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Leipzig 5

Leipzig 5 is an electoral constituency represented in the Landtag of Saxony. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 29. It is within the city of Leipzig.

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29: Leipzig 5
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig 5 in 2024
DistrictLeipzig
Electorate60,331 (2024)
Major settlementsCity-district West, and city-district Südwest excluding the sub-districts of Schleußig and Plagwitz
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberAndreas Nowak1

Leipzig 5 is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Saxony. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 29. It is within the city of Leipzig.2

Geography

The constituency comprises the district of West, and district Südwest excluding the sub-districts of Schleußig and Plagwitz within the City of Leipzig.

There were 60,331 eligible voters in 2024.3

Members

Election Member Party %
2014 Christine Clauß CDU 25.2
2019 Christin Melcher Grüne 29.0
2024 Andreas Nowak CDU 32.9

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig 54
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Andreas Nowak 13,321 32.9 Increase 5.1 12,048 29.6 Increase 1.2
AfD Petra Böhme 11,895 29.4 Increase 3.2 11,054 27.2 Increase 2.3
Left Adam Bednarsky 4,332 10.7 Decrease 10.7 3,120 7.7 Decrease 8.0
BSW Brunhild Fischer 4,294 10.6 5,287 13.0
SPD Sascha Kodytek 2,747 6.8 Decrease 1.2 3,743 9.2 Decrease 0.4
Greens Rainer Müller 1,951 4.8 Decrease 3.6 2,314 5.7 Decrease 3.3
FW Matthias Binner 1,233 3.0 Decrease 0.7 794 2.0 Decrease 0.7
APT   531 1.3
Freie Sachsen   502 1.2
PARTEI   476 1.2 Decrease 0.6
FDP Ralf-Peter Wirth 749 1.8 Decrease 2.0 342 0.8 Decrease 2.4
Pirates   124 0.3
BD   102 0.3
V-Partei3   88 0.2
dieBasis   68 0.2
Values   37 0.1
Bündnis C   36 0.1
BüSo   21 0.1
ÖDP   18 0.0
Informal votes 564 381
Total valid votes 40,522 40,705
Turnout 41,086 68.1 Increase 16.0
CDU win new seat Majority 1,426 3.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Leipzig 55
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Greens Christin Melcher 12,893 29.0 Increase 10.3 11,880 26.7 Increase 10.6
CDU Robert Clemen 9,160 20.6 Decrease 4.6 10,052 22.6 Decrease 3.0
Left Beate Ehms 8,162 18.4 Decrease 5.1 7,273 16.4 Decrease 5.2
SPD Dirk Panter 4,749 10.7 Decrease 6.8 4,822 10.8 Decrease 7.0
AfD Jörg Kühne 4,557 10.3 Increase 5.2 4,525 10.2 Increase 4.6
FDP Michael Pfüller 2,029 4.6 Increase 0.8 2,163 4.9 Increase 0.9
PARTEI Michael Nagy 1,655 3.7 1,331 3.0 Increase 1.3
FW André Soudah 1,183 2.7 Increase 1.1 742 1.7 Increase 0.7
APT   653 1.5 Decrease 0.2
ÖDP   230 0.5
Humanists   206 0.5
Pirates   184 0.4 Decrease 2.2
Verjüngungsforschung   159 0.4
The Blue Party   70 0.2
NPD   56 0.1 Decrease 1.7
DKP   42 0.1
PDV   32 0.1
Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany   31 0.1
BüSo   23 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 287 201
Total valid votes 44,388 44,474
Turnout 44,675 70.4 Increase 21.1
Greens gain from CDU Majority 3,733 8.4

2014 election

State election (2014): Leipzig 56
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Christine Clauß 7,151 25.2 7,300 25.6
Left 6,685 23.5 6,160 21.6
Greens 5,322 18.7 4,577 16.1
SPD 4,973 17.5 5,082 17.8
AfD 1,446 5.1 1,602 5.6
FDP 1,078 3.8 1,147 4.0
Pirates 715 2.5 745 2.6
FW 458 1.6 294 1.0
NPD 447 1.6 516 1.8
PARTEI   479 1.7
APT   471 1.7
BüSo 149 0.5 66 0.2
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement   36 0.1
DSU   21 0.1
Informal votes 315 243
Total valid votes 28,424 28,496
Turnout 28,739 49.3 Increase 4.0
CDU win new seat Majority 466 1.7
References

References

  1. "Elected Member for Leipzig 5". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  2. "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  3. "Saxony Electoral Districts". Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK029-40.shtml
  5. https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=31
  6. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=31
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