Leipzig Land 3

23: Leipzig Land 3
Electoral district
for the Landtag of Saxony
Leipzig Land 3 in 2024
DistrictLeipzig (district)
Electorate54,499 (2024)
Major settlementsBad Lausick, Colditz, Grimma, and Naunhof
Current electoral district
PartyFree Voters
MemberMatthias Berger

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.

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.

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
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
FW Matthias Berger 14,882 36.6 Increase 23.5 5,393 13.2 Increase 6.4
AfD Jörg Dornau 12,479 30.6 Increase 1.1 12,627 30.9 Increase 1.6
CDU Volker Klostermann 9,021 22.2 Decrease 7.7 11,939 29.2 Decrease 4.0
BSW   4,282 10.5
SPD Ingo Runge 1,686 4.1 Decrease 2.4 2,647 6.5 Decrease 1.3
Left Daniel Peisker 1,316 3.2 Decrease 7.5 951 2.3 Decrease 6.1
Greens Adriano Schwanke 677 1.7 Decrease 3.8 992 2.4 Decrease 2.9
FDP Philipp Alexander Loll 356 0.9 Decrease 2.6 276 0.7 Decrease 3.1
Freie Sachsen Mario Franz 298 0.7 774 1.9
APT   340 0.8
PARTEI   201 0.5 Decrease 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 Increase 12.0
FW win new seat Majority 2,403 6.0

2019 election

State election (2019): Leipzig Land 3
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Svend-Gunnar Kirmes 10,839 29.9 Decrease 12.4 12,078 33.2 Decrease 10.9
AfD Jörg Dornau 10,709 29.5 Increase 17.4 10,661 29.3 Increase 18.4
FW Matthias Schmiedel 4,741 13.1 2,456 6.8 Increase 7.7
Left Kerstin Köditz 3,874 10.7 Decrease 9.5 3,050 8.4 Decrease 8.3
SPD Ingo Runge 2,377 6.6 Decrease 4.9 2,835 7.8 Decrease 3.9
Greens André Engelhardt 1,965 5.4 Increase 1.4 1,928 5.3 Increase 1.3
FDP Matthias Constantin 1,251 3.4 Decrease 1.2 1,384 3.8 Decrease 0.3
APT   530 1.5 Increase 0.4
The Blue Party Dorothea von Below 509 1.4 352 1.0
PARTEI   343 0.9 Increase 0.5
Verjüngungsforschung   182 0.5
NPD   175 0.5 Decrease 4.1
Pirates   97 0.3 Decrease 0.5
ÖDP   67 0.2
Humanists   49 0.1
Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany   47 0.1
PDV   45 0.1
DKP   29 0.1
BüSo   17 0.0 Decrease 0.1
Informal votes 493 433
Total valid votes 36,265 36,325
Turnout 36,758 66.3 Increase 19.1
CDU hold Majority 130 0.4 Decrease 21.7

2014 election

State election (2014): Leipzig Land 3
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Svend-Gunnar Kirmes 11,218 42.3 11,725 44.1
Left 5,353 20.2 4,444 16.7
AfD 3,211 12.1 2,904 10.9
SPD 3,056 11.5 3,122 11.7
FDP 1,216 4.6 1,085 4.1
NPD 1,086 4.1 1,228 4.6
Greens 1,071 4.0 1,075 4.0
APT   304 1.1
FW   304 1.1
Pirates 285 1.1 210 0.8
PARTEI   99 0.4
Pro Germany Citizens' Movement   40 0.2
BüSo   33 0.1
DSU   32 0.1
Informal votes 463 354
Total valid votes 26,496 26,605
Turnout 26,959 47.2 Decrease 14.0
CDU win new seat Majority 5,865 22.1

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
  5. ↑ https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=25
  6. ↑ https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=25

See also