Leipzig 5

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 Nowak[1]


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 5[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 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

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

See also