# Leipzig-Land

Leipzig-Land 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 Landkreis Leipzig district.
Leipzig-Land was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Edgar Naujok of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

Leipzig-Land is located in northwestern Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Landkreis Leipzig district.

## History

Leipzig-Land was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was named Leipziger Land – Muldentalkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 311 in the numbering system. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 155. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 154. From the 2025 election, it has been number 153.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Landkreis Leipzig, Borna, and Geithain. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it comprised the districts of Leipziger Land and Muldentalkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.
| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| 1990 | 311 | Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain | Landkreis Leipzig district Borna district Geithain district |
| 1994 | 311 | Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain | Landkreis Leipzig district Borna district Geithain district |
| 1998 | 311 | Leipzig-Land – Borna – Geithain | Landkreis Leipzig district Borna district Geithain district |
| 2002 | 155 | Leipziger Land – Muldentalkreis | Leipziger Land district Muldentalkreis district |
| 2005 | 155 | Leipziger Land – Muldentalkreis | Leipziger Land district Muldentalkreis district |
| 2009 | 155 | Leipzig-Land | Landkreis Leipzig district |
| 2013 | 154 | Leipzig-Land | Landkreis Leipzig district |
| 2017 | 154 | Leipzig-Land | Landkreis Leipzig district |
| 2021 | 154 | Leipzig-Land | Landkreis Leipzig district |
| 2025 | 153 | Leipzig-Land | Landkreis Leipzig district |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Rolf Rau of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Jürgen Wieczorek of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won it in 1998 and served until 2005. Katharina Landgraf of the CDU was representative from 2005 to 2021. Edgar Naujok won the constituency for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % |
| 1990 | Rolf Rau | CDU | 51.7 |
| 1994 | Rolf Rau | CDU | 49.6 |
| 1998 | Jürgen Wieczorek | SPD | 37.6 |
| 2002 | Jürgen Wieczorek | SPD | 39.7 |
| 2005 | Katharina Landgraf | CDU | 34.9 |
| 2009 | Katharina Landgraf | CDU | 41.7 |
| 2013 | Katharina Landgraf | CDU | 51.3 |
| 2017 | Katharina Landgraf | CDU | 34.1 |
| 2021 | Edgar Naujok | AfD | 24.6 |

## Election results
### 2025 election

Federal election (2025): Leipzig-Land :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Y Edgar Naujok | Y Edgar Naujok | 65,284 | 38.2 | 13.6 | 65,839 | 38.5 | 14.5 |
| | CDU | Jörg Heuter | Jörg Heuter | 42,038 | 24.6 | 0.2 | 38,097 | 22.3 | 1.9 |
| | SPD | Franziska Mascheck | Franziska Mascheck | 18,681 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 15,100 | 8.8 | 12.4 |
| | Left | Jens Kretzschmar | Jens Kretzschmar | 14,925 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 14,985 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| | BSW | Hendrik Rudolph | Hendrik Rudolph | 10,898 | 6.4 | New | 14,696 | 8.6 | New |
| | Greens | Tom Pfandt | Tom Pfandt | 6,048 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 7,869 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| | FDP | Stephan Mielsch | Stephan Mielsch | 4,392 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 5,850 | 3.4 | 8.0 |
| | FW | Michael Voigt | Michael Voigt | 8,205 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 4,369 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 1,970 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 825 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 714 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| | BD | | | | | | 307 | 0.2 | New |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 219 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | Humanists | Mariano Dechow | Mariano Dechow | 487 | 0.3 | New | 205 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 72 | <0.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,237 | | | 1,078 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 170,958 | | | 171,117 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,195 | 81.6 | 5.4 | | | |
| | AfD hold | AfD hold | Majority | 23,246 | 13.6 | 13.4 | | | |

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Leipzig-Land :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Edgar Naujok | Edgar Naujok | 39,348 | 24.6 | 4.1 | 38,458 | 24.0 | 2.9 |
| | CDU | Georg‑Ludwig von Breitenbuch | Georg‑Ludwig von Breitenbuch | 39,066 | 24.4 | 9.7 | 32,711 | 20.4 | 9.7 |
| | SPD | Franziska Mascheck | Franziska Mascheck | 31,989 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 34,104 | 21.3 | 9.9 |
| | FDP | Olaf Winne | Olaf Winne | 15,698 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 18,322 | 11.4 | 3.4 |
| | Left | Julia Schramm | Julia Schramm | 12,672 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 12,362 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
| | Greens | Matthias Vialon | Matthias Vialon | 8,056 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 9,381 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| | FW | Denise Wendt | Denise Wendt | 6,081 | 3.8 | | 3,973 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 3,099 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| | PARTEI | Sabine Küchler | Sabine Küchler | 3,187 | 2.0 | | 1,743 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| | dieBasis | Christian Toloczyki | Christian Toloczyki | 3,145 | 2.0 | | 2,403 | 1.5 | |
| | Gesundheitsforschung | | | | | | 897 | 0.6 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Zimmet | Daniel Zimmet | 519 | 0.3 | | | | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 496 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 461 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| | Volt | | | | | | 379 | 0.2 | |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 373 | 0.2 | |
| | The III. Path | | | | | | 328 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | Harald Vauk | Harald Vauk | 480 | 0.3 | | 278 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Bündnis C | | | | | | 186 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 175 | 0.1 | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 116 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | DKP | | | | | | 115 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 87 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,042 | | | 1,836 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 160,241 | | | 160,447 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,283 | 76.2 | 1.4 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 282 | 0.2 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Leipzig-Land :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Katharina Landgraf | Y Katharina Landgraf | 54,152 | 34.1 | 17.2 | 47,944 | 30.1 | 15.7 |
| | AfD | Lars Herrmann | Lars Herrmann | 45,563 | 28.7 | | 42,823 | 26.9 | 20.5 |
| | Left | Axel Troost | Axel Troost | 24,801 | 15.6 | 5.8 | 23,368 | 14.7 | 5.3 |
| | SPD | Markus Bergforth | Markus Bergforth | 18,221 | 11.5 | 4.4 | 18,139 | 11.4 | 3.8 |
| | FDP | Katja Tavernaro | Katja Tavernaro | 10,048 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 12,859 | 8.1 | 5.2 |
| | Greens | Gerd Lippold | Gerd Lippold | 6,219 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 5,157 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,298 | 1.4 | |
| | The Homeland | | | | | | 1,793 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,580 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,366 | 0.9 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 510 | 0.3 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 505 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| | DiB | | | | | | 297 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 251 | 0.2 | |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 233 | 0.1 | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 168 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,317 | | | 1,930 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 159,004 | | | 159,391 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,321 | 74.8 | 6.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 8,589 | 5.4 | 24.5 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Leipzig-Land :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Katharina Landgraf | Y Katharina Landgraf | 76,273 | 51.3 | 9.6 | 68,348 | 45.8 | 9.1 |
| | Left | Axel Troost | Axel Troost | 31,865 | 21.4 | 1.2 | 29,716 | 19.9 | 3.9 |
| | SPD | Harald Redepenning | Harald Redepenning | 23,542 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 22,681 | 15.2 | 0.8 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 9,562 | 6.4 | |
| | The Homeland | Maik Scheffler | Maik Scheffler | 6,066 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 4,513 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| | Greens | Tommy Penk | Tommy Penk | 4,905 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 4,899 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| | Pirates | Andreas Vogt | Andreas Vogt | 3,199 | 2.2 | | 2,905 | 1.9 | |
| | FDP | Steve Görnitz | Steve Görnitz | 2,890 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 4,292 | 2.9 | 10.3 |
| | FW | | | | | | 1,485 | 1.0 | |
| | PRO | | | | | | 495 | 0.3 | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 172 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 137 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,797 | | | 2,332 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 148,740 | | | 149,205 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,537 | 68.8 | 4.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 44,408 | 29.9 | 10.8 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Leipzig-Land :
| 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. |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Katharina Landgraf | Y Katharina Landgraf | 60,969 | 41.7 | 6.9 | 53,735 | 36.7 | 5.9 |
| | Left | Axel Troost | Axel Troost | 33,044 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 34,826 | 23.8 | 1.1 |
| | SPD | Daniel Werner | Daniel Werner | 23,471 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 23,354 | 16.0 | 10.5 |
| | FDP | Christoph Waitz | Christoph Waitz | 14,799 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 19,240 | 13.2 | 3.9 |
| | Greens | Leon Wolff | Leon Wolff | 6,745 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 7,533 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| | The Homeland | Marcus Müller | Marcus Müller | 5,988 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 5,751 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Uwe Teske | Uwe Teske | 1,090 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | BüSo | | | | | | 1,032 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| | REP | | | | | | 462 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 375 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,283 | | | 2,081 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 146,106 | | | 146,308 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 148,389 | 64.2 | 11.7 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 27,925 | 19.1 | 13.9 | | | |