Results of the local elections in Solingen

City council election 2014

in percent

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

34.1

29.6

11.2

5.0

4.9

4.3

3.0

2.6

5.3

CDU

SPD

Green

left

FDP

BfS

AfD

per NRW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+0.7

+5.9

-1.9

+0.6

-6.4

-6.1

+3.0

+2.6

+1.6

CDU

SPD

Green

left

FDP

BfS

AfD

per NRW

Otherwise.

The following lists the results of the local elections in Solingen . 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

Mayor election 2015 - 1st ballot
43.57%	36.10%	11.22%	6.66%	2.45%
Kurzbach	Feller	Wireless	"Coco" Teuber	Canik

May 2015 election - runoff
55.61%	44.39%
Kurzbach	Feller

• AfD: Alternative for Germany
• B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
• BHE: Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised
• CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• DFU: German Peace Union
• DKP: German Communist Party
  • until 1952: KPD
• FDP: Free Democratic Party
• FSU: Free Social Union
  • 1948: RSF
  • 1952: RSF / FSU
  • 1956: FSU
• Greens: Greens
  • from 1994: B'90 / Greens
• KPD: Communist Party of Germany → DKP
• Left: The left
• ÖDP: Ecological Democratic Party
• Pirates: Pirate Party Germany
• Pro NRW: Citizens' movement for North Rhine-Westphalia
• RSF: Radical Social Freedom Party → FSU
• RSF / FSU: Radical Social Freedom Party / Free Social Union → FSU
• SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Instead of: Instead of a party - the independents

Groups of voters

• BfS: Citizens' Community for Solingen
• FBU: Free Citizens Union
• SGA: Solingen Active
• UWG: Independent community of voters

City council elections

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	BfS	DKP	UWG	FSU
1946	28.7	28.1			18.7		22.9
1948	24.9	28.6			17.9		20.9		6.4
1952 1	23.6	32.3			22.5		13.3		6.1
1956	29.4	48.5			16.7				3.3
1961	38.3	39.8			16.1			5.8
1964 2	35.4	46.6			11.9			5.5
1969	39.5	47.1			09.8		03.6
1975	42.9	44.1			10.9
1979	42.1	47.3			09.0		01.6
1984	39.2	40.7	09.4		08.1		02.5
1989 3	34.6	41.7	07.5		12.0
1994	40.0	41.3	08.3		06.8
1999	50.6	29.6	05.9		06.6	05.3
2004 4	43.2	27.4	09.3		08.8	08.5
2009	33.4	23.7	13.1	4.4	11.3	10.4
2014 5	34.1	29.6	11.2	004.98	4.9	04.3

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

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	FDP	BfS
1979	59	25th	28			6th
1984	59	24	25th	5		5
1989	59	22nd	26th	4th		7th
1994	59	25th	25th	5		4th
1999	58	29	17th	4th		4th	3
2004	68	29	19th	6th		6th	6th
2009	72	24	17th	10	3	8th	8th
2014	52	17th	15th	6th	3	3	2

Allocation of seats to the parties that never received more than two seats (from 1999)

year	AfD	Pro NRW	Pirates	SGA	FBU	ÖDP
1999						1
2004				2
2009				1	1
2014	2	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1952: in addition: BHE: 2.2%
² 1964: in addition: DFU: 6.1%
³ 1989: in addition: ÖDP: 3.4%
⁴ 2004: in addition: SGA: 2.6%
⁵ 2014: in addition: AfD : 3.0%, Pro NRW: 2.6%, Pirates: 2.5%

Elections to the district councils until 1994

During the district reform in 1999, the previous districts of Ohligs / Aufderhöhe and Merscheid merged to form the new district of Ohligs / Aufderhöhe / Merscheid and Burg and Höhscheid to form the new district of Burg / Höhscheid .

District of Solingen-Mitte

The city district of Solingen-Mitte remained unchanged in 1999. Results see below!

Ohligs / Aufderhöhe district

The district of Ohligs / Aufderhöhe was incorporated into the new district of Ohligs / Aufderhöhe / Merscheid in 1999.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	ÖDP
1979	47.1	42.3		09.0
1984	44.1	36.5	11.0	06.7
1989	38.3	37.4	07.6	11.5	4.6
1994	43.7	35.6	08.7	07.2	3.2

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP
1979	15th	7th	7th		1
1984	15th	7th	6th	1	1
1989	15th	6th	6th	1	2
1994	15th	7th	6th	1	1

Forest district

The forest district remained unchanged in 1999. Results see below!

District of Höhscheid

The district of Höhscheid was incorporated into the new district of Burg / Höhscheid in 1999.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP
1979	47.6	40.3		10.3
1984 1	41.1	37.4	9.9	09.4
1989 2	42.6	32.4	8.0	13.2
1994	42.9	38.3	9.2	06.2

Distribution of seats

year	total	SPD	CDU	Green	FDP
1979	15th	7th	6th		2
1984	15th	7th	6th	1	1
1989	15th	7th	5	1	2
1994	15th	7th	6th	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1984: additionally: DKP: 2.2%
² 1989: additionally: ÖDP: 3.1%

Graefrath district

The Gräfrath district remained unchanged in 1999. Results see below!

Burg district

The Burg district was incorporated into the new Burg / Höhscheid district in 1999.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	Green	ÖDP
1979	44.5	39.0	15.1
1984 1	39.3	32.5	14.0	11.7
1989	37.3	34.3	13.7	08.5	5.7
1994	40.8	35.7	10.7	08.9	2.4

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	FDP	Green	ÖDP
1979	15th	7th	6th	2
1984	15th	6th	5	2	2
1989	17th	7th	6th	2	1	1
1994	13	6th	5	1	1

footnote

¹ 1984: additionally: DKP: 2.5%

Merscheid district

The Merscheid district was incorporated into the new Ohligs / Aufderhöhe / Merscheid district in 1999.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	ÖDP
1979	44.1	46.7		07.8
1984 1	39.9	39.7	9.9	08.2
1989	35.7	40.5	7.1	13.4	2.6
1994	40.9	39.5	9.0	06.8	2.2

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP
1979	15th	6th	7th		2
1984	15th	7th	6th	1	1
1989	13	5	6th	1	1
1994	13	6th	5	1	1

footnote

¹ 1984: additionally: DKP: 2.2%

Elections to the district councils from 1999

District of Solingen-Mitte

The tables also contain the results of the elections up to 1994.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	left	BfS	FDP
1979	40.1	49.7				08.5
1984 1	37.6	44.0	09.1			06.7
1989 2	33.3	45.3	07.5			09.7
1994 3	38.9	44.1	08.2			05.4
1999	50.9	32.2	04.8		05.8	04.9
2004	42.9	28.8	09.1		11.4	07.9
2009 4	33.4	25.5	12.5	6.1	10.2	10.3
2014 5	31.9	31.2	10.5	6.9	05.3	04.4

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	left	BfS	Pro NRW	FDP
1979	15th	6th	8th					1
1984	15th	6th	7th	1				1
1989	15th	5	8th	1				1
1994	17th	7th	8th	1				1
1999	15th	7th	5	1		1		1
2004	15th	7th	4th	1		2		1
2009	15th	5	4th	2	1	1		2
2014	15th	5	4th	2	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1984: in addition: DKP: 2.6%
² 1989: in addition: ÖDP: 3.3%
³ 1994: in addition: Instead of: 2.0%
⁴ 2009: in addition: FBU: 2.0%
⁵ 2014: in addition: Pro NRW: 4.97%, pirates: 3.0%

Ohligs / Aufderhöhe / Merscheid district

The tables also contain the summarized results of the elections for the former districts of Ohligs / Aufderhöhe and Merscheid up to 1994.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	BfS	left	FDP	ÖDP
1979	45.8	43.3				09.4
1984	43.1	37.3	10.7			07.1
1989	37.6	38.1	07.5			11.9	4.1
1994	43.0	36.5	08.8			07.1	2.9
1999	51.3	25.9	06.0	07.4		06.2	3.2
2004	43.5	25.9	11.1	10.9		08.6
2009	33.9	20.9	15.7	13.5	4.6	09.5
2014 1	35.5	26.4	14.2	06.9	5.1	04.5

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	BfS	left	FDP
1979	30th	13	14th				3
1984	30th	14th	12	2			2
1989	28	11	12	2			3
1994	28	13	11	2			2
1999	15th	8th	4th	1	1		1
2004	15th	6th	4th	2	2		1
2009	15th	5	3	2	2	1	2
2014	15th	6th	4th	2	1	1	1

footnote

¹ 2014: additionally: pirates: 3.1%, Pro NRW: 2.8%

Forest district

The tables also contain the results of the elections up to 1994.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	BfS
1979	43.2	47.1		08.4
1984 1	38.5	39.2	09.2	09.5
1989 2	33.3	44.3	07.0	11.9
1994	38.4	44.2	07.4	06.3
1999	50.9	30.9	05.6	06.2		4.9
2004	42.0	31.5	10.1	08.7		7.8
2009	32.8	30.4	11.8	10.2	4.2	9.2
2014 3	33.3	30.9	12.5	05.7	5.1	04.98

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	BfS
1979	15th	7th	7th		1
1984	15th	6th	7th	1	1
1989	13	5	6th	1	1
1994	15th	6th	7th	1	1
1999	13	6th	4th	1	1		1
2004	13	6th	4th	1	1		1
2009	13	4th	4th	2	1	1	1
2014	13	4th	4th	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1984: additionally: DKP: 3.6%
² 1989: additionally: ÖDP: 2.7%
³ 2014: additionally: Pro NRW: 3.4%, pirates: 2.8%

Burg / Höhscheid district

The tables also contain the summarized results of the elections for the former Burg and Höhscheid districts up to 1994.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	BfS
1979	40.7	46.7		10.8
1984 1	37.6	40.1	10.1	009.97
1989 2	32.9	41.6	08.1	13.3
1994	38.6	42.2	09.2	06.7
1999	48.4	34.1	05.7	06.2		04.1
2004	43.6	26.8	10.2	09.5		009.97
2009	36.1	20.7	13.6	12.4	4.7	11.0
2014 3	36.0	27.9	10.8	05.2	4.9	04.5

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	BfS	AfD	ÖDP
1979	30th	13	13		4th
1984	30th	13	11	3	3
1989	32	12	13	2	4th				1
1994	28	12	12	2	2
1999	15th	7th	5	1	1		1
2004	15th	7th	4th	2	1		1
2009	15th	5	3	2	2	1	2
2014	15th	5	4th	2	1	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 1984: additionally: DKP: 2.2%
² 1989: additionally: ÖDP: 3.5%
³ 2014: additionally: AfD: 4.4%, Pro NRW: 2.4%, pirates: 2.3%

Graefrath district

The tables also contain the results of the elections up to 1994.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	BfS	ÖDP	DKP
1979	40.7	45.8		10.3				3.2
1984	37.0	39.0	10.1	09.8				4.1
1989	31.2	40.4	10.3	13.3			3.2	1.7
1994	38.0	41.5	08.9	08.4			2.4
1999	50.8	29.4	05.8	07.3		05.01
2004	46.2	28.9	09.6	07.3		8.1
2009 1	34.5	26.3	13.6	10.9	4.3	7.9
2014 2	34.7	32.3	12.0	05.2	4.9	3.9

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	BfS	left
1979	15th	6th	7th		2
1984	15th	6th	7th	1	1
1989	13	4th	6th	1	2
1994	13	5	6th	1	1
1999	13	6th	4th	1	1	1
2004	13	6th	4th	1	1	1
2009	13	5	3	2	1	1	1
2014	13	4th	4th	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ 2009: additionally: FBU: 2.5%
² 2014: additionally: Pro NRW: 3.2%, pirates: 2.2%

Overall results of all elections to the district councils

Distribution of seats

year	total	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	BfS	left	AfD	Pro NRW	ÖDP
1979	105	45	49		11
1984	105	44	45	8th	8th
1989	101	37	45	7th	11					1
1994	101	43	44	7th	7th
1999	71	34	22nd	5	5	5
2004	71	32	20th	7th	5	7th
2009	71	24	17th	10	8th	7th	5
2014	71	24	20th	10	5	5	5	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	BfS	left
1979	42.9	46.7		10.5
1984	41.9	42.9	07.6	07.6
1989	36.6	44.6	06.9	10.9
1994	42.6	43.6	06.9	06.9
1999	47.9	31.0	07.0	07.0	7.0
2004	45.1	28.2	09.9	07.0	9.9
2009	33.8	23.9	14.1	11.3	9.9	7.0
2014	33.8	28.2	14.1	07.0	7.0	7.0

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

• Local election results 2009