Leipzig 6

30: Leipzig 6
30: Leipzig 6
Electoral district; for the Landtag of Saxony
	Leipzig 6 in 2024
District	Leipzig
Electorate	54,817 (2024)
Major settlements	City-district Alt-West excluding the sub-districts of Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and Burghausen-Rückmarsdorf, and sub-districts of Schleußig and Plagwitz (Südwest)
Current electoral district
Party	Grüne
Member	Claudia Maicher

Leipzig 6 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 30. It is within the city of Leipzig.^[2]

Geography

The constituency comprises the district of Alt-West excluding the sub-districts of Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and Burghausen-Rückmarsdorf, and the sub-districts of Schleußig and Plagwitz of district Südwest within the City of Leipzig.

There were 54,817 eligible voters in 2024.^[3]

Members

	Member	Party	%
2014	Wolf-Dietrich Rost	CDU	30.2
2019	Wolf-Dietrich Rost	CDU	27.1
2024	Claudia Maicher	Grüne	29.2

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Leipzig 6^[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	%	±%
	Greens	Claudia Maicher		12,455	29.2	0.8	8,313	19.5	8.0
	Left	Marco Böhme		9,674	22.7	4.2	8,790	20.6	1.3
	CDU	Marcus Mündlein		7,386	17.3	0.2	8,424	19.7	1.1
	AfD	Kai Günther		5,521	13.0	0.9	5,275	12.4	0.6
	SPD	Benjamin Schulz		3,124	7.3	0.4	5,403	12.7	3.2
	BSW	Danilo Streller		2,796	6.6		3,590	8.4
	PARTEI						818	1.9	2.2
	FW	Anke Görgner		1,134	2.7	0.2	452	1.1	0.6
	APT						415	1.0
	FDP	Juliane Steinmüller		499	1.2	2.4	399	0.9	2.5
	Freie Sachsen						236	0.6
	Pirates						169	0.4
	V-Partei3						102	0.2
	dieBasis						95	0.2
	BD						83	0.2
	Values						45	0.1
	ÖDP						32	0.1
	Bündnis C						25	0.1
	BüSo						19	0.0
Informal votes				291			195
Total valid votes				42,589			42,685
Turnout				42,880	78.2	17.1
	Greens gain from CDU		Majority	2,781	6.5

2014 election

State election (2014): Leipzig 6^[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	Wolf-Dietrich Rost		8,432	30.2		9,040	32.3
	Left			6,002	21.5		5,435	19.4
	SPD			5,504	19.7		4,702	16.8
	Greens			2,878	10.3		2,839	10.1
	AfD			2,310	8.3		2,390	8.5
	NPD			928	3.3		1,099	3.9
	FDP			836	3.0		953	3.4
	Pirates			500	1.8		459	1.6
	APT						428	1.5
	FW			428	1.5		298	1.1
	PARTEI						195	0.7
	BüSo			124	0.4		78	0.3
	Pro Germany Citizens' Movement						45	0.2
	DSU						34	0.1
Informal votes				286			233
Total valid votes				27,942			27,995
Turnout				28,228	43.9	3.5
	CDU win new seat		Majority	2,430	8.7

References

^ "Elected Member for Leipzig 6". 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/WK030-40.shtml
^ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=32