Leipzig 2

26: Leipzig 2
26: Leipzig 2
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

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)

PartyCDU

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]

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

State election (2024): Leipzig 2^[4]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Ronald Pohle		15,412	36.0	3.2	13,437	31.3
	AfD	Marius Beyer		11,440	26.7	3.3	10,788	25.1	2.3
	BSW	Maximilian Kretschmar		4,340	10.1		5,002	11.6
	SPD	Kevin Hofbüker		3,471	8.1	1.6	4,409	10.3	0.4
	Left	Livia Stöckmann		3,024	7.1	4.7	2,755	6.4	4.7
	Greens	Ulrike Böhm		2,769	6.5	6.3	2,781	6.5	4.7
	FW	Bernd Schulze		1,603	3.7	1.1	1,173	2.7	0.1
	APT						561	1.3
	Freie Sachsen						551	1.3
	PARTEI						457	1.1	0.9
	FDP	Peter Jess		764	1.8	2.7	453	1.1	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	14.2
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	3,972	9.3

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

State election (2014): Leipzig 2^[6]
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 Y or N 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	4.2
	Left win new seat		Majority	1,054	3.3

Leipzig 2

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2024 election

2019 election

2014 election

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26: Leipzig 2
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]