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]
151 Leipzig I | |
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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 | CDU |
Member | Jens Lehmann |
Elected | 2017, 2021 |
Leipzig I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Jens Lehmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]
Geography
editLeipzig 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
editLeipzig 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 |
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1990 | 309 | Leipzig I |
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1994 | |||
1998 | |||
2002 | 153 |
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2005 | |||
2009 | |||
2013 | 152 | ||
2017 | |||
2021 | |||
2025 | 151 |
Members
editThe 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 | % | |
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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 |
Election results
edit2021 election
editFederal election (2021): Leipzig I[3] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 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 | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 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
editFederal election (2017): Leipzig I[4] | |||||||||
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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 | ||||
Human Environment Animal Protection | 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
editFederal election (2013): Leipzig I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | 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
editFederal election (2009): Leipzig I[6] | |||||||||
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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 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Constituency Leipzig I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Results for Leipzig I". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ Results for Leipzig I
- ^ Results for Leipzig I
- ^ Results for Leizpig I
- ^ Results for Leipzig I