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Leipzig 2

Leipzig 2 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 26. It is within the city of Leipzig.

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26: Leipzig 2
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig 2 in 2024
DistrictLeipzig
Electorate58,868 (2024)
Major settlementsCity-district Ost excluding the sub-districts of Neustadt-Neuschönefeld, Volksmarsdorf, and Anger-Crottendorf; and sub-districts of Libertwolkwitz, Holzhausen, and Stötteritz (Südost)
Current electoral district
PartyCDU
MemberRonald Pohle1

Leipzig 2 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 26. It is within the city of Leipzig.2

Geography

The constituency comprises the district of Ost excluding the sub-districts of Neustadt-Neuschönefeld, Volksmarsdorf, and Anger-Crottendorf; and the sub-districts of Libertwolkwitz, Holzhausen, and Stötteritz of district Südost within the City of Leipzig.

There were 58,868 eligible voters in 2024.3

Members

Election Member Party %
2014 Juliane Nagel De Linke 28.3
2019 27.4
2024 Ronald Pohle CDU 36.0

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig 24
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 Ronald Pohle 15,412 36.0 Increase 3.2 13,437 31.3 Steady
AfD Marius Beyer 11,440 26.7 Increase 3.3 10,788 25.1 Increase 2.3
BSW Maximilian Kretschmar 4,340 10.1 5,002 11.6
SPD Kevin Hofbüker 3,471 8.1 Decrease 1.6 4,409 10.3 Increase 0.4
Left Livia Stöckmann 3,024 7.1 Decrease 4.7 2,755 6.4 Decrease 4.7
Greens Ulrike Böhm 2,769 6.5 Decrease 6.3 2,781 6.5 Decrease 4.7
FW Bernd Schulze 1,603 3.7 Decrease 1.1 1,173 2.7 Decrease 0.1
APT   561 1.3
Freie Sachsen   551 1.3
PARTEI   457 1.1 Decrease 0.9
FDP Peter Jess 764 1.8 Decrease 2.7 453 1.1 Decrease 3.3
Pirates   142 0.3
BD   118 0.3
V-Partei3   93 0.2
dieBasis   82 0.2
Values   60 0.1
Bündnis C   43 0.1
ÖDP   38 0.1
BüSo   30 0.1
Informal votes 479 329
Total valid votes 42,823 42,973
Turnout 43,302 73.6 Increase 14.2
CDU gain from Left Majority 3,972 9.3

2019 election

State election (2019): Leipzig 25
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 % ±%
Left Green tickY Juliane Nagel 12,551 27.4 Decrease 0.9 9,179 20.0 Decrease 5.1
CDU Karsten Albrecht 9,660 21.1 Decrease 3.9 10,496 22.9 Decrease 3.0
Greens Paula Piechotta 8,655 18.9 Increase 5.8 9,884 21.5 Increase 6.4
AfD Alexander Wiesner 6,049 13.2 Increase 8.2 5,962 13.0 Increase 7.8
SPD Lars Menzel 4,395 9.6 Decrease 9.0 4,842 10.5 Decrease 6.3
PARTEI Thomas Kumbernuß 1,904 4.2 Increase 2.0 1,548 3.4 Increase 1.1
FDP Rudolf Ascherl 1,354 3.0 Increase 0.2 1,480 3.2 Increase 0.4
FW Reinhard Bohse 1,224 2.7 Increase 1.5 830 1.8 Increase 0.9
APT   684 1.5 Steady
Humanists   181 0.4
Verjüngungsforschung   178 0.4
Pirates   175 0.4 Decrease 1.5
ÖDP   146 0.3
The Blue Party   98 0.2
NPD   67 0.1 Decrease 1.9
DKP   49 0.1
PDV   40 0.1
Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany   37 0.1
BüSo   22 0.0 Decrease 0.2
Informal votes 412 306
Total valid votes 45,792 45,898
Turnout 46,204 72.2 Increase 21.9
Left hold Majority 2,891 6.3 Increase 3.0

2014 election

State election (2014): Leipzig 26
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 % ±%
Left Juliane Nagel 8,922 28.3 7,913 25.1
CDU 7,868 25.0 8,163 25.9
SPD 5,859 18.6 5,305 16.8
Greens 4,135 13.1 4,746 15.1
AfD 1,572 5.0 1,651 5.2
FDP 877 2.8 895 2.8
PARTEI 686 2.2 727 2.3
Pirates 540 1.7 586 1.9
NPD 537 1.7 642 2.0
APT   483 1.5
FW 380 1.2 296 0.9
BüSo 103 0.3 56 0.2
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement   35 0.1
DSU   28 0.1
Informal votes 328 281
Total valid votes 31,479 31,526
Turnout 31,807 50.3 Decrease 4.2
Left win new seat Majority 1,054 3.3
References

References

  1. "Elected Member for Leipzig 2". 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/WK026-40.shtml
  5. https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=28
  6. https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=28
See also

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