Leipzig I

151 Leipzig I
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Leipzig I in 2025
State	Saxony
Population	293,100 (2019)
Electorate	224,100 (2021)
Major settlements	Leipzig (partial)
Area	169.8 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1990
Party	AfD
Member	Vacant
Elected	2025

Leipzig I 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 151. It is located in northwestern Saxony, comprising the northern part of the city of Leipzig. ^[1]

Leipzig I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Jens Lehmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). ^[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Christian Kriegel of the AfD, but the constituency still is vacant.

Geography

Leipzig I is located in northwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the city districts (Stadtbezirke) of Alt-West, Nord, Nordost, Nordwest, and Ost from the independent city of Leipzig. ^[1]

History

Leipzig I was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 309 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 153. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 152. From the 2025 election, it has been number 151.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Mitte, Nord, Nord-Ost, and West from the independent city of Leipzig. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1990	309	Leipzig I	Leipzig city (only Mitte, Nord, Nord-Ost, and West Stadtbezirke)
1994
1998
2002	153		Leipzig city (only Alt-West, Nord, Nordost, Nordwest, and Ost Stadtbezirke)
2005
2009
2013	152
2017
2021
2025	151

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hermann Pohler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by Rainer Fornahl of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and served until 2009, when it was won Bettina Kudla of the CDU. Jens Lehmann of the CDU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1990	Hermann Pohler	CDU	39.1
	1994			43.4
	1998	Rainer Fornahl	SPD	38.7
	2002			40.7
	2005			33.0
	2009	Bettina Kudla	CDU	33.3
	2013			40.0
	2017	Jens Lehmann	CDU	27.5
	2021			20.5
	2025	Vacant [a]

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Leipzig I [3]
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	%	±%
	AfD	Christian Kriegel [a]		45,728	25.0	9.1	46,287	25.3	9.7
	Left	Nina Treu		39,376	21.5	6.2	38,513	21.0	8.5
	CDU	N Jens Lehmann		39,285	21.5	0.9	31,902	17.4	2.4
	Greens	Stanslav Elinson		13,796	7.5	4.4	19,746	10.8	4.7
	SPD	Holger Mann		21,470	11.7	8.5	18,454	10.1	10.8
	BSW	Sascha Jecht		11,726	6.4	New	14,205	7.8	New
	FDP	Alexander Gunkel		3,828	2.1	6.0	5,826	3.2	7.4
	Tierschutzpartei						2,429	1.3	1.0
	FW	Thomas Weidinger		2,185	1.2	0.8	1,675	0.9	0.7
	Volt	Jan Meyer		1,808	1.0	New	1,550	0.8	0.5
	PARTEI	Katharina Subat		2,279	1.2	1.3	1,416	0.8	1.0
	Independent	Gunnar Busse		490	0.3	New
	Pirates						340	0.2	0.3
	Independent	Martin Mauer		310	0.2	New
	BD	Hubert Lehnigk		382	0.2	New	309	0.2	New
	Humanists						200	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Jörg Weidemann		290	0.2	0.0	141	0.1	0.0
Informal votes				979			939
Total valid votes				182,953			182,993
Turnout				183,932	81.7	6.9
	AfD gain from CDU		Majority	6,352	3.5	N/A

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Leipzig I [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	Y Jens Lehmann		34,107	20.5	7.0	24,953	15.0	8.5
	SPD	Holger Mann		33,588	20.2	3.7	34,748	20.9	8.0
	AfD	Christoph Neumann		26,450	15.9	4.5	25,891	15.6	5.3
	Left	Nina Treu		25,436	15.3	4.2	20,884	12.6	6.9
	Greens	Marie Müser		19,778	11.9	6.4	25,848	15.5	8.5
	FDP	René Hobusch		13,397	8.1	2.4	17,660	10.6	2.1
	Tierschutzpartei						3,800	2.3	0.5
	PARTEI	Katharina Subat		4,242	2.6	0.1	3,021	1.8	0.2
	FW	Thomas Weidinger		3,296	2.0	0.8	2,645	1.6	0.7
	dieBasis	Kerry Cherki		2,275	1.4		2,204	1.3
	Independent	Ronald Härtlein		1,014	0.6
	Pirates						833	0.5	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						693	0.4
	Volt						660	0.4
	Team Todenhöfer						656	0.4
	Humanists	Kristina Weidner		896	0.5		427	0.3
	Independent	Ralf Kohl		623	0.4
	ÖDP	Rahel Wehemeyer-Blum		497	0.3		306	0.2	0.0
	NPD						303	0.2	0.5
	V-Partei3						242	0.1	0.1
	The III. Path						183	0.1
	Bündnis C						160	0.1
	MLPD	Gudrun Kimmerle		283	0.2		153	0.1	0.1
	Independent	Karl-Heinz Hummitzsch		193	0.1
	DKP						149	0.1
	Independent	Martin Bayer		52	0.0
Informal votes				1,569			1,277
Total valid votes				166,127			166,419
Turnout				167,696	74.8	1.7
	CDU hold		Majority	519	0.3	6.7

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Leipzig I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Jens Lehmann		43,919	27.5	12.5	37,622	23.5	13.4
	AfD	Christoph Neumann		32,702	20.5		33,291	20.8	14.7
	Left	Franziska Riekewald		31,132	19.5	3.9	31,137	19.5	1.8
	SPD	Daniela Kolbe		26,330	16.5	5.2	20,674	12.9	5.6
	FDP	Marcus Viefeld		9,074	5.7	4.0	13,565	8.5	5.5
	Greens	Volker Holzendorf		8,735	5.5	0.2	11,300	7.1	0.1
	PARTEI	Tom Rodig		4,173	2.6		3,205	2.0
	Tierschutzpartei						2,877	1.8
	FW	Robert Baier		1,876	1.2		1,443	0.9	0.1
	NPD						1,169	0.7	1.6
	Independent	Ralf Detlef Kohl		956	0.6
	BGE						876	0.5
	Pirates						850	0.5	2.7
	DiB						770	0.5
	V-Partei³						333	0.2
	ÖDP						330	0.2
	MLPD						247	0.2	0.0
	BüSo	Madeleine Fellauer		550	0.3	1.0	241	0.2	0.1
	SGP	Endrik Bastian		334	0.2
Informal votes				1,626			1,477
Total valid votes				159,781			159,930
Turnout				161,407	73.1	7.4
	CDU hold		Majority	11,217	7.0	9.6

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Leipzig I [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	%	±%
	CDU	Y Bettina Kudla		54,566	40.0	6.7	50,481	36.9	6.9
	Left	Barbara Höll		31,923	23.4	3.1	29,122	21.3	4.2
	SPD	Daniela Kolbe		29,511	21.6	2.2	25,286	18.5	0.5
	Greens	Stefanie Gruner		7,683	5.6	1.3	9,466	6.9	2.0
	AfD						8,394	6.1
	NPD	Klaus Ufer		4,489	3.3	0.0	3,246	2.4	0.9
	Pirates	Florian Bokor		4,043	3.0		4,362	3.2
	FDP	Marcus Viefeld		2,307	1.7	7.5	4,028	2.9	9.9
	FW						1,309	1.0
	PRO						489	0.4
	BüSo	Andreas Trost		1,877	1.4	0.1	408	0.3	0.6
	MLPD						203	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,028			1,633
Total valid votes				136,399			136,794
Turnout				138,427	65.8	1.6
	CDU hold		Majority	22,643	16.6	9.9

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Leipzig I [7]
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	Bettina Kudla		42,704	33.3	4.0	38,471	30.0	4.2
	Left	Barbara Höll		34,015	26.6	2.7	32,762	25.5	3.0
	SPD	Daniela Kolbe		24,866	19.4	13.6	23,070	18.0	14.0
	FDP	Marcus Viefeld		11,781	9.2	4.0	16,478	12.8	4.8
	Greens	Friedbert Striewe		8,856	6.9	3.0	11,474	8.9	2.4
	NPD	Jens Pühse		4,202	3.3	0.3	4,225	3.3	0.3
	BüSo	Xenia Biereichelt		1,691	1.3	0.7	1,197	0.9	0.4
	REP						340	0.3	0.0
	MLPD						294	0.2	0.1
Informal votes				1,719			1,523
Total valid votes				128,115			128,311
Turnout				129,834	64.1	9.6
	CDU gain from SPD		Majority	8,689	6.7

Notes

1. Christian Kriegel (AfD) won with 25.0% but seat remained vacant due to insufficient second votes cover.

References

1. "Constituency Leipzig I". Federal Returning Officer.
2. "Results for Leipzig I". Federal Returning Officer.
3. Results for Leipzig I
4. Results for Leipzig I
5. Results for Leipzig I
6. Results for Leipzig I
7. Results for Leipzig I