Leipzig II
# Leipzig II

Leipzig II 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 153. It is located in northwestern Saxony, comprising the southern part of the city of Leipzig.

Leipzig II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2017, it has been represented by Sören Pellmann of The Left.

## Geography

Leipzig II is located in northwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the city districts (Stadtbezirke) of Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West from the independent city of Leipzig.

## History

Leipzig II was created after German reunification in 1990. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 310 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 154. Since 2013, it has been number 153.

Originally, the constituency comprised the Stadtbezirke of Süd-Ost, Süd, Süd-West, and West II from the independent city of Leipzig. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 310 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Süd-Ost, Süd, Süd-West, and West II Stadtbezirke) |
| 1994 | 310 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Süd-Ost, Süd, Süd-West, and West II Stadtbezirke) |
| 1998 | 310 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Süd-Ost, Süd, Süd-West, and West II Stadtbezirke) |
| 2002 | 154 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |
| 2005 | 154 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |
| 2009 | 154 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |
| 2013 | 153 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |
| 2017 | 153 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |
| 2021 | 153 | Leipzig II | Leipzig city (only Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West Stadtbezirke) |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Gerhard Schulz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. It was won by Gunter Weißgerber of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 who represented it until 2009, when it was won by Thomas Feist of the CDU. Sören Pellmann of The Left was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021.

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Gerhard Schulz | CDU | 36.8 |
| 1994 | Gerhard Schulz | CDU | 36.1 |
| 1998 | Gunter Weißgerber | SPD | 36.7 |
| 2002 | Gunter Weißgerber | SPD | 39.9 |
| 2005 | Gunter Weißgerber | SPD | 35.3 |
| 2009 | Thomas Feist | CDU | 28.8 |
| 2013 | Thomas Feist | CDU | 34.3 |
| 2017 | Sören Pellmann | LINKE | 25.3 |
| 2021 | Sören Pellmann | LINKE | 22.8 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Leipzig II :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Y Sören Pellmann | Y Sören Pellmann | 40,938 | 22.8 | 2.5 | 26,472 | 14.7 | 7.8 |
| | Greens | Paula Piechotta | Paula Piechotta | 32,995 | 18.4 | 8.4 | 38,264 | 21.3 | 10.8 |
| | SPD | Nadja Sthamer | Nadja Sthamer | 29,731 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 37,634 | 20.9 | 7.9 |
| | CDU | Jessica Heller | Jessica Heller | 29,538 | 16.5 | 8.2 | 23,561 | 13.1 | 8.8 |
| | AfD | Siegbert Droese | Siegbert Droese | 20,667 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 20,213 | 11.2 | 4.7 |
| | FDP | Peter Jess | Peter Jess | 13,271 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 17,439 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,489 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| | PARTEI | Thomas Kumbernuß | Thomas Kumbernuß | 4,374 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 3,307 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| | dieBasis | Matti Rabold | Matti Rabold | 2,786 | 1.6 | | 2,564 | 1.4 | |
| | FW | André Soudah | André Soudah | 2,591 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2,188 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| | Pirates | Thomas Köhler | Thomas Köhler | 923 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 881 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 717 | 0.4 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 589 | 0.3 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 438 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | Tobias Kretschmer | Tobias Kretschmer | 635 | 0.4 | | 383 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Humanists | Jonas Lehn | Jonas Lehn | 573 | 0.3 | | 402 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 353 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 218 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| | MLPD | Philipp Gäbel | Philipp Gäbel | 273 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 197 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 192 | 0.1 | |
| | DKP | | | | | | 177 | 0.1 | |
| | Independent | Ulrika Schöllner | Ulrika Schöllner | 164 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 159 | 0.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,421 | | | 1,043 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 179,459 | | | 179,837 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 180,880 | 78.2 | 1.3 | | | |
| | Left hold | Left hold | Majority | 7,943 | 4.4 | 3.7 | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Leipzig II :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Sören Pellmann | Sören Pellmann | 43,948 | 25.3 | 0.5 | 39,058 | 22.5 | 0.1 |
| | CDU | N Thomas Feist | N Thomas Feist | 42,778 | 24.6 | 9.7 | 38,111 | 21.9 | 10.6 |
| | AfD | Siegbert Droese | Siegbert Droese | 25,968 | 15.0 | | 27,774 | 16.0 | 10.9 |
| | SPD | Jens Katzek | Jens Katzek | 23,787 | 13.7 | 9.7 | 22,725 | 13.1 | 5.8 |
| | Greens | Monika Lazar | Monika Lazar | 17,273 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 18,154 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
| | FDP | Friedrich Vosberg | Friedrich Vosberg | 10,052 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 14,866 | 8.6 | 5.5 |
| | PARTEI | Mathias Haschke | Mathias Haschke | 5,191 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 4,203 | 2.4 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,555 | 1.5 | |
| | FW | Karsten Kietz | Karsten Kietz | 2,034 | 1.2 | | 1,302 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| | BGE | | | | | | 1,175 | 0.7 | |
| | Pirates | Ute Elisabeth Gabelmann | Ute Elisabeth Gabelmann | 1,325 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 967 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 884 | 0.5 | |
| | NPD | | | | | | 678 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 499 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Frank Roeder | Frank Roeder | 493 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 376 | 0.2 | |
| | MLPD | Gudrun Kimmerle | Gudrun Kimmerle | 407 | 0.2 | | 258 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | Karsten Werner | Karsten Werner | 380 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 199 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,562 | | | 1,414 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 173,636 | | | 173,784 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,198 | 76.9 | 6.8 | | | |
| | Left gain from CDU | Left gain from CDU | Majority | 1,170 | 0.7 | | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Leipzig II :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Thomas Feist | Y Thomas Feist | 52,077 | 34.3 | 5.5 | 49,553 | 32.6 | 6.4 |
| | Left | Mike Nagler | Mike Nagler | 37,750 | 24.9 | 0.5 | 34,302 | 22.5 | 3.0 |
| | SPD | Wolfgang Tiefensee | Wolfgang Tiefensee | 35,515 | 23.4 | 0.4 | 28,778 | 18.9 | 0.6 |
| | Greens | Monika Lazar | Monika Lazar | 13,732 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 17,075 | 11.2 | 3.5 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 7,702 | 5.1 | |
| | Pirates | Sebastian Czich | Sebastian Czich | 3,914 | 2.6 | | 5,897 | 3.9 | |
| | NPD | Matthias Koch | Matthias Koch | 3,096 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2,207 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| | PARTEI | Mathias Haschke | Mathias Haschke | 2,347 | 1.5 | | | | |
| | FDP | Holger Krahmer | Holger Krahmer | 2,237 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 4,583 | 3.0 | 8.9 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,137 | 0.7 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 383 | 0.3 | |
| | BüSo | Karsten Werner | Karsten Werner | 1,192 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 349 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 221 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,075 | | | 1,748 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 151,860 | | | 152,187 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 153,935 | 70.0 | 2.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 14,327 | 9.4 | 5.9 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Leipzig II :

| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Thomas Feist | Thomas Feist | 41,101 | 28.8 | 3.2 | 37,304 | 26.1 | 2.9 |
| | Left | Mike Nagler | Mike Nagler | 36,117 | 25.3 | 2.8 | 36,431 | 25.5 | 3.0 |
| | SPD | Wolfgang Tiefensee | Wolfgang Tiefensee | 32,841 | 23.0 | 12.3 | 26,133 | 18.3 | 14.2 |
| | Greens | Monika Lazar | Monika Lazar | 17,345 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 20,998 | 14.7 | 4.7 |
| | FDP | Cornelius Janßen | Cornelius Janßen | 10,505 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 16,983 | 11.9 | 4.3 |
| | NPD | Holger Odenthal | Holger Odenthal | 3,094 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3,119 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | Karsten Werner | Karsten Werner | 1,674 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1,203 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 376 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | | | | 248 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,904 | | | 1,786 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 142,677 | | | 142,795 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 144,581 | 67.9 | 7.5 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 4,984 | 3.5 | | | | |
