Leipzig Land 4

24: Leipzig Land 4
Electoral district for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig Land 4 in 2024
District	Leipzig (district)
Electorate	48,205 (2024)
Major settlements	Brandis, Trebsen/Mulde, and Wurzen
Current electoral district
Party	CDU
Member	Kay Ritter [1]

Leipzig Land 4 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 24. It is within the district of Leipzig. ^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the towns of Brandis, Trebsen/Mulde, and Wurzen, and the municipalities of Bennewitz, Borsdorf, Lossatal, Machern, and Thallwitz within the district of Leipzig.

There were 48,205 eligible voters in 2024. ^[3]

Members

Election		Member	Party	%
	2014	Hannelore Dietzschold	CDU	45.9
	2019	Kay Ritter		32.2
	2024			38.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig Land 4 [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 Kay Ritter		13,370	38.2	6.0	11,343	32.2	2.8
	AfD	Mike René Opolka		12,304	35.2	6.1	11,268	32.0	3.2
	BSW						3,986	11.3
	FW	Thomas Schumann		3,612	10.3	1.0	2,268	6.4	1.6
	Left	Jens Kretzschmar		2,032	5.8	5.5	899	2.6	6.0
	SPD	Thomas Glaser		2,012	5.8	2.3	2,472	7.0	1.1
	Greens	Thomas Keller		852	2.4	2.5	927	2.6	3.0
	Freie Sachsen	Eric Sallie		427	1.2		847	2.4
	APT						372	1.1
	FDP	Markus Piontek		377	1.1	2.1	260	0.7	2.8
	PARTEI						170	0.5	0.4
	BD						100	0.3
	dieBasis						65	0.2
	Values						63	0.2
	Bündnis C						59	0.2
	Pirates						53	0.2
	V-Partei3						37	0.1
	BüSo						13	0.0
	ÖDP						11	0.0
Informal votes				571			344
Total valid votes				34,986			35,213
Turnout				35,557	73.8	10.4
	CDU hold		Majority	1,066	3.0

References

1. "Elected Member for Leipzig Land 4". 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/WK024-38.shtml

See also

• Politics of Saxony
• Landtag of Saxony