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Leipzig 6

Leipzig 6 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 30. It is within the city of Leipzig.

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30: Leipzig 6
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig 6 in 2024
DistrictLeipzig
Electorate54,817 (2024)
Major settlementsCity-district Alt-West excluding the sub-districts of Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and Burghausen-Rückmarsdorf, and sub-districts of Schleußig and Plagwitz (Südwest)
Current electoral district
PartyGrüne
MemberClaudia Maicher1

Leipzig 6 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 30. It is within the city of Leipzig.2

Geography

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

There were 54,817 eligible voters in 2024.3

Members

Election Member Party %
2014 Wolf-Dietrich Rost CDU 30.2
2019 27.1
2024 Claudia Maicher Grüne 29.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig 64
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 Claudia Maicher 12,455 29.2 Decrease 0.8 8,313 19.5 Decrease 8.0
Left Marco Böhme 9,674 22.7 Decrease 4.2 8,790 20.6 Increase 1.3
CDU Marcus Mündlein 7,386 17.3 Increase 0.2 8,424 19.7 Increase 1.1
AfD Kai Günther 5,521 13.0 Increase 0.9 5,275 12.4 Increase 0.6
SPD Benjamin Schulz 3,124 7.3 Increase 0.4 5,403 12.7 Increase 3.2
BSW Danilo Streller 2,796 6.6 3,590 8.4
PARTEI   818 1.9 Decrease 2.2
FW Anke Görgner 1,134 2.7 Decrease 0.2 452 1.1 Decrease 0.6
APT   415 1.0
FDP Juliane Steinmüller 499 1.2 Decrease 2.4 399 0.9 Decrease 2.5
Freie Sachsen   236 0.6
Pirates   169 0.4
V-Partei3   102 0.2
dieBasis   95 0.2
BD   83 0.2
Values   45 0.1
ÖDP   32 0.1
Bündnis C   25 0.1
BüSo   19 0.0
Informal votes 291 195
Total valid votes 42,589 42,685
Turnout 42,880 78.2 Increase 17.1
Greens gain from CDU Majority 2,781 6.5

2019 election

State election (2019): Leipzig 65
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 Green tickY Wolf-Dietrich Rost 11,504 27.1 Decrease 3.1 11,854 27.8 Decrease 4.5
AfD Tobias Keller 8,354 19.7 Increase 11.4 8,093 19.0 Increase 10.5
Left Marco Götze 7,080 16.7 Decrease 4.8 5,056 11.9 Decrease 7.5
Greens Johannes Spenn 6,216 14.6 Increase 4.3 6,908 16.2 Increase 6.1
SPD Holger Mann 5,028 11.8 Decrease 7.9 4,351 10.2 Decrease 6.6
FDP Kirstin Franke 2,188 5.1 Increase 2.1 2,004 4.7 Increase 1.3
FW Thomas Weidinger 1,947 4.6 Increase 3.1 1,220 2.9 Increase 1.8
PARTEI   1,153 2.7 Increase 2.0
APT   871 2.0 Increase 0.5
Verjüngungsforschung   231 0.5
Pirates   188 0.4 Decrease 1.2
NPD   134 0.3 Decrease 3.6
Humanists   130 0.3
ÖDP   126 0.3
The Blue Party   124 0.3
Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany   59 0.1
BüSo Madeleine Fellauer 185 0.4 Steady 57 0.1 Decrease 0.2
DKP   35 0.1
PDV   28 0.1
Informal votes 476 356
Total valid votes 42,502 42,622
Turnout 42,978 63.7 Increase 19.8
CDU hold Majority 3,150 7.4 Decrease 1.3

2014 election

State election (2014): Leipzig 66
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 Wolf-Dietrich Rost 8,432 30.2 9,040 32.3
Left 6,002 21.5 5,435 19.4
SPD 5,504 19.7 4,702 16.8
Greens 2,878 10.3 2,839 10.1
AfD 2,310 8.3 2,390 8.5
NPD 928 3.3 1,099 3.9
FDP 836 3.0 953 3.4
Pirates 500 1.8 459 1.6
APT   428 1.5
FW 428 1.5 298 1.1
PARTEI   195 0.7
BüSo 124 0.4 78 0.3
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement   45 0.2
DSU   34 0.1
Informal votes 286 233
Total valid votes 27,942 27,995
Turnout 28,228 43.9 Decrease 3.5
CDU win new seat Majority 2,430 8.7
References

References

  1. "Elected Member for Leipzig 6". 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/WK030-40.shtml
  5. https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=32
  6. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=32
See also

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