Leipzig Land 3

23: Leipzig Land 3
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig Land 3 in 2024
District	Leipzig (district)
Electorate	54,499 (2024)
Major settlements	Bad Lausick, Colditz, Grimma, and Naunhof
Current electoral district
Party	Free Voters
Member	Matthias Berger [1]

Leipzig Land 3 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 23. It is within the district of Leipzig. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Bad Lausick, Colditz, Grimma, and Naunhof, and the municipalities of Belgershain, Großpösna, Otterwisch, and Parthenstein within the district of Leipzig.

There were 54,499 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Svend-Gunnar Kirmes	CDU	42.3
	2019			29.9
	2024	Matthias Berger	FW	36.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig Land 3 [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	%	±%
	FW	Matthias Berger		14,882	36.6	23.5	5,393	13.2	6.4
	AfD	Jörg Dornau		12,479	30.6	1.1	12,627	30.9	1.6
	CDU	Volker Klostermann		9,021	22.2	7.7	11,939	29.2	4.0
	BSW						4,282	10.5
	SPD	Ingo Runge		1,686	4.1	2.4	2,647	6.5	1.3
	Left	Daniel Peisker		1,316	3.2	7.5	951	2.3	6.1
	Greens	Adriano Schwanke		677	1.7	3.8	992	2.4	2.9
	FDP	Philipp Alexander Loll		356	0.9	2.6	276	0.7	3.1
	Freie Sachsen	Mario Franz		298	0.7		774	1.9
	APT						340	0.8
	PARTEI						201	0.5	0.5
	BD						106	0.3
	Values						67	0.2
	Pirates						63	0.2
	dieBasis						57	0.1
	V-Partei3						38	0.1
	BüSo						29	0.1
	Bündnis C						25	0.1
	ÖDP						18	0.0
Informal votes				458			348
Total valid votes				40,715			40,825
Turnout				41,173	75.5	12.0
	FW win new seat		Majority	2,403	6.0

References

1. "Elected Member for Leipzig Land 3". Landtag of Saxony. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
2. "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 10 January 2026.
3. "Saxony Electoral Districts" . Retrieved 10 January 2026.
4. https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK023-38.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony