Leipzig 2
State electoral district of Germany
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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]
| 26: Leipzig 2 | |
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| Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony | |
Leipzig 2 in 2024 | |
| District | Leipzig |
| Electorate | 58,868 (2024) |
| Major settlements | City-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 | |
| Party | CDU |
| Member | Ronald Pohle[1] |
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 results
2024 election
| State election (2024): Leipzig 2[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| CDU | Ronald Pohle | 15,412 | 36.0 | 13,437 | 31.3 | ||||
| AfD | Marius Beyer | 11,440 | 26.7 | 10,788 | 25.1 | ||||
| BSW | Maximilian Kretschmar | 4,340 | 10.1 | 5,002 | 11.6 | ||||
| SPD | Kevin Hofbüker | 3,471 | 8.1 | 4,409 | 10.3 | ||||
| Left | Livia Stöckmann | 3,024 | 7.1 | 2,755 | 6.4 | ||||
| Greens | Ulrike Böhm | 2,769 | 6.5 | 2,781 | 6.5 | ||||
| FW | Bernd Schulze | 1,603 | 3.7 | 1,173 | 2.7 | ||||
| APT | 561 | 1.3 | |||||||
| Freie Sachsen | 551 | 1.3 | |||||||
| PARTEI | 457 | 1.1 | |||||||
| FDP | Peter Jess | 764 | 1.8 | 453 | 1.1 | ||||
| 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 | |||||||
| CDU gain from Left | Majority | 3,972 | 9.3 | ||||||
2014 election
| State election (2014): Leipzig 2[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| 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 | |||||||
| Left win new seat | Majority | 1,054 | 3.3 | ||||||