In today's election for the City Council of Cologne, Martin managed to regain his seat as one of the 90 Council members. After having gained a seat also in the two previous Council elections, he had given up his seat in 2010 in favour of a seat in the regional Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia as his party's rules of association exclude holding seats in both Parliaments at the same time.
Today, Martin obtained almost 36% of the votes in the Lindenthal I voting district corresponding to 4,698 votes. Compared to the results of the previous elections in 2009, Martin increased the number of votes by about 600, translating into a one percentage point increase in voting shares. He is ahead of his closest contender by about 13.5 percentage points, compared to 10.5 percentage points five years ago.