elections in the Mönchengladbach district of Rheydt. These elections 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.
Historical information
With effect from January 1, 1975, the formerly independent city of Rheydt was incorporated into the independent city of Mönchengladbach.
Parties
- B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
- BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
- CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- DKP: German Communist Party
- DZP: German Center Party
- FDP: Free Democratic Party
- Greens: Greens
- from 1994: B'90 / Greens
- GVP: All-German People's Party
- KPD: Communist Party of Germany
- Left: The left
- until 2004: LiLO
- NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
- REP: Republicans
- SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Stadtt: Stadtt party
Groups of voters
- FBL: Free Citizens List
- FWG: Free Association of Voters
- FWGWS: Free voter community Wilhelm Schiffer
- LiLO: 1994 and 1999: Linke Liste Odenkirchen, 2004: Linke Liste Mönchengladbach → Linke
- UWG: Independent community of voters
- WRW: Voting Community Free Rheydt and Wickrath
Election results
The elections up to 1969 are the local elections in the formerly independent city of Rheydt, in the following elections up to 2004 the summarized results of the district elections in the city districts VI to IX of the city of Mönchengladbach (area of the former city of Rheydt) are listed. Due to the district reform of 2009, the former urban area was divided into two districts. While the main part of the former city is in the southern district, Giesenkirchen has been reclassified to the eastern district. From 2009 this district can no longer be taken into account when determining the overall result for Rheydt.
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | Green | left | FDP | FWG | UWG | DZP | BHE | KPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 44.5 | 21.8 | 9.7 | 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 | ||||
| 1956 1 | 38.1 | 35.5 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 2.2 | |||||
| 1961 | 48.4 | 34.3 | 12.1 | 5.2 | ||||||
| 1964 | 45.2 | 40.7 | 8.6 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 1969 2 | 44.8 | 29.7 | 5.8 | 3.1 | ||||||
| 1975 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 48.8 | 37.4 | 8.5 | |||||||
| 1984 3 | 40.6 | 34.9 | 8.6 | 7.4 | ||||||
| 1989 4 | 38.8 | 38.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | ||||||
| 1994 5 | 40.5 | 39.3 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 5.001 | |||||
| 1999 | 47.2 | 30.0 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||||
| 2004 6 | 42.0 | 27.9 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 | ||||
| 2009 | 33.4 | 29.5 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2014 7 | 35.2 | 29.6 | 15.3 | 5.9 | 3.64 | 1.9 |
Footnotes
1 1956: additionally: GVP: 5.4%
2 1969: additionally: FWGWS: 16.6%
3 1984: additionally: WRW: 8.4%
4 1989: additionally: REP: 5.2%, DKP: 2.2 %
5 1994: additional: FBL: 2.2%
6 2004: additional: NPD: 3.0%
7 2014: additional: AfD: 3.58%
Elections to the district councils VI to IX of the city of Mönchengladbach until 2004
The Roman numerals given here were no longer given in the 2004 election. A district reform was carried out with effect from October 21, 2009, in which at least two districts were merged to form a new district. The election results of the new district south, in which the main part of the former city of Rheydt is located, are behind the election results of the previously existing districts VI to IX.
District VI Rheydt-West
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | FDP | Green | FWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 51.7 | 37.6 | 9.9 | ||
| 1984 1 | 40.8 | 31.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 | |
| 1989 2 | 38.9 | 38.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | |
| 1994 3 | 42.8 | 38.7 | 5.7 | 10.6 | |
| 1999 | 49.5 | 30.1 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| 2004 4 | 43.3 | 27.2 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 6.6 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | CDU | SPD | FDP | WRW | Green | REP | FWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17th | 9 | 6th | 2 | ||||
| 1984 | 17th | 7th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 17th | 7th | 7th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 17th | 8th | 7th | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1999 | 17th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 13 | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1984: additional: WRW: 10.4%
2 1989: additional: REP: 5.8%
3 1994: additional: FBL: 2.2%
4 2004: additional: NPD: 3.0%
District VII Rheydt-Mitte
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | FWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 45.5 | 43.7 | 9.96 | ||
| 1984 1 | 34.3 | 39.7 | 9.2 | 6.8 | |
| 1989 2 | 32.7 | 44.0 | 8.9 | 7.2 | |
| 1994 3 | 34.9 | 45.1 | 11.4 | 5.1 | |
| 1999 4 | 45.4 | 34.5 | 10.7 | 6.0 | |
| 2004 5 | 36.4 | 32.8 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 6.1 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | FWG | REP | WRW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17th | 8th | 7th | 2 | ||||
| 1984 | 17th | 6th | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 17th | 6th | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 17th | 6th | 8th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1999 | 17th | 8th | 6th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | 13 | 5 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1984: additionally: WRW: 9.7%
2 1989: additionally: REP: 5.9%
3 1994: additionally: FBL: 2.2%
4 1999: additionally: Stadtt: 3.4%
5 2004: additionally: NPD : 3.6%
District VIII Odenkirchen
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | left | FDP | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 52.6 | 38.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 1984 1 | 42.0 | 34.5 | 8.7 | 8.3 | |
| 1989 2 | 37.7 | 35.3 | 7.9 | 5.3 | |
| 1994 | 41.0 | 32.7 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 48.4 | 27.8 | 15.8 | 5.2 | 2.8 |
| 2004 3 | 47.4 | 23.1 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | CDU | SPD | left | FDP | Green | DKP | WRW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 15th | 8th | 6th | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 15th | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 17th | 7th | 7th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 17th | 7th | 6th | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1999 | 15th | 7th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 13 | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1984: additionally: WRW: 6.2%
2 1989: additionally: DKP: 9.1%, REP: 4.6%
3 2004: additionally: NPD: 2.8%
District IX Giesenkirchen
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | FWG | Green | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 62.8 | 30.7 | 6.0 | ||
| 1984 1 | 53.0 | 29.3 | 6.8 | 5.6 | |
| 1989 2 | 52.1 | 31.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | |
| 1994 3 | 48.3 | 35.6 | 9.1 | 3.6 | |
| 1999 | 46.2 | 24.8 | 18.7 | 7.3 | 2.4 |
| 2004 4 | 43.3 | 25.3 | 16.1 | 8.3 | 4.7 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | CDU | SPD | FWG | Green | FDP | WRW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 13 | 8th | 4th | 1 | |||
| 1984 | 19th | 10 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 19th | 11 | 6th | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | 13 | 7th | 5 | 1 | |||
| 1999 | 13 | 6th | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 13 | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1984: additionally: WRW: 5.2%
2 1989: additionally: REP: 3.8%
3 1994: additionally: FBL: 3.4%
4 2004: additionally: NPD: 2.2%
Elections for the southern district council of the city of Mönchengladbach from 2009
District 3 - South
The new southern district was formed with effect from October 21, 2009 from the previous districts of Rheydt-Mitte, Rheydt-West and Odenkirchen. It does not cover the entire area of the former city of Rheydt, as the previous city district (IX) Giesenkirchen was incorporated into the new city district East.
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | CDU | SPD | Green | left | FDP | FWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 33.4 | 29.5 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 4.4 |
| 2014 1 | 35.2 | 29.6 | 15.3 | 5.9 | 3.64 | 1.9 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | CDU | SPD | Green | left | FDP | AfD | FWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19th | 6th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 19th | 7th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
footnote
1 2014: additionally: AfD: 3.58%
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)
- 1979: Issue 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts, corrected edition, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1984: Issue 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1989: Booklet 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1994: Issue 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts, Düsseldorf, undated
- 1999: Booklet 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts , Düsseldorf, December 1999, PDF file, approx. 5.8 MB
- 2004: Booklet 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts , Düsseldorf, February 2005, PDF file, approx. 7 MB
- 2009: Booklet 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts , Düsseldorf, February 2010, PDF file, approx. 3.5 MB
- 2014: Issue 4: Results by municipalities with the results of the city districts , Düsseldorf, December 2014, PDF file