154 Leipzig-Land | |
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electoral district for the Bundestag | |
State | Saxony |
Population | 258,100 (2019) |
Electorate | 212,853 (2021) |
Major settlements | Grimma Markkleeberg Borna |
Area | 1,651.3 km2 |
Current electoral district | |
Created | 1990 |
Party | AfD |
Member | Edgar Naujok |
Elected | 2021 |
Leipzig-Land is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 154. It is located in northwestern Saxony, comprising the Landkreis Leipzig district. [1]
Leipzig-Land was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Edgar Naujok of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). [2]
Leipzig-Land is located in northwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Landkreis Leipzig district. [1]
Leipzig-Land was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Leipziger Land – Muldentalkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 311 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 155. Since 2013, it has been number 154.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Landkreis Leipzig, Borna, and Geithain. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Leipziger Land and Muldentalkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.
Election | No. | Name | Borders |
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1990 | 311 | Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 155 | Leipziger Land – Muldentalkreis |
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2005 | |||
2009 | Leipzig-Land |
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2013 | 154 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 |
The constituency was first represented by Rolf Rau of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Jürgen Wieczorek of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won it in 1998 and served until 2005. Katharina Landgraf of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2021. Edgar Naujok won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Rolf Rau | CDU | 51.7 | |
1994 | 49.6 | |||
1998 | Jürgen Wieczorek | SPD | 37.6 | |
2002 | 39.7 | |||
2005 | Katharina Landgraf | CDU | 34.9 | |
2009 | 41.7 | |||
2013 | 51.3 | |||
2017 | 34.1 | |||
2021 | Edgar Naujok | AfD | 24.6 |
Federal election (2021): Leipzig-Land [3] | |||||||||
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Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
AfD | Edgar Naujok | 39,348 | 24.6 | 4.1 | 38,458 | 24.0 | 2.9 | ||
CDU | Georg‑Ludwig von Breitenbuch | 39,066 | 24.4 | 9.7 | 32,711 | 20.4 | 9.7 | ||
SPD | Franziska Mascheck | 31,989 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 34,104 | 21.3 | 9.9 | ||
FDP | Olaf Winne | 15,698 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 18,322 | 11.4 | 3.4 | ||
Left | Julia Schramm | 12,672 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 12,362 | 7.7 | 7.0 | ||
Green | Matthias Vialon | 8,056 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 9,381 | 5.8 | 2.6 | ||
FW | Denise Wendt | 6,081 | 3.8 | 3,973 | 2.5 | 1.5 | |||
Tierschutzpartei | 3,099 | 1.9 | 0.5 | ||||||
PARTEI | Sabine Küchler | 3,187 | 2.0 | 1,743 | 1.1 | 0.2 | |||
dieBasis | Christian Toloczyki | 3,145 | 2.0 | 2,403 | 1.5 | ||||
Gesundheitsforschung | 897 | 0.6 | |||||||
Independent | Daniel Zimmet | 519 | 0.3 | ||||||
Pirates | 496 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
NPD | 461 | 0.3 | 0.8 | ||||||
Volt | 379 | 0.2 | |||||||
Team Todenhöfer | 373 | 0.2 | |||||||
The Third Path | 328 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | Harald Vauk | 480 | 0.3 | 278 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
Bündnis C | 186 | 0.1 | |||||||
Humanists | 175 | 0.1 | |||||||
V-Partei3 | 116 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
DKP | 115 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 87 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,042 | 1,836 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 160,241 | 160,447 | |||||||
Turnout | 162,283 | 76.2 | 1.4 | ||||||
AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 282 | 0.2 |
Federal election (2017): Leipzig-Land [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Katharina Landgraf | 54,152 | 34.1 | 17.2 | 47,944 | 30.1 | 15.7 | ||
AfD | Lars Herrmann | 45,563 | 28.7 | 42,823 | 26.9 | 20.5 | |||
Left | Axel Troost | 24,801 | 15.6 | 5.8 | 23,368 | 14.7 | 5.3 | ||
SPD | Markus Bergforth | 18,221 | 11.5 | 4.4 | 18,139 | 11.4 | 3.8 | ||
FDP | Katja Tavernaro | 10,048 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 12,859 | 8.1 | 5.2 | ||
Green | Gerd Lippold | 6,219 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 5,157 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
Tierschutzpartei | 2,298 | 1.4 | |||||||
NPD | 1,793 | 1.1 | 1.9 | ||||||
FW | 1,580 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
PARTEI | 1,366 | 0.9 | |||||||
BGE | 510 | 0.3 | |||||||
Pirates | 505 | 0.3 | 1.6 | ||||||
DiB | 297 | 0.2 | |||||||
ÖDP | 251 | 0.2 | |||||||
V-Partei³ | 233 | 0.1 | |||||||
MLPD | 168 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||
BüSo | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,317 | 1,930 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 159,004 | 159,391 | |||||||
Turnout | 161,321 | 74.8 | 6.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 8,589 | 5.4 | 24.5 |
Federal election (2013): Leipzig-Land [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Katharina Landgraf | 76,273 | 51.3 | 9.6 | 68,348 | 45.8 | 9.1 | ||
Left | Axel Troost | 31,865 | 21.4 | 1.2 | 29,716 | 19.9 | 3.9 | ||
SPD | Harald Redepenning | 23,542 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 22,681 | 15.2 | 0.8 | ||
AfD | 9,562 | 6.4 | |||||||
NPD | Maik Scheffler | 6,066 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4,513 | 3.0 | 0.9 | ||
Green | Tommy Penk | 4,905 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 4,899 | 3.3 | 1.9 | ||
Pirates | Andreas Vogt | 3,199 | 2.2 | 2,905 | 1.9 | ||||
FDP | Steve Görnitz | 2,890 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 4,292 | 2.9 | 10.3 | ||
FW | 1,485 | 1.0 | |||||||
PRO | 495 | 0.3 | |||||||
BüSo | 172 | 0.1 | 0.6 | ||||||
MLPD | 137 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,797 | 2,332 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 148,740 | 149,205 | |||||||
Turnout | 131,537 | 68.8 | 4.5 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 44,408 | 29.9 | 10.8 |
Federal election (2009): Leipzig-Land [6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Katharina Landgraf | 60,969 | 41.7 | 6.9 | 53,735 | 36.7 | 5.9 | ||
Left | Axel Troost | 33,044 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 34,826 | 23.8 | 1.1 | ||
SPD | Daniel Werner | 23,471 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 23,354 | 16.0 | 10.5 | ||
FDP | Christoph Waitz | 14,799 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 19,240 | 13.2 | 3.9 | ||
Green | Leon Wolff | 6,745 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 7,533 | 5.1 | 1.1 | ||
NPD | Marcus Müller | 5,988 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 5,751 | 3.9 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | Uwe Teske | 1,090 | 0.7 | ||||||
BüSo | 1,032 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||
REP | 462 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||||||
MLPD | 375 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||
Informal votes | 2,283 | 2,081 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 146,106 | 146,308 | |||||||
Turnout | 148,389 | 64.2 | 11.7 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 27,925 | 19.1 | 13.9 |
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