Leipzig 8

32: Leipzig 8
32: Leipzig 8
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Leipzig 8 in 2024
District	Leipzig
Electorate	61,649 (2024)
Major settlements	City-district Nordeast, sub-districts Volkmarsdorf and Anger-Crottendorf (East), and sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch (North)
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Holger Gasse

Last updated February 04, 2026

Leipzig 8 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 32. It is within the city of Leipzig. ^[2] The constituency was created for the 2024 election.

Geography

The constituency comprises the district of Nordeast, the East sub-districts of Volkmarsdorf and Anger-Crottendorf, and the North sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch within the City of Leipzig.

There were 61,649 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2024	Holger Gasse	CDU	32.0

Election results

2024 election

Changes are compared to notional results based on the new district.

State election (2024): Leipzig 8^[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	Holger Gasse		13,691	32.0	4.6	11,436	26.7	0.2
	AfD	Holger Hentschel		10,845	25.4	2.4	10,202	23.8	1.6
	Left	Uwe Fiedler		6,490	15.2	4.0	5,965	13.9	1.9
	BSW	Michael Chelius		3,596	8.4		4,506	10.5
	Greens	Ulrike Gebhardt		3,310	7.7	5.0	3,503	8.2	4.8
	SPD	Irena Rudolph-Kokot		2,873	6.7	2.2	3,864	9.0	0.2
	FW	C. Friedrich Föster		910	2.1	0.6	671	1.6	0.6
	FDP	Daniel Eich		645	1.5	1.8	410	1.0	2.6
	Independent	Ralf Detlef Kohl		382	0.9
	PARTEI						668	1.6	1.2
	APT						543	1.3
	Freie Sachsen						497	1.2
	Pirates						172	0.4
	V-Partei3						110	0.3
	BD						90	0.2
	dieBasis						64	0.1
	Values						57	0.1
	ÖDP						53	0.1
	BüSo						31	0.1
	Bündnis C						23	0.1
Informal votes				448			325
Total valid votes				42,742			42,865
Turnout				43,190	70.1
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,846	6.6

References

↑ "Elected Member for Leipzig 8". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
↑ "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
↑ "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
↑ https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK032-38.shtml