Leipzig 2

For the federal constituency, see Leipzig II.

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]

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 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

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

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony