Facts and figures on politics in Dortmund

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The Dortmund City Hall
The old and the middle townhouses house parts of the city administration

The article Facts and Figures on Politics in Dortmund contains statistical and historical information on politics in Dortmund .

In the times of the Free Imperial City, the city of Dortmund was headed by the 18-member, later 12-member council, which was composed differently over time. The term of office initially lasted one year, with the members rotating in rotation so that there was an “old council” and a “new council” or “seated council”. Since the end of the 15th century, councilors have been elected for life. Two of the six supreme councilors held the title of “mayor”. The 7th seat was reserved for the ex-count. After 1803, a princely Orange city magistrate took over the official business and in French times there was a mayor who was assisted by a municipal council. After 1815 there was a mayor and a town council. With the introduction of the city regulations in 1835, the magistrate and the city council, chaired by the mayor, ran the administration. From 1860 the head of the city bore the title of Lord Mayor .

During the time of National Socialism , the mayor was appointed by the NSDAP . After the Second World War , the military government of the British Zone of Occupation appointed a new Lord Mayor and in 1946 introduced the local constitution based on the British model. Then there was a “city council” elected by the people, whose members are known as “city councilors”. The council initially elected the mayor from among its members as chairman and representative of the city, who was active on a voluntary basis. Furthermore, from 1946 the council also elected a full-time senior city director as head of the city administration. In 1999 the dual leadership in the city administration was given up. Since then there has only been the full-time mayor. He is chairman of the council, head of the city administration and representative of the city. The Lord Mayor was elected directly by the people for the first time in 1999 and has been recruited continuously from the ranks of the SPD since the beginning of 1946 . The dominant position of the SPD led to the metaphor of Dortmund as the "heart chamber of social democracy".

Member of the Bundestag

The Dortmund constituencies

The Dortmund urban area currently has two federal electoral districts.

Constituency 143 Dortmund I

The Bundestag constituency 143 Dortmund I includes the western districts of Hombruch, Huckarde, City Center East, City Center West, Lütgendortmund and Mengede.

In 2017, with 38.8 percent of the first votes cast, the direct mandate went to the SPD MP Marco Bülow , now independent, who had already won this constituency in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013. In 2017, Markus Kurth , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and Ulla Jelpke , Die Linke moved across the state list . in the 19th German Bundestag.

Constituency 144 Dortmund II

The eastern districts (Aplerbeck, Brackel, Eving, Hörde, Innenstadt-Nord and Scharnhorst) form the Bundestag constituency 144 Dortmund II .

Here, the direct mandate in 2017 with 38.8 percent fell to Sabine Poschmann , SPD, again as in 2013 .

former constituency of Dortmund III

The Bundestag constituency Dortmund III was a constituency in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1949 to 2002. From 1980 to 1998, it last included the Dortmund districts of Aplerbeck , Hörde , Hombruch and Lütgendormtund .

Member of the state parliament

Dortmund is currently divided into four state electoral districts.

Constituency 111 - Dortmund I

The constituency 111 Dortmund I is described by the city districts Innenstadt-West , Huckarde and Mengede .

In the 2017 election, Armin Jahl (SPD) was directly elected with 39.9%.

Constituency 112 - Dortmund II

The city districts city ​​center east , city ​​center north and Eving form the constituency 112 Dortmund II .

The directly elected candidate is Volkan Baran (SPD) with 39.1% with 39.1%.

Constituency 113 - Dortmund III

The constituency 113 Dortmund III includes the city districts of Scharnhorst , Aplerbeck and Brackel .

Here Nadja Lüders (SPD) was directly elected with 43.7%.

Constituency 114 - Dortmund IV

The constituency 111 Dortmund IV is formed by the districts of Hörde , Hombruch and Lütgendortmund .

With 38.6% of the votes cast, Anja Butschkau (SPD) was directly elected to the state parliament.

Former constituencies

Until 2005 there were two more constituencies in the Dortmund urban area. The constituency of Dortmund V comprised the districts of Aplerbeck and Hörde. The constituency of Dortmund VI was formed by the districts of Hombruch and Lütgendortmund.

Local Election Results (City Council)

Election results of the Dortmund City Council 1946–2014
Distribution of seats in the Dortmund City Council 1946–2014

Overview

Here is an overview of the results of the Dortmund local elections after the Second World War. Only the distribution of seats determined by the election result is listed. The field of the party that received the most votes or seats in the respective election is marked in color.

Share of votes of the parties in percent
1946 1948 1952 1956 1961 1964 1969 1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 46.2 46.0 49.7 57.0 54.2 61.2 57.3 57.2 57.3 55.4 52.9 51.4 41.0 41.3 37.8 43.7 38.2
CDU 35.1 31.1 29.5 31.0 35.2 33.4 35.6 35.2 34.3 30.7 25.7 30.4 41.7 32.7 28.7 27.2 27.2
GREEN 10.7 9.8 12.2 9.9 11.5 15.4 17.2 15.4
THE LEFT. 2.8 5.5 3.5 6.8
AfD 3.4
FDP 3.6 7.8 10.9 6.7 7.8 5.4 5.3 6.2 4.6 2.3 3.9 2.1 1.8 3.8 6.3 2.6 2.4
PIRATES 2.3
THE RIGHT 1.0
Citizen List 1.6 2.6 3.1 2.0 1.9 1.0
NPD 0.1 0.01 0.9 1.9 0.9
FBI 1.1 1.2 0.7
BIG 0.3
The party 0.1
DKP 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.1
DUW 2009 0.1 0.1 0.1
Independent 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.02 0.01
Left alliance 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5
Departure Gr. 0.1 0.1
DVU 2.0 3.1 1.5
Offensive D 0.7
Urban greenery 0.1
REP 6.3 1.9
INSTEAD OF 0.5
ÖDP 0.5
BLI 0.3
DOLL 0.3
UBL 0.2
Patriots 0.01
EAP 0.03 0.1
KPD 12.6 11.8 6.0 0.3 0.05
FAP 0.04
Colorful list 2.9
DWU 2.1
DRP 0.3 0.7
DP 2.9
BHE 1.9 2.1
NO 1.3
FSU 0.6
center 2.4 3.3
1946 1948 1952 1956 1961 1964 1969 1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
Distribution of seats
1946 1948 1952 1956 1961 1964 1969 1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 36 25th 31 40 37 42 40 48 52 48 47 46 34 36 37 38 36
CDU 12 17th 18th 22nd 24 22nd 24 30th 31 26th 23 27 34 29 28 23 26th
GREEN 9 8th 10 8th 10 15th 15th 15th
THE LEFT. 2 5 3 6th
AfD 3
FDP 1 4th 7th 4th 5 3 3 5 1 3 6th 2 2
PIRATES 2
THE RIGHT 1
Citizen List 2 3 2 2 1
NPD 1 2 1
FBI 1 1 1
DVU 2 3 1
Left alliance 1 1
Offensive D 1
REP 5
KPD 2 6th 4th
total 51 52 60 66 66 67 67 83 83 83 83 83 82 88 96 86 94

Election period 1946 to 1948

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1946
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
46.3%
35.1%
12.6%
3.6%
2.4%
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1946
    
A total of 51 seats

The first local election after the Second World War was carried out according to the requirements of the British occupying power according to the (British) majority vote. That is, there were 13 constituencies, each with 3 council members elected with the most votes. In addition to these 39 direct candidates, a further 12 council members came through a city-wide electoral district by proportional representation. All Dortmunders over 21 years of age who had German citizenship and whose voting rights had not been withdrawn due to the support of the Nazi regime were entitled to vote. The council had 51 members. He elected the mayor from among his number.

The local elections on October 13, 1946 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		103,499 46.3% 36 70.6%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		78,612 35.1% 12 23.5%
KPD
Communist Party of Germany 		28,262 12.6% 2 3.9%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		8,070 3.6% 1 2.0%
Z
German Center Party 		5,368 2.4% - -
total 223.811 100.0% 51 100.0%

The council elected Fritz Henßler (SPD) as mayor .

Election period 1948 to 1952

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1948
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
46.0%
31.1%
11.8%
7.8%
3.3%
Gains and losses
compared to 1946
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.3  % p
-4.0  % p
-0.8  % p
+ 4.2  % p
+ 0.9  % p
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1948
    
A total of 52 seats

This second local election after the Second World War took place after the constitution of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The electoral system was changed in such a way that voting was now based on personalized proportional representation. As is still the case today, half of the seats were allocated directly in constituencies, the other half was supplemented by the city-wide rigid lists to establish proportional representation. A 5% hurdle was introduced. The council had 52 members. He elected the mayor from among his number.

The local election on October 17, 1948 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		99,958 46.0% (−0.3%) 25 (−11) 48.1%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		67,666 31.1% (−4.0%) 17 (+5) 32.7%
KPD
Communist Party of Germany 		25,645 11.8% (−0.8%) 6 (+4) 11.5%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		16,966 7.8% (+ 4.2%) 4 (+3) 7.7%
Z
German Center Party 		7,240 3.3% (+ 0.9%) - (=) -
total 217,475 100.0% 52 (+1) 100.0%

The council elected Fritz Henßler (SPD) as mayor .

Electoral period 1952 to 1956

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1952
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
49.7%
29.5%
10.9%
6.0%
1.9%
1.3%
0.7%
NO
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1948
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+ 3.7  % p
-4.9  % p
+ 3.1  % p.p.
-5.8  % p
+1.9  % p
+1.3  % p
+ 0.7  % p
NO
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1952
    
A total of 60 seats

In the third local election, the number of seats on the council was increased to 60.

The local election on November 9, 1952 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		140.970 49.7% (+ 3.7%) 31 (+6) 51.7%
CDU
Z
Christian Democratic Union of Germany + German Center Party 		83,746 29.5% (−1.6%) 18 (+1) 30.0%
FDP
DP
Free Democratic Party + German Party 		30,771 10.9% (+ 3.1%) 7 (+3) 11.7%
KPD
Communist Party of Germany 		17,068 6.0% (−5.8%) 4 (−2) 6.7%
BHE
Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised 		5,308 1.9% (+1.9%) - (=) -
NR
National rights 		1.3% (+1.3%) - (=) -
FSU
Free Social Union 		0.6% (+ 0.6%) - (=) -
Independent
2 non-party applicants 		0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
total 283,532 100.0% 60 (+8) 100.0%

NR, FSU and independents have a total of 5,669 votes (more precise figures cannot be found).

The council elected Fritz Henßler (SPD) as mayor . After his death, Dietrich Keuning (SPD) was elected as his successor in early 1954 .

Election period 1956 to 1961

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1956
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
57.0%
31.0%
6.7%
2.9%
2.1%
0.3%
no
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1952
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
+ 7.3  % p
+1.5  % p
-4.2  % p
+ 2.9  % p
+ 0.2  % p
+ 0.3  % p
-8.0  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1956
   
A total of 66 seats

In the fourth local election, the number of seats in the council was increased to 66.

The local election on October 28, 1956 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		188,650 57.0% (+ 7.3%) 40 (+9) 60.6%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		102,494 31.0% (+1.5%) 22 (+4) 33.3%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		22,086 6.7% (−4.2%) 4 (−3) 6.1%
DP
German party 		9,742 2.9% (+ 2.9%) - (=) -
BHE
Association of Expellees and Disenfranchised 		7,010 2.1% (+ 0.2%) - (=) -
DRP
German Reich Party 		857 0.3% (+ 0.3%) - (=) -
total 330,849 100.0% 66 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Dietrich Keuning (SPD) as mayor .

Election period 1961 to 1964

Election of the Dortmund city council in 1961
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
54.2%
35.2%
7.8%
2.1%
0.7%
no
DWU
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1956
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-2.8  % p
+ 4.2  % p
+1.1  % p
+ 2.1  % p.p.
+ 0.4  % p
-5.0  % p
DWU
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1961
   
A total of 66 seats

In the fifth electoral term the council had 66 members.

The local elections on March 19, 1961 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		189,610 54.2% (−2.8%) 37 (−3) 56.1%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		123,322 35.2% (+ 4.2%) 24 (+2) 36.4%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		27.291 7.8% (+1.1%) 5 (+1) 7.6%
DWU
Democratic Voters Union 		7.506 2.1% (+ 2.1%) - (=) -
DRP
German Reich Party 		2,317 0.7% (+ 0.4%) - (=) -
total 350.046 100.0% 66 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Dietrich Keuning (SPD) as mayor .

Election period 1964 to 1969

Election of the Dortmund city council in 1964
in percent
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
61.2%
33.4%
5.4%
no
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1961
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 7.0  % p
-1.8  % p
-2.4  % p
-2.8  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1964
   
A total of 67 seats

In the sixth local election, the number of seats on the council was increased to 67.

The local elections on September 27, 1964 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		207.932 61.2% (+ 7.0%) 42 (+5) 62.7%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		113,582 33.4% (−1.8%) 22 (−2) 32.8%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		18,444 5.4% (−2.4%) 3 (−2) 4.5%
total 339,958 100.0% 67 (+1) 100.0%

The council elected Dietrich Keuning (SPD) as mayor .

1969 to 1975 parliamentary term

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1969
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
57.3%
35.6%
5.3%
1.8%
Gains and losses
compared to 1964
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-3.9  % p
+ 2.2  % p
-0.1  % p
+1.8  % p
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1969
   
A total of 67 seats

In the seventh electoral term, the council had 67 members.

The local election on November 9, 1969 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		168,689 57.3% (−3.9%) 40 (−2) 59.7%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		104,713 35.6% (+ 2.2%) 24 (+2) 35.8%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		15,626 5.3% (−0.1%) 3 (=) 4.5%
DKP
German Communist Party 		5,428 1.8% (+1.8%) - (=) -
total 294,429 100.0% 67 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Heinrich Sondermann (SPD) as mayor . In 1973 Günter Samtlebe (SPD) succeeded him in this office.

Election period 1975 to 1979

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1975
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
57.2%
35.2%
6.2%
1.1%
0.4%
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1969
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.1  % p
-0.4  % p
+ 0.9  % p
-0.7  % p
+ 0.4  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund city council in 1975
   
A total of 83 seats

In the eighth local election, the number of seats on the council was increased to 83. As a result of the municipal territorial reform, the 12 city districts, which are still valid today, were introduced in the city area, in each of which district representatives were elected. These district representatives each consist of 19 members. In the local elections, the members of the district councils were elected on the basis of the city council election results in the respective district. For the first time, 18 to 20 year olds were also eligible to vote.

The local elections on May 4, 1975 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		228,599 57.2% (−0.1%) 48 (+8) 57.8%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		140.713 35.2% (−0.4%) 30 (+6) 36.1%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		24,853 6.2% (+ 0.9%) 5 (+2) 6.0%
DKP
German Communist Party 		4,287 1.1% (−0.7%) - (=) -
KPD
Communist Party of Germany 		744 0.3% (+ 0.3%) - (=) -
Independent
4 non-party applicants 		241 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
total 399,537 100.0% 83 (+16) 100.0%

The council elected Günter Samtlebe (SPD) as mayor .

Election period 1979 to 1984

In the ninth electoral term, the council had 83 members. The district representatives were directly elected for the first time. Unlike the city council election, however, there were no constituencies for the BV election. All BV members were elected by proportional representation with rigid lists.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1979
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
57.3%
34.3%
4.6%
2.9%
0.9%
no
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1975
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 0.1  % p
-0.9  % p
-1.6  % p
+ 2.9  % p
-0.2  % p
-0.4  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1979
  
A total of 83 seats

The local elections on September 30, 1979 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		174,610 57.3% (+ 0.1%) 52 (+4) 62.7%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		104,469 34.3% (−0.9%) 31 (+1) 37.3%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		14,129 4.6% (−1.6%) - (=) -
Colorful list
Colorful alternative for Dortmund 		8,686 2.9% (+ 2.9%) - (=) -
DKP
German Communist Party 		2,636 0.9% (−0.2%) - (=) -
EAP
European Labor Party 		83 0.0% (=) - (=) -
total 304.613 100.0% 83 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Günter Samtlebe (SPD) as mayor .

1984 to 1989 parliamentary term

In the tenth electoral term, the council had 83 members.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1984
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
55.4%
30.7%
10.7%
2.3%
0.7%
0.1%
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1979
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-1.9  % p
-3.6  % p
+ 7.8  % p
-2.3  % p
-0.2  % p
+ 0.1  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1984
   
A total of 83 seats

The local election on September 30, 1984 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		154.391 55.4% (−1.9%) 48 (−4) 57.8%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		85,519 30.7% (−3.6%) 26 (−5) 31.3%
The green
The green 		29,825 10.7% (+ 10.7%) 9 (+9) 10.8%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		6,386 2.3% (−2.3%) - (=) -
DKP
German Communist Party 		1,985 0.7% (−0.2%) - (=) -
EAP
European Labor Party 		398 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
KPD
Communist Party of Germany 		131 0.0% (=) - (=) -
FAP
Freedom German Workers Party 		98 0.0% (=) - (=) -
total 278.733 100.0% 83 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Günter Samtlebe (SPD) as mayor .

1989-1994 parliamentary term

In the eleventh electoral term, the council had 83 members.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1989
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
52.9%
25.7%
9.8%
6.3%
3.9%
1.5%
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1984
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-2.5  % p
-5.0  % p
-0.9  % p
+ 6.3  % p
+1.6  % p
+ 0.7  % p
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1989
    
A total of 83 seats

The local elections on October 1, 1989 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		145.785 52.9% (−2.5%) 47 (−1) 56.6%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		70,841 25.7% (−5.0%) 23 (−3) 27.7%
The green
The green 		26,888 9.8% (−0.9%) 8 (−1) 9.6%
REP
The Republicans 		17,394 6.3% (+ 6.3%) 5 (+5) 6.0%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		10,886 3.9% (+1.6%) - (=) -
ÖDP
Ecological Democratic Party 		1,321 0.5% (+ 0.5%) - (=) -
BLI
Citizen List Aplerbeck 		929 0.3% (+ 0.3%) - (=) -
DOLL
Dortmund's Left List 		799 0.3% (+ 0.3%) - (=) -
UBL
Independent Citizens List Hombruch 		692 0.2% (+ 0.2%) - (=) -
NPD
National Democratic Party of Germany 		202 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
Patriots
Patriots for Germany 		202 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
total 275,751 100.0% 83 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Günter Samtlebe (SPD) as mayor .

1994 to 1999 parliamentary term

In the twelfth term, the council had 83 members.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1994
in percent
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.4%
30.4%
12.2%
2.1%
1.9%
1.6%
0.5%
BL
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1989
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-1.5  % p
+ 4.7  % p.p.
+ 2.4  % p
-1.8  % p
-4.4  % p
+1.1  % p
-0.5  % p
BL
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1994
   
A total of 83 seats
Seating order in the city council November 1994

The local elections on October 16, 1994 resulted in the following result:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		177,778 51.4% (−1.5%) 46 (−1) 55.4%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		105.201 30.4% (+ 4.7%) 27 (+4) 32.5%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		42.123 12.2% (+ 2.4%) 10 (+2) 12.0%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		7.140 2.1% (−1.8%) - (=) -
REP
The Republicans 		6,477 1.9% (−4.4%) - (−5) -
Citizens' list for Dortmund
Citizens' list for Dortmund 		5,489 1.6% (+1.6%) - (=) -
INSTEAD OF
INSTEAD OF THE PARTY The Independents 		1,644 0.5% (+ 0.5%) - (=) -
NPD
National Democratic Party of Germany 		30th 0.0% (−0.1%) - (=) -
total 345,882 100.0% 83 (=) 100.0%

The council elected Günter Samtlebe (SPD) as mayor .

1999 to 2004 electoral term

In the thirteenth term, the number of council members was reduced to 82. At the same time, the direct election of the mayor was introduced. The mayor was an ex officio member of the council as the 83rd member. Furthermore, the 5% hurdle was abolished for the 1999 local elections. As a result, for the first time in the post-war period, more than 4 - a total of 7 - parties were elected to the council. However, since the number of members required to form a parliamentary group was still 4 council members, there were only 3 parliamentary groups and 5 non-attached councilors in this electoral term. For the first time, 16 and 17-year-olds as well as EU citizens without German citizenship (EU citizenship) were also eligible to vote from this election.

The local election on September 12, 1999 resulted in the following:

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 1999
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
41.7%
41.0%
9.9%
2.6%
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
no
Gains and losses
compared to 1994
 % p
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
+ 11.3  % p
-10.4  % p
-2.3  % p
+ 0.5  % p
+ 2.0  % p
-0.3  % p
+1.0  % p
-1.9  % p
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 1999
       
A total of 82 seats
Seat rules in the city council October 1999
Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		101,617 41.7% (+ 11.3%) 34 (+7) 41.5%
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		99,819 41.0% (−10.4%) 34 (−12) 41.5%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		24,156 9.9% (−2.3%) 8 (−2) 9.8%
Citizens' list for Dortmund
Citizens INSTEAD of politicians 		6.363 2.6% (+1.0%) 2 (+2) 2.4%
DVU
German People's Union 		4,897 2.0% (+ 2.0%) 2 (+2) 2.4%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		4,347 1.8% (−0.3%) 1 (+1) 1.2%
Left alliance
Left Alliance Dortmund (non-party Left, DKP and PDS) 		2,346 1.0% (+1.0%) 1 (+1) 1.2%
total 243,545 100.0% 82 (−1) 100.0%

The election for mayor on September 12, 1999 (runoff election on September 26, 1999) resulted in the following result:

candidacy 1st ballot: votes Share of votes 2nd ballot: votes Share of votes
Volker Geers
CDU 		110,973 45.6% 112,463 47.8%
Gerhard Langemeyer
SPD 		102,705 42.2% 122.917 52.2%
Jürgen Mohr
Greens 		18.405 7.6% - -
Hans-Dieter Pohlschröder
Citizen 		4,362 1.8% - -
Waldemar Stanko
DVU 		3,240 1.3% - -
Heinrich Mödder
individual applicant 		1,982 0.8% - -
Klaus Stratenwerth
FDP 		1,720 0.7% - -
total 243,387 100.0% 235.380 100.0%

After the first round of the local elections, in which the SPD lost an absolute majority for the first time in decades, the CDU and the Greens formed a black-green coalition to support the CDU candidate Volker Geers before the mayor's runoff election. The model for this coalition was a corresponding coalition that worked together for 5 years in the district of Hombruch. After Geers (47.8%) was defeated by the SPD candidate Gerhard Langemeyer (52.2%) in the second ballot , the agreed coalition broke up due to a lack of business. Instead, Langemeyer led the city administration with changing majorities.

Development within the electoral term (1999-2004)

The councilor of the Left Alliance was a party member of the PDS. The council member of the FDP joined the CDU parliamentary group as a guest. The council members of the Bürgerliste, DVU and Left Alliance remained non-attached until the end of the election period. In 2001, a council member resigned from the citizens' list and joined the Schill party (later Offensive D). The district representatives of the Greens in the district of Innenstadt-Nord resigned from the party and henceforth formed the Nordstadtgünen, which ran for the 2004 local elections under the name Die Stadtgrünen. Shortly before this local election, the PDS also split from the Left Alliance and entered with an open list. Until the election, however, the PDS council member formally remained a member of the Left Alliance.

At the end of the electoral term, the distribution of seats according to parliamentary groups was as follows:

CDU SPD Green non-attached total
35 34 8th 5 82
CDU 34
FDP 1		 DVU 2
Citizen List 1
Left Alliance 1
Offensive D 1

2004 to 2009 electoral term

In the fourteenth electoral term, 36 SPD candidates won a direct seat on the city council, even though the SPD only had 34 seats. As a result, six overhang and compensation mandates were set up (SPD: 2, CDU: 2, Greens: 1, Citizens' List: 1), so that the total number of council members increased to 88.

The number of parties elected to the council increased from 7 to 9, the number of parliamentary groups from 3 to initially 4, then to 6 during the electoral period. From autumn 2007, the new municipal code of North Rhine-Westphalia introduced the minimum number of council members to form a parliamentary group lowered from 4 to 3 council members. At the same time, the number of non-attached council members fell from 7 to 1.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 2004
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
41.3%
32.7%
11.5%
3.8%
3.1%
3.1%
2.8%
0.8%
0.8%
Gains and losses
compared to 1999
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+ 0.3  % p
-9.0  % p
+1.6  % p
+ 2.0  % p
+1.1  % p
+ 0.5  % p
+ 2.8  % p
-0.2  % p
+ 0.8  % p
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 2004
         
A total of 88 seats
Seating order in the city council August 2008

The local election on September 26, 2004 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		92.509 41.3% (+ 0.3%) 36 (+2) 40.9%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		73.282 32.7% (−9.0%) 29 (−5) 33.0%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		25,635 11.5% (+1.6%) 10 (+2) 11.4%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		8,591 3.8% (+ 2.0%) 3 (+2) 3.4%
DVU
German People's Union 		6,880 3.1% (+1.1%) 3 (+1) 3.4%
Citizens' list for Dortmund
Citizens' list for Dortmund 		6,874 3.1% (+ 0.5%) 3 (+1) 3.4%
Democratic Socialism Party
Democratic Socialism Party-Open List 		6,346 2.8% (+ 2.8%) 2 (+2) 2.3%
Left alliance
Left Alliance Dortmund (non-party Left, DKP and SDAJ) 		1,751 0.8% (−0.2%) 1 (=) 1.1%
Offensive D
Rule of Law Offensive Party 		1,669 0.7% (+ 0.7%) 1 (+1) 1.1%
Stadtgrüne
voter association Stadtgrüne 		265 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
total 223,802 100.0% 88 (+6) 100.0%

The election for mayor on September 26, 2004 (runoff election on October 10, 2004) resulted in the following result:

candidacy 1st ballot: votes Share of votes 2nd ballot: votes Share of votes
Gerhard Langemeyer
SPD 		107,691 48.1% 105.189 62.5%
Frank Hengstenberg
CDU 		74,701 33.4% 63,037 37.5%
Daniela Schneckenburger
Greens 		17.131 7.7% - -
Annette Littmann
FDP 		5,977 2.7% - -
Waldemar Stanko
DVU 		5,816 2.6% - -
Helmut Manz
PDS-OL 		5,120 2.3% - -
Hannes Fischer
citizens list 		4,735 2.1% - -
Detlef Münch
Offensive D 		1,352 0.6% - -
Ulrich Sander
Left Alliance 		1,316 0.6% - -
total 223,839 100.0% 168.226 100.0%

No candidate achieved an absolute majority in the election for mayor. In the runoff election on October 10, 2004, Gerhard Langemeyer from the SPD , who has been in office since 1999, prevailed against Frank Hengstenberg from the CDU with 62.5% of the votes .

Development within the electoral term (2004–2009)

After the local elections, the SPD and the Greens formed a coalition. This only happened after massive pressure from the SPD parliamentary group on Lord Mayor Gerhard Langemeyer , who would have preferred to continue to run the city with changing majorities.

The council member of the Left Alliance Dortmund was a party member of the DKP. The FDP and the citizen list formed a group of factions in the council . A CDU councilor switched to the FDP a few days after the election. The council member elected for Offensive D left the party at the end of 2004. In August 2007 a councilor elected for the citizens' list left the list and parliamentary group. Shortly thereafter, the new parliamentary group “Die Linke in the Council” was formed from the representatives of Die Linke .OL (previously PDS-OL), the Left Alliance and the former representative of the Citizens' List, who has also been a member of the Die Linke party since October 2008 . In September 2007, the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament approved the amendment of the municipal code for North Rhine-Westphalia (GO NRW) with the votes of the government coalition of the CDU and FDP. One of the changes was that the parliamentary group status in the municipal councils of independent cities was reduced from four to three mandates, so that since October 2007 the DVU also held the parliamentary group status. The council member who was elected for Offensive D and has been non-party since the end of 2004 founded a "Free Citizens Initiative" (FBI) in summer 2008. In autumn 2008 another councilor elected for the citizens' list left the electoral group; initially as a non-party - he later joined the FDP - he remained in the parliamentary group. In January 2009, a council member of the DVU announced his conversion to the NPD and the candidacy as their OB candidate. However, he was initially still a member of the DVU parliamentary group. Only after the last regular council meeting (an extraordinary one followed) before the local elections did he announce his resignation from the parliamentary group at the end of June 2009. The DVU parliamentary group was finally dissolved. In the north-western districts of Eving, Mengede and Huckarde, some dissatisfied former CDU members, including a district representative from Eving, founded the "Dortmund Independent Voting Association 2009" (DUW2009), which ran for the subsequent elections of the local district councils. The originally planned name "Dortmund Free Voters Community" was dispensed with due to the risk of confusion with the "Citizens' List - Free Voters Dortmund".

At the end of the electoral term, the distribution of seats according to parliamentary groups was as follows:

SPD CDU Green FDP / citizen list The left in the council Non-attached total
36 28 10 6th 4th 4th 88
FDP 5
citizen list 1		 The left. 3
Left Alliance 1		 DVU 2
NPD 1
FBI 1

Election period 2009 to 2014

The fifteenth local election took place on August 30, 2009 . Due to the new municipal electoral regulations of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the post of Lord Mayor was elected for the first time in a single ballot with a simple majority. The runoff election was thus abolished.

Polls on the 2009 local elections

The following surveys were published from the beginning of 2008:

SPD
CDU
The green
FDP
The left.
 Others
Start Institute November 2007 41% 35% 12% 3% 5% 1 4%
Forsa April 2008 36% 33% 13% 6% 6% 6%
Forsa June 2008 34% 34% 14% 6% 6% 6%
Forsa September 2008 36% 32% 14% 7% 7% 4%
Forsa January 2009 35% 35% 16% 6% 5% 3%
Forsa April 2009 37% 34% 14% 6% 4% 5%
Chair of Marketing & Trade Uni Duisburg-Essen June 2009 44% 24% 10% 10% 8th % Citizen List 2%,
FBI 2%
Start Institute June 2009 38% 32% 11% 7% 5% 7%
Forsa June 2009 39% 28% 12% 7% 6% 8th %
Chair of Marketing & Trade at the University of Duisburg-Essen, August 2009 49% 26% 7% 7% 3% 8th %
Infratest Dimap August 2009 36% 32% 12% 7% 7% 6%
Start Institute August 2009 41% 30% 11% 6% 5% 7%

1 Due to the questions posed in the surveys, it is not possible to clearly differentiate whether the figures for the party Die Linke. or for the parliamentary group “Die Linken im Rat” (incl. “Left Alliance”). Consequently, the values ​​of the Left Alliance can optionally be entered in the column Die Linke. or appear in the "Other" column. The Start Institute asked about the parliamentary group, Forsa about the party. It is doubtful whether the respondents were always aware of this.

Sierau
(SPD)		 Pohlmann
(CDU + FDP)		 Kruger
(GREEN)		 Manz
(DIE LINKE.)		 Others
Forsa January 2009 29% 26% 10% ? None of them 35%
Forsa April 2009 32% 27% 7% ? None of them 34%
University of Duisburg-Essen June 2009 43% 33% 12% 7% Zielazny (BürgerListe) 3%,
Weikert (FBI) 2%
Start Institute June 2009 34% 26% 5% ? Other 4%,
undecided 31%
Forsa June 2009 32% 29% 6% ? Other 6%,
none of which 27%
University of Duisburg-Essen August 2009 49% 33% 6% 3% Other 3%,
undecided 6%
Infratest Dimap August 2009 44% 34% 5% 5% Zielazny (BürgerListe) 5%,
Weikert (FBI) 3%,
Others 4%
Start Institute August 2009 48% 38% 5% ? Other 9%

In the European elections on June 7, 2009, all parties running for local elections also ran. Therefore, there is at least a certain degree of comparability. In contrast to the polls listed above, these are real votes. The result for Dortmund: SPD 33.4%, CDU 27.3%, Greens 14.8%, FDP 9.9%, Die Linke 6.6%, DVU 0.8%, FW (including Dortmund citizens' list) 0 , 3%, FBI 0.3%, DKP (incl. Left Alliance Dortmund) 0.1%. Other parties received 6.5%.

In June 2009 Forsa published a “model calculation” between the European election results and the local election results. According to this model calculation, a comparison of the European election results in 2009 with the European and local election results in 2004 (by calculating the change in voter mobilization among the individual parties) would result in the following figures: SPD 42.3%, CDU 27.3%, Greens 11.2 %, FDP 6.5%, Die Linke 5.1%, others 7.6%.

Result of the 2009 local elections

In the fifteenth electoral term, 36 SPD candidates won a direct seat on the city council, although the SPD only had 31 seats. As a result, 14 overhang and compensation mandates were set up (SPD: 6, CDU: 5, Greens: 2, FDP: 1), so that the total number of council members increased to 96.

As in the previous electoral term, 9 parties were elected to the council, the number of parliamentary groups remains at 5. The number of non-attached councilors fell from 4 to 3.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 2009
in percent
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
37.8%
28.7%
15.4%
6.3%
5.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.1%
1.7%
BL
FBI
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-3.5  % p
-4.0  % p
+ 3.9  % p
+ 2.5  % p
+ 2.7  % p.p.
-1.1  % p
-1.6  % p
+1.1  % p
+ 0.1  % p
BL
FBI
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 2009
         
A total of 96 seats
Seating order in the city council October 2009

The local election on August 30, 2009 resulted in the following:

Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		78.018 37.8% (−4.5%) 37 (+1) 38.5%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		59,316 28.7% (−4.0%) 28 (−1) 29.2%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		31,877 15.4% (+ 3.9%) 15 (+5) 15.6%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		13,106 6.3% (+ 2.5%) 6 (+3) 6.3%
The left.
The left. 		11,381 5.5% (+ 2.7%) 5 (+3) 5.2%
Citizen List
Citizen List - Free Voters Dortmund 		4,065 2.0% (−1.1%) 2 (−1) 2.1%
DVU
German People's Union 		3,076 1.5% (−1.6%) 1 (−2) 1.0%
FBI
Free citizens' initiative 		2,236 1.1% (+1.1%) 1 (+1) 1.0%
NPD
National Democratic Party of Germany 		1,760 0.9% (+ 0.9%) 1 (+1) 1.0%
Left alliance
Left Alliance Dortmund (non-party Left, DKP and SDAJ) 		1,183 0.6% (−0.2%) - (−1) -
DUW 2009
Dortmund Independent Voting Association 2009 		223 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
Awakening basic income - Hartz IV must go.
Awakening basic income - Hartz IV must go 		211 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - (=) -
Independent
1 Independent Applicant 		17th 0.0% (=) - (=) -
total 206,469 100.0% 96 (+8) 100.0%

The election as mayor on August 30, 2009 resulted in the following result:

candidacy be right Share of votes
Ullrich Sierau
SPD 		94,789 45.5%
Joachim Pohlmann
CDU + FDP 		75,352 36.2%
Mario Kruger
Greens 		18,657 9.0%
Helmut Manz
The Left. 		9,268 4.5%
Petra Zielazny
Citizen List 		2,619 1.3%
Waldemar Stanko
DVU 		2,440 1.2%
Andreas Blaschke
Independent 		2,068 1.0%
Axel Thieme
NPD 		1,457 0.7%
Norbert Weikert
FBI 		1,455 0.7%
total 210.204 100.0%

In the election for mayor, the SPD's city ​​director Ullrich Sierau prevailed with 45.5% of the votes against 8 opposing candidates.

Development within the electoral term (2009–2012)

The coalition talks between the SPD and the Greens that began after the election were broken off by the Greens in mid-November. The Greens and the SPD blamed each other for the failure of the negotiations. Up to the dissolution of the council, working with changing majorities was carried out.

The FDP and the citizens' list again formed a group of factions in the council . The faction group “The Left in the Council” that existed in the last electoral term was dissolved because the Left Alliance was no longer able to make it into the Council. The Left parliamentary group took their place.

Two members of the Huckarde district council elected for the CDU left their party before the BV was constituted, joined the DUW in 2009 and founded their own parliamentary group. This makes you the first two electoral representatives of the DUW in 2009, as this group of voters could not win any seats in the election. The CDU parliamentary group in the BV thus shrank to only 3 members. One member also left the CDU parliamentary group in Scharnhorst before the constituent meeting of the district council. It has merged with the member elected for the FDP to form the FDP parliamentary group. The CDU parliamentary group in Scharnhorst thus only has 4 members. The DVU mandate in BV Mengede expired because the only candidate of the party did not accept the election. BV Mengede only had 18 members until the election was repeated. The Die Linke mandate in the BV Aplerbeck expired in autumn 2010 after the mandate holder changed residence and the only successor to the list was waived. The council member and the district representative from Huckarde of the DVU left their party at the beginning of 2011 and joined the so-called "Pro NRW Citizens' Movement" . From its original 4 mandates, the DVU only retained its BV mandate in Eving. In June 2011 the non-party district representative of the FDP and the representative of the FBI merged in BV Eving to form the FBI parliamentary group. The FDP no longer led him as its representative.

Before the re-election, the following distribution of seats according to parliamentary groups resulted in the city council:

SPD CDU Green FDP / citizen list The left Non-attached total
37 28 15th 8th 5 3 96
FDP 6
citizen list 2		 FBI 1
NPD 1
Pro NRW 1

Redial 2010/12

Due to an electoral fraud established by the majority of the CDU, Greens, FDP / Citizens' List and Die Linke on December 10, 2009, by the previous Lord Mayor Gerhard Langemeyer and the top management ("budget lie"), the elections for the OB, the Council and the District representatives decided.

The resolution for the mayor election came into force in mid-January, one month after the resolution was announced. Due to lawsuits, the entry into force of the resolution regarding the election of the council and the election of the district representatives is delayed until the conclusion of the court proceedings. A lawsuit can only be filed for individual of the total of 14 redials (1x OB, 1x advice, 12x BVen). According to prevailing opinion, only the representatives elected according to the previous result are entitled to take legal action as directly affected by the re-election.

At the end of the period of action, there were lawsuits against all ballots. Members of the SPD have filed a lawsuit for the repetitions in the council and the twelve district representatives, and the representatives of the DVU for the council. The DUW has also filed a lawsuit on behalf of BV Huckarde, whose BV members were elected from the CDU's list and who now fear not being reassigned after their change of party. An FDP representative initially filed a lawsuit against all elections, but then withdrew the one against the OB election. The election of the mayor is only complained about by a resident of the city who, according to the city's legal office, is not entitled to sue. The Administrative Court of Gelsenkirchen has to decide which of these lawsuits have suspensive effect.

After the court had indicated that the private individual's action against the OB election was apparently inadmissible, Sierau resigned on January 19, 2010. The administrative tasks of the mayor are now taken over by the administrative board, which is provisionally headed by social affairs officer Siegfried Pogadl. The city is represented externally by Mayor Birgit Jörder. In mid-March the inadmissibility of the action by the private citizen was decided by the court, since the plaintiff is a citizen entitled to vote and whose rights are not violated by the election review decision. The municipal electoral law only grants voters the right to have electoral errors corrected, but not to have a decision by the electoral review body revoked on the invalidity of the election.

The election date for the OB re- election was set by the district president on May 9, 2010 and thus on the date of the state election in North Rhine-Westphalia. He followed the request of the top management and the majority of the council members, who had argued that u. a. so that costs should be reduced and voter participation increased. In addition, the voters would be spared another election date.

After the action of a SPD member of BV Brackel had been withdrawn immediately before, BV Brackel was also dissolved on February 5, 2010. The new election of BV Brackel was also scheduled for May 9, 2010 by the district president . One of the complaints against the repetition of the council election was withdrawn. But since there are more, this has no immediate effect.

The same candidates will run for re-election as for the election on August 30, 2009, unless one of the following exceptions applies (according to the information provided by the legal department):
1. One candidate has died.
2. A candidate has moved his residence or for other reasons has lost his right to stand as a candidate.
3. A candidate has left the party for which he was running.
4. A candidate withdraws his approval for the candidacy.
5. A party or group of voters has disbanded.

Since the election will be repeated after March 1, 2010 (more than six months after the original election date), new electoral rolls will be created. This means that residents of Dortmund who have recently moved here or who have turned 16 in the last six months could vote.

The electoral office has made it clear that the election period of the new mayor to be elected will be six years. So there will be no by-election for the election period that started in October, but the election period will start again from election day May 9, 2010. The election period of the Brackel district council ends in October 2014 for the next regular local election.

In March 2011, the Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court ruled that the city council's decision to re-elect should be repealed. In this respect, the claims of several council and BV members were right. In its meeting on May 26, 2011, the council decided to appeal to the Higher Administrative Court of Münster with the votes of the CDU, Greens, FDP / Citizens' List and Die Linke against the votes of the SPD.

The Higher Administrative Court in Münster ruled on December 15, 2011 that the council election in Dortmund must be repeated. An appeal to the Federal Administrative Court was not permitted.

With effect from May 16, 2012 , the city ​​council was declared dissolved after the complaint by some SPD council representatives against the decision to re-elect on December 10, 2009 failed in the last instance before the Federal Administrative Court. A re-election must take place within 4 months of the dissolution of the city council, i.e. by September 16, 2012. On May 24, the provincial government put the election date for the City Council and the remaining 11 district councils to 26 August 2012 fixed. At the same time, the former senior city director Harald Heinze was appointed by the state interior minister as state representative for the representation of the interests of the city council. He was advised by twelve members (parliamentary group chairmen and members of the council of elders) of the dissolved council.

Repeat polls

The following surveys were published from the beginning of 2010:

SPD
CDU
The green
FDP
The left.
 Others
Forsa January 2010 35% 33% 16% 5% ? 11%
Start February 2011 40% 29% 20% 3% 4% 4%
Start August 2012 37% 32% 18% 2% 4% 7%

The following survey was published on the OB repeat election:

Sierau
(SPD)		 Pohlmann
(CDU / FDP / Citizens' List)		 Kruger
(Greens)		 Manz
(The Left)		 Others
Forsa January 2010 37% 37% 15% ? 11%

Candidates for the repeat elections

To repeat the OB election, there have been two changes to the list of candidates compared to the August 2009 election. The BürgerListe decided at a general meeting to withdraw its previous candidate Petra Zielazny and to support the candidate Joachim Pohlmann as a joint candidate of the CDU, FDP and BürgerListe. The FBI OB candidate withdrew his candidacy, whereupon the FBI nominated its council member Detlef Münch as its new OB candidate.

On July 13, 2012, the electoral committee of the city of Dortmund decided that, with the exception of the DVU, which had actually been dissolved, all 11 lists as well as one individual applicant in the 2009 municipal elections are allowed to repeat the council election. The Pirate Party, which also submitted a list, is not allowed to run because it did not run in 2009. This is suing the Administrative Court of Gelsenkirchen and the Federal Constitutional Court against this decision. However, these lawsuits have no suspensive effect.

Result of the repeat elections

The re- election for mayor on May 9, 2010 resulted in the following result:

candidacy be right Share of votes
Ullrich Sierau
SPD 		104,037 43.8%
Joachim Pohlmann
CDU / FDP / Citizens List 		88,550 37.3%
Mario Kruger
Greens 		25,424 10.7%
Helmut Manz
The Left. 		11,547 4.9%
Andreas Blaschke
Independent 		2,594 1.1%
Axel Thieme
NPD 		2,293 1.0%
Detlef Münch
FBI 		1.914 0.8%
Waldemar Stanko
DVU 		916 0.4%
total 237.275 100.0%

In the re-election for mayor, the winner of the August 2009 election of City Director Ullrich Sierau from the SPD won 43.8% of the votes against seven opposing candidates.

The repetition of the council election on August 26, 2012 resulted in the following result:

In the re-election, 38 SPD candidates won a direct seat on the city council, although the SPD only had 36 seats. Because of this, 4 overhang and compensation mandates were set up (SPD: 2, CDU: 1, Greens: 1), so that the total number of council members increased to 86.

In the repeat election, 8 parties were elected to the council (minus 1), the number of parliamentary groups remains at 5. The number of non-attached council members remains at 3.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 2012
in percent
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
43.7%
27.2%
17.2%
3.5%
2.6%
1.9%
1.9%
1.2%
0.8%
BL
FBI
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 5.9  % p
-1.5  % p
+1.8  % p
-2.0  % p
-3.7  % p
+1.0  % p
-0.1  % p
+ 0.1  % p
-1.5  % p
BL
FBI
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 2012
        
A total of 86 seats
Seating order in the city council September 2012
Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		63,616 43.7% (+ 5.9%) 38 (+1) 44.2%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		39,627 27.2% (−1.5%) 23 (−5) 26.7%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		25,081 17.2% (+1.8%) 15 (=) 17.4%
The left.
The left. 		5,071 3.5% (−2.0%) 3 (−2) 3.5%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		3,739 2.6% (−3.7%) 2 (−4) 2.3%
NPD
National Democratic Party of Germany 		2,771 1.9% (+1.0%) 2 (+1) 2.3%
Citizen List
Citizen List - Free Voters Dortmund 		2,760 1.9% (−0.1%) 2 (=) 2.3%
FBI
Free citizens' initiative 		1,684 1.2% (+ 0.1%) 1 (=) 1.2%
Left alliance
Left Alliance Dortmund (non-party Left, DKP and SDAJ) 		782 0.5% (−0.1%) - (=) -
DUW 2009
Dortmund Independent Voting Association 2009 		175 0.1% (=) - (=) -
Awakening basic income - Hartz IV must go.
Awakening basic income - Hartz IV must go 		166 0.1% (=) - (=) -
Independent
1 Independent Applicant 		22nd 0.0% (=) - (=) -
total 145,595 100.0% 86 (−10) 100.0%

Development within the electoral period (2012-2014)

After the announcement of the election results, the SPD chairman announced that his party would continue to work with changing majorities in the city council until 2014. He would not propose a coalition with the Greens to his party until 2014.

The FDP and the citizens' list again form a parliamentary group in the Council . The NPD has decided to form a council group.

Even before the constituent meeting of the Eving district council, the SPD lost its absolute majority there. The previous district mayor left his party because he was no longer proposed for this post. He will sit in the BV as a non-party member until the end of the electoral term. The SPD parliamentary group thus only has 9 members.

In the Hombruch district council, an SPD member left his party and continued to work as a non-attached party. The FDP representative in BV Hombruch joined the AfD. He is thus the first elector of the AfD in Dortmund. The NPD member in BV Eving has left the party and is now considered non-party.

After the re-election, the following distribution of seats according to parliamentary groups results in the city council:

SPD CDU Green FDP / citizen list The left Non-attached total
38 23 15th 4th 3 3 86
FDP 2
Citizens List 2		 NPD 2
FBI 1

Election period 2014 to 2020

The sixteenth local elections took place on May 25, 2014 together with the election of the European Parliament . The electoral period of the council to be elected and the district representatives to be elected was - like the electoral period of the mayor to be elected - a one-time six years, as the state government wants to allow the elections of the main administrative officials and the local parliaments to take place simultaneously from 2020 onwards. After the repeal of the previous amendment to the municipal electoral regulations of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the post of Lord Mayor will be re-elected in two ballots, provided none of the candidates achieved 50% of the votes in the first ballot. On February 14, 2013, the council decided by statute that the number of members to be elected to the council would be reduced by two to 80 members. As a result, the number of Dortmund's municipal electoral districts fell from 41 to 40.

Since the repetition of the last mayor's election on May 9, 2010 for a six-year electoral period, a regular mayor election would not have taken place again until 2016. On January 24, 2014, however, OB Sierau stated that he was considering an early resignation in order to allow an OB election to take place in parallel with the European and local elections on May 25, 2014. He justifies his considerations with an increased turnout and lower costs for a joint election date. However, Sierau made his resignation dependent on a commitment by the other council groups not to submit an organ complaint against his renewed candidacy, since according to the law a renewed candidacy of Sierau is not possible after a resignation.

On February 14, 2014, Lord Mayor Sierau declared his resignation from the office of Lord Mayor on June 22, 2014 by fax to the District President Bollermann. He thus fulfilled a requirement for a new election on May 25, 2014. The District President announced May 25 at the end of February 2014 election date set. Elections for the European Parliament, the Lord Mayor, the City Council, the 12 district representatives and the Integration Council will take place in Dortmund on May 25, 2014 . Should none of the OB applicants achieve more than 50% of the votes in the first ballot, a runoff election will take place on June 15, 2014 between the two applicants with the most votes. Normally the runoff election would take place 2 weeks after the first ballot. However, since June 8, 2014 falls during the school holidays (Whitsun), the runoff election will be postponed by one week.

Polls on the 2014 local elections

The following surveys were published from the beginning of 2014:

SPD
CDU
The green
The left.
FDP
PIRATES
AfD
 Others
Start November 2013 41% 28% 14% 6% 2% 2% 1.75% Rights 1.75%, other 1.5%
Forsa May 2014 41% 30% 13% 5% 2% 1 3% 3% Other 3.0%

1 Forsa collected the value for the FDP / citizen list faction instead of the FDP.

The following poll was published for the election of the OB:

Sierau
(SPD)		 Littmann
(CDU / citizen list)		 Schneckenburger
(Greens)		 Kills
(the left)		 Rettstadt
(FDP)		 Grade
(pirate)		 Others
Forsa May 2014 36% 24% 5% 3% 1 % 1 % None of them 28%

Result of the 2014 local elections

The election of the city council on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following result:

In the city council elections, 36 SPD candidates won a direct seat on the city council, although the SPD only had 30 seats. As a result, 14 overhang and compensation mandates were set up (SPD: 6, CDU: 4, Greens: 3, Die Linke: 1), so that the total number of council members rose to 94.

In the election, 11 parties were elected to the council (plus 3), the number of parliamentary groups increases to 6 (plus 1). The number of non-attached council members remains at 3.

Election of the Dortmund City Council in 2014
in percent
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.2%
27.2%
15.4%
6.8%
3.4%
2.4%
2.3%
1.0%
3.2%
right
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2012
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-5.5  % p
± 0.0  % p
-1.8  % p
+ 3.3  % p.p.
+ 3.4  % p
-0.2  % p
+ 2.3  % p
+1.0  % p
-2.5  % p
right
Otherwise.
Allocation of seats in the
Dortmund City Council in 2014
          
A total of 94 seats
Seat regulations in the city council June 2014
Seating order in the city council January 2016 (revision of the decision of June 2014)
Seating order in the city council April 2016 (revision of the decision of December 2015)
Party / group of voters be right Share of votes Seats Seat share
SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany 		77,150 38.2% (−5.5%) 36 (−2) 38.3%
CDU
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 		54,922 27.2% (=) 26 (+3) 27.7%
The green
Alliance 90 / The Greens 		31,138 15.4% (−1.8%) 15 (=) 16.0%
The left.
The left. 		13,839 6.8% (+ 3.3%) 6 (+3) 6.4%
AfD
Alternative for Germany 		6,835 3.4% (+ 3.4%) 3 (+3) 3.2%
FDP
Free Democratic Party 		4,945 2.4% (−0.2%) 2 (=) 2.1%
Pirates
Pirate Party Germany 		4,719 2.3% (+ 2.3%) 2 (+2) 2.1%
The right
The right 		2,101 1.0% (+1.0%) 1 (+1) 1.1%
Citizen List
Citizens List - Free Voters for Dortmund 		1,986 1.0% (−0.9%) 1 (−1) 1.1%
NPD
National Democratic Party of Germany 		1,827 0.9% (−1.0%) 1 (−1) 1.1%
FBI
Alternative for Dortmund Free Citizens Initiative 		1,515 0.7% (−0.5%) 1 (=) 1.1%
BIG
Alliance for Innovation and Justice 		529 0.3% (+ 0.3%) - -
The party
Party for work, the rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative 		282 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - -
DKP
German Communist Party 		135 0.1% (+ 0.1%) - -
DUW
Democratic Independent Voters' Association 		129 0.1% (=) - -
Independent
1 Independent Applicant 		12 0.0% (=) - -
total 202.064 100.0% 94 (+8) 100.0%

The election of the Lord Mayor on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following:

candidacy 1st ballot: votes Share of votes 2nd ballot: votes Share of votes
Ullrich Sierau
SPD 		88,212 43.7% 71,816 51.6%
Annette Littmann
CDU / Citizens' List 		64.504 32.0% 67,268 48.4%
Daniela Schneckenburger
Greens 		22,590 11.2% - -
Hans-Christian Tödt
The Left. 		11,610 5.8% - -
David Grade
Pirate 		4,220 2.1% - -
Lars Rettstadt
FDP 		3,585 1.8% - -
Axel Thieme
NPD 		3,343 1.7% - -
Detlef Münch
FBI 		2,864 1.4% - -
Selcuk Aydogan
BIG 		946 0.5% - -
total 201,874 100.0%

No candidate obtained an absolute majority in the first ballot. Therefore, on June 15, 2014, there will be a runoff election between Ullrich Sierau (SPD) and Annette Littmann (CDU / BürgerListe). In the runoff election, Ullrich Sierau (SPD) won with 51.6% of the vote.

Development within the electoral period (2014-2020)

After the GRÜNE and DIE LINKE did not make any election recommendations in the run-up to the OB runoff election, there were no further considerations for a coalition in the city council. Thus, the SPD will continue to rule with changing majorities.

The FDP and the citizens' list again form a parliamentary group in the Council . DIE LINKE and the PIRATE also form a community of factions. The district representatives of the two parties also form parliamentary groups under the name "DIE LINKE & PIRATEN" in the district representatives for the inner city north, west and east, Brackel, Hörde and Mengede. In the inner city north district, the parliamentary group provides the deputy district mayor. In July 2014, the two mandate holders from NPD and DIE RECHTE announced that they would form a group in the city council with immediate effect. However, the formation of the group was finally rejected by the administration. In November 2014, DIE LINKE and the Democratic Independent Voters' Association (DUW) announced the formation of a joint parliamentary group in the Huckarde district council. Due to a preliminary injunction from the Higher Administrative Court of Münster, the council group of NPD and DIE RECHTE had to be recognized by the city. Until a decision has been reached in the main proceedings, the group is known as the "so-called NPD / DIE RECHTE group". The payment of the financial resources to the group will be made with reservation until then and will have to be reimbursed in the event of a corresponding court order. Due to this interim injunction, the seating arrangements in the Council had to be changed a second time (after a revision in December 2015) by decision of April 28, 2016.

Currently there is the following preliminary allocation of seats according to parliamentary groups (as of April 2016):

SPD CDU GREEN DIE LINKE & PIRATES FDP / citizen list AfD Non-attached total
36 26th 15th 8th 3 3 3 94
THE LEFT. 6
PIRATES 2		 FDP 2
Citizens List 1		 "so-called group NPD / DIE RECHTE" 2
FBI 1

Local election results (district representatives)

The following tables show the share of votes of all parties and groups of voters who ran for election, as well as the distribution of seats determined by the election results. Party departures and party transfers during the electoral term are not taken into account (see section 'Development in the electoral term' for the respective electoral term). The field of the party that received the most votes or seats in the respective election is marked in color.

The occupation of the first district councils in 1975 took place indirectly, i.e. on the basis of the city council election results in the respective city district. The direct election of the district representatives was only introduced in 1979. The following tables therefore do not contain any votes for 1975.

Downtown West District

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 53.2 52.2 49.1 47.8 39.0 38.20 34.20 37.6 32.8
GREEN 13.4 15.0 17.8 17.8 21.10 25.40 30.1 27.5
CDU 36.8 31.3 25.3 28.1 36.8 25.60 22.10 20.0 19.1
THE LEFT. 3.90 7.20 5.2 9.7
AfD 3.2
PIRATES 3.1
FDP 4.6 2.1 3.5 2.0 1.8 3.60 5.60 2.2 2.0
THE RIGHT 1.3
Citizen List 0.8 2.10 1.60 2.1 0.9
DKP 1.1 1.0 0.4
NPD 0.2 0.60 1.8
Left alliance 0.6 2.6 1.60 1.57 1.1
DVU 2.1 2.90 1.55
Urban greenery 0.52
Offensive D 0.46
REP 6.2 1.9
INSTEAD OF 0.9
ÖDP 0.7
Colorful list 4.4

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 10 11 11 10 10 8th 7th 7th 8th 6th
GREEN 2 3 3 3 4th 5 6th 5
CDU 8th 8th 6th 5 6th 7th 5 5 4th 4th
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 2
AfD 1
PIRATES 1
FDP 1 1 1
DVU 1
Left alliance 1
REP 1

Downtown North District

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 63.0 62.6 55.8 55.9 44.3 41.9 40.80 47.0 39.00
GREEN 9.2 10.3 13.1 12.3 14.7 17.60 19.4 16.80
THE LEFT. 7.4 12.00 9.4 15.10
CDU 30.3 26.1 20.6 23.3 33.6 22.9 18.90 15.2 13.60
PIRATES 4.50
AfD 4.30
THE RIGHT 3.50
FDP 2.4 1.1 1.8 1.2 0.9 2.5 3.20 1.0 1.20
Citizen List 1.3 2.8 3.3 3.00 3.3 1.03
DKP 1.1 0.9 0.98
NPD 0.8 1.42 2.7
Left alliance 0.6 2.6 1.8 1.70 1.9
DVU 3.5 4.0 1.37
Urban greenery 0.8
Offensive D 0.6
REP 10.7 3.8
INSTEAD OF 0.8
Colorful list 3.2

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 13 13 13 11 12 8th 8th 8th 9 7th
GREEN 1 2 2 2 3 3 4th 3
THE LEFT. 1 2 2 3
CDU 6th 6th 5 4th 5 6th 4th 4th 3 3
PIRATES 1
AfD 1
THE RIGHT 1
Citizen List 1 1 1 1
FDP 1 1
DVU 1 1
Left alliance 1
REP 2

City District Downtown East

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 44.2 41.3 41.1 40.70 33.7 35.19 31.8 36.4 33.5
CDU 46.5 40.8 32.7 36.90 48.9 35.17 32.0 29.8 29.9
GREEN 13.0 12.9 14.90 14.5 16.40 19.4 22.8 20.4
THE LEFT. 2.80 5.8 4.3 7.7
FDP 7.7 4.3 6.7 3.20 2.9 4.80 7.5 3.4 3.2
PIRATES 3.1
Citizen List 1.17 2.10 1.9 2.5 2.2
Left alliance 0.40 1.00 0.7 0.9
DVU 1.50 0.9
Offensive D 0.80
Urban greenery 0.30
REP 6.4 1.50
INSTEAD OF 1.16
ÖDP 0.3
DKP 1.6 0.7

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 9 9 9 8th 8th 6th 7th 6th 7th 6th
CDU 9 9 8th 7th 8th 9 7th 6th 6th 6th
GREEN 2 2 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 1
FDP 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
PIRATES 1
REP 1

Eving borough

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 69.5 68.6 64.8 63.3 52.1 49.10 44.70 55.80 50.8
CDU 24.8 21.6 17.9 22.7 34.4 25.50 22.80 20.30 23.0
GREEN 7.9 6.9 7.6 6.5 9.10 9.90 9.80 9.1
THE LEFT. 5.30 3.17 5.9
FBI 2.81 3.23 3.1
NPD 0.4 1.90 3.30 2.4
THE RIGHT 2.3
Citizen List 1.4 2.8 4.96 3.50 2.30 2.1
FDP 4.4 1.3 2.4 1.5 1.0 3.00 4.80 1.40 1.2
DUW 2009 1.40 0.60
DVU 3.2 5.70 2.83
Left alliance 1.20
Offensive D 1.00
Urban greenery 0.60
REP 7.0 2.4
INSTEAD OF 1.1
ÖDP 0.5
DKP 1.3 0.6

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 13 14th 14th 14th 13 10 9 8th 10 10
CDU 5 5 4th 3 5 6th 5 4th 4th 5
GREEN 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
THE LEFT. 1 1 1
FBI 1 1 1
NPD 1
FDP 1 1 1
Citizen List 1 1 1
DVU 1 1 1
REP 1

Scharnhorst district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 64.2 59.4 59.1 58.4 48.2 49.8 49.50 56.9 51.10
CDU 30.4 26.4 22.9 28.8 39.2 29.6 26.60 22.2 24.20
GREEN 9.4 7.3 7.8 6.4 6.9 8.00 10.1 8.50
THE LEFT. 3.0 5.90 3.1 6.80
THE RIGHT 2.70
FDP 3.9 1.2 2.1 1.1 0.9 2.7 4.00 2.6 1.98
FBI 1.34 1.4 1.97
PIRATES 1.95
Citizen List 0.6 2.4 2.1 1.29 1.2 0.90
NPD 1.65 2.4
DVU 3.0 4.7 1.72
Offensive D 0.7
Urban greenery 0.5
REP 7.5 2.3
INSTEAD OF 0.7
and 0.2
PBC 0.1
DKP 1.5 3.7 1.2

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 13 13 12 12 12 9 9 10 11 10
CDU 6th 6th 5 5 6th 7th 6th 5 4th 5
GREEN 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 1
THE RIGHT 1
FDP 1 1 1
DVU 1 1
Citizen List 1
REP 1

Brackel borough

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2010 2014
SPD 58.60 55.1 56.0 52.10 44.3 44.6 40.30 44.00 44.6
CDU 35.30 31.7 28.5 31.30 40.4 31.2 28.20 27.50 26.3
GREEN 10.7 9.8 11.20 8.9 10.2 14.20 14.00 14.6
THE LEFT. 2.2 5.80 6.40 7.2
PIRATES 2.8
Citizen List 1.70 2.7 4.2 2.40 1.80 2.6
FDP 5.04 2.1 4.0 1.86 1.6 3.5 5.05 2.40 1.9
pensioner 2.10 2.39
NPD 0.80 1.00
DVU 2.1 2.7 1.20 0.50
Left alliance 0.7
Offensive D 0.6
REP 1.88
ÖDP 1.8
DKP 1.10 0.5

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2010 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 11 11 11 11 11 8th 8th 8th 9 9
CDU 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 8th 6th 6th 6th 5
GREEN 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
THE LEFT. 1 1 1
PIRATES 1
FDP 1 1 1 1
Citizen List 1 1
DVU 1

Aplerbeck district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 56.2 53.2 49.80 45.9 37.3 37.7 31.0 36.30 33.80
CDU 36.3 33.5 27.70 31.9 42.8 35.1 32.6 32.80 33.40
GREEN 10.10 14.2 11.2 12.8 18.6 20.80 18.40
THE LEFT. 1.9 4.3 2.30 4.90
Citizen List 10.7 6.50 3.9 5.6 5.7 4.0 3.00 2.70
PIRATES 2.30
FBI 1.7 1.25 2.28
FDP 6.3 2.9 5.01 2.6 1.8 4.2 5.3 2.20 2.20
NPD 0.6 1.35
pensioner 1.2
DVU 1.2 1.6 0.8
Offensive D 0.7
Urban greenery 0.5
REP 1.4
ÖDP 0.80
DKP 1.2 0.7

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 11 11 11 10 10 7th 7th 6th 7th 7th
CDU 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 8th 7th 6th 7th 6th
GREEN 2 3 2 3 4th 4th 4th
THE LEFT. 1 1
Citizen List 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
FDP 1 1 1 1 1 1

District of Hörde

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 56.6 54.1 51.3 47.5 38.7 37.50 35.4 40.9 36.1
CDU 34.1 31.1 26.5 32.1 45.2 37.10 32.7 31.3 31.9
GREEN 11.5 10.8 13.4 10.1 11.20 15.2 16.9 14.8
THE LEFT. 2.30 5.8 3.5 6.7
AfD 4.2
PIRATES 2.6
FDP 5.2 2.8 4.8 2.3 2.0 3.97 6.1 2.5 2.3
Citizen List 2.2 4.1 3.98 2.9 2.9 1.4
NPD 0.2 0.7 2.0
DVU 2.10 1.2
Offensive D 1.10
Left alliance 0.80
REP 5.5 1.5
INSTEAD OF 1.0
AWB 0.6
ÖDP 0.3
DKP 0.8 0.5
Colorful list 3.0
AKgRF 0.3

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 11 11 11 11 10 7th 7th 7th 8th 7th
CDU 7th 7th 6th 5 7th 9 7th 6th 6th 6th
GREEN 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 1
AfD 1
PIRATES 1
Citizen List 1 1 1 1
FDP 1 1 1 1
REP 1

Hombruch district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
CDU 36.8 34.2 31.5 32.1 49.1 40.70 38.8 37.0 38.50
SPD 52.9 48.9 46.9 47.5 34.6 35.20 29.7 35.0 31.30
GREEN 12.9 10.6 13.4 11.2 13.10 16.5 18.5 15.70
THE LEFT. 1.80 3.6 2.4 4.60
AfD 2.90
FDP 6.1 3.5 5.4 2.3 2.1 4.00 6.9 2.7 2.40
PIRATES 2.30
FBI 1.2 1.3 0.80
Citizen List 1.1 3.1 2.20 1.6 1.5 0.75
NPD 0.4 1.2 0.69
Left alliance 0.70 0.5 0.3
DVU 1.60 0.8
Offensive D 0.66
REP 1.3
INSTEAD OF 1.0
PBC 0.2
UBL 4.8
ÖDP 0.8
DKP 0.8 0.6
Colorful list 3.5

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
CDU 8th 7th 7th 6th 7th 9 8th 8th 7th 8th
SPD 10 11 10 10 9 7th 7th 6th 7th 6th
GREEN 2 2 3 2 3 3 4th 3
THE LEFT. 1 1
AfD 1
FDP 1 1 1 1 1 1
Citizen List 1

Lütgendortmund district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 63.9 60.5 60.0 56.20 45.8 45.2 42.5 47.8 43.6
CDU 30.9 27.4 23.6 26.80 39.4 28.4 25.5 23.6 24.2
GREEN 9.9 9.5 11.90 9.2 9.2 13.3 16.2 13.9
THE LEFT. 2.7 5.2 2.9 5.3
AfD 4.2
THE RIGHT 2.6
Citizen List 1.30 4.1 5.3 3.4 3.1 2.5
FDP 3.9 1.6 3.5 1.65 1.4 3.8 5.4 2.2 2.4
FBI 1.4 1.8 1.2
NPD 2.6 0.50 0.9 2.3
DVU 4.1 2.5
Offensive D 0.9
Urban greenery 0.5
REP 1.72
DOLL 0.8
DKP 1.2 0.6

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 12 13 12 12 12 9 9 8th 9 9
CDU 6th 6th 5 5 5 7th 5 5 5 5
GREEN 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
THE LEFT. 1 1 1
AfD 1
Citizen List 1 1 1 1
FDP 1 1 1
DVU 1

Huckarde district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 64.5 63.3 62.6 60.1 49.0 47.70 45.4 55.3 48.0
CDU 31.0 26.8 23.3 26.8 37.9 27.70 24.3 21.2 24.8
GREEN 8.2 8.2 7.8 6.1 8.40 11.4 11.9 10.7
THE LEFT. 3.50 6.4 3.3 7.0
THE RIGHT 2.7
DUW 0.8 1.5 2.6
FDP 3.2 0.9 2.3 1.0 1.2 3.00 5.6 2.3 2.2
NPD 3.5 0.4 1.1 2.6 2.1
Citizen List 1.4 2.6 2.90 1.9 2.1
DVU 3.2 5.50 3.0
Offensive D 0.63
Urban greenery 0.56
REP 1.8
INSTEAD OF 0.7
DKP 1.4 0.8

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 13 13 13 13 13 9 9 9 11 9
CDU 6th 6th 5 5 5 7th 5 5 4th 5
GREEN 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 1
THE RIGHT 1
DUW 1
NPD 1
FDP 1 1
DVU 1 1 1
Citizen List 1

Mengede district

Share of votes of the parties in percent:

1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
SPD 63.9 60.9 60.0 57.8 47.5 43.2 43.6 49.2 43.6
CDU 31.3 27.5 23.6 27.0 39.3 30.9 25.4 23.5 24.6
GREEN 9.6 9.5 9.5 8.3 9.9 11.6 15.2 13.6
THE LEFT. 3.1 6.4 3.7 6.6
THE RIGHT 3.0
PIRATES 2.9
FDP 3.6 1.4 3.5 1.5 1.5 0.9 5.7 2.2 2.5
NPD 2.8 0.3 1.4 3.6 2.3
DUW 0.4 0.5 0.9
Citizen List 1.0 3.6 1.5 1.1
FBI 1.0 1.0
DVU 3.4 6.5 2.9
Offensive D 1.9
REP 1.8
INSTEAD OF 0.6
DEAL 0.3
ÖDP 6.3
DKP 1.3 0.6

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2012 2014
all in all 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th
SPD 13 13 12 12 12 9 8th 9 9 8th
CDU 6th 6th 5 4th 5 7th 6th 5 5 5
GREEN 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
THE LEFT. 1 1 1 1
THE RIGHT 1
PIRATES 1
NPD 1
FDP 1
DVU 1 1 1
Citizen List 1
ÖDP 1

Overall results

Distribution of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2010 2012 2014
all in all 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228
SPD 139 143 139 134 132 97 95 92 93 105 96
CDU 81 80 68 60 71 90 71 65 65 61 61
GREEN 19th 22nd 25th 23 29 36 36 40 37
THE LEFT. 7th 13 13 11 15th
PIRATES 6th
AfD 5
THE RIGHT 4th
FDP 8th 5 3 2 12 13 12 3 1
Citizen List 2 1 9 6th 5 5 4th 1
FBI 1 1 1 1
DUW 1
NPD 3
DVU 5 8th 3 3
Left alliance 2
REP 7th
ÖDP 1

Percentage of seats:

1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2010 2012 2014
all in all 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228 228
SPD 61.0 62.7 61.0 58.8 57.9 42.5 41.7 40.4 40.8 46.1 42.1
CDU 35.5 35.1 29.8 26.3 31.1 39.5 31.1 28.5 28.5 26.8 26.8
GREEN 8.3 9.6 11.0 10.1 12.7 15.8 15.8 17.5 16.2
THE LEFT. 3.1 5.7 5.7 4.8 6.6
PIRATES 2.6
AfD 2.2
THE RIGHT 1.8
FDP 3.5 2.2 1.3 0.9 5.3 5.7 5.3 1.3 0.4
Citizen List 0.9 0.4 3.9 2.6 2.2 2.2 1.8 0.4
FBI 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
DUW 0.4
NPD 1.3
DVU 2.2 3.5 1.3 1.3
Left alliance 0.9
REP 3.1
ÖDP 0.4

2004 to 2009 electoral term

Allocation of seats in the district councils (2004–2009)

After the local elections on September 26, 2004, the following distribution of seats in the 12 district representatives resulted (majority parliamentary groups are highlighted in color):

SPD CDU GREEN FDP Citizen List DVU PDS - OL Left alliance Offensive D Urban greenery total
Downtown West 7th 5 4th 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 19th
Downtown north 8th 4th 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19th
Downtown East 7th 7th 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19th
Eving 9 5 2 1 1 1 - 0 0 0 19th
Scharnhorst 9 6th 1 1 0 1 1 - 0 0 19th
Brackel 8th 6th 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 - 19th
Aplerbeck 7th 7th 3 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 19th
Hear 7th 7th 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 19th
Hombruch 7th 8th 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 19th
Lütgendortmund 9 5 2 1 1 1 0 - 0 0 19th
Huckarde 9 5 2 1 0 1 1 - 0 0 19th
Amount of money 8th 6th 2 1 0 1 1 - 0 - 19th

"0" = unsuccessful candidacy; "-" = no candidacy

Election period 2009 to 2014

Allocation of seats in the district representatives (2009–2010 / 12)

After the local elections on August 30, 2009, the following distribution of seats in the 12 district representatives resulted (majority parliamentary groups are highlighted in color):

SPD CDU GREEN FDP THE LEFT. Citizen List DVU FBI NPD Left alliance DUW 2009 pensioner total
Downtown West 7th 5 5 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 - - 19th
Downtown north 8th 4th 3 1 2 1 0 - 0 0 - - 19th
Downtown East 6th 6th 4th 2 1 0 0 - - 0 - - 19th
Eving 8th 4th 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 - 0 - 19th
Scharnhorst 10 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 - - - 19th
Brackel 8th 6th 3 1 1 0 0 - 0 - - 0 19th
Aplerbeck 6th 6th 4th 1 1 1 0 0 0 - - 0 19th
Hear 7th 6th 3 1 1 1 0 - 0 - - - 19th
Hombruch 6th 8th 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 19th
Lütgendortmund 8th 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 - - - 19th
Huckarde 9 5 2 1 1 0 1 - 0 - 0 - 19th
Amount of money 9 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 19th

"0" = unsuccessful candidacy; "-" = no candidacy

Distribution of seats in the district representatives after the re-election (2010 / 12–2014)

After the re-election on May 9, 2010 (Brackel only) and August 26, 2012, the following distribution of seats in the newly elected district council resulted (majority parliamentary groups are highlighted in color):

SPD CDU GREEN THE LEFT. FDP Citizen List NPD FBI Left alliance DUW 2009 DVU pensioner total
Downtown West 8th 4th 6th 1 0 0 0 - 0 - - - 19th
Downtown north 9 3 4th 2 0 1 0 - 0 - - - 19th
Downtown East 7th 6th 4th 1 1 0 - - 0 - - - 19th
Eving 10 4th 2 1 0 0 1 1 - 0 - - 19th
Scharnhorst 11 4th 2 1 1 0 0 0 - - - - 19th
Brackel 9 6th 3 1 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 19th
Aplerbeck 7th 7th 4th 0 0 1 0 0 - - - - 19th
Hear 8th 6th 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - - 19th
Hombruch 7th 7th 4th 0 1 0 0 0 0 - - - 19th
Lütgendortmund 9 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 - - - - 19th
Huckarde 11 4th 2 1 0 0 1 - - 0 - - 19th
Amount of money 9 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - - 19th

"0" = unsuccessful candidacy; "-" = no candidacy

Election period 2014 to 2020

Allocation of seats in the district representatives (2014–2020)

After the local elections on May 25, 2014, the following distribution of seats in the 12 district representatives resulted (majority groups are highlighted in color):

SPD CDU GREEN THE LEFT. AfD FDP PIRATES THE RIGHT Citizen List NPD FBI DKP DUW total
Downtown West 6th 4th 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 - - 0 - 19th
Downtown north 7th 3 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 - - 0 - 19th
Downtown East 6th 6th 4th 1 - 1 1 - 0 - - - - 19th
Eving 10 5 2 1 - 0 - 0 0 0 1 - - 19th
Scharnhorst 10 5 2 1 - 0 0 1 0 - 0 - - 19th
Brackel 9 5 3 1 - 0 1 - 0 - - - - 19th
Aplerbeck 7th 6th 4th 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 - - 19th
Hear 7th 6th 3 1 1 0 1 - 0 - - - - 19th
Hombruch 6th 8th 3 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 - - 19th
Lütgendortmund 9 5 3 1 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 19th
Huckarde 9 5 2 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - - 1 19th
Amount of money 8th 5 3 1 - 0 1 1 - 0 - - 0 19th

"0" = unsuccessful candidacy; "-" = no candidacy

literature

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:
  • 2004:
  • 2009:
  • 2014:

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  51. ↑ No surprises - Hans Semmler remains district mayor
  52. ↑ Heiko Brankamp remains mayor in Lütgendortmund
  53. ↑ Harald Hudy elected district mayor in Huckarde by a large majority
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