{{Short description|State electoral district of Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox constituency |name = 27: Leipzig 3 |constituency_type = electoral district |constituency_link = Leipzig 3 |parl_name = Landtag of Saxony |image = File:Landtagswahlkreis 27 Sachsen 2024.svg |caption = Leipzig 3 in 2024 |region_label = District |region = Leipzig |electorate = 51,596 (2024) |towns = City-district Nord excluding the sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch, and sub-district of Zentrum-Nord (Mitte) |party = CDU |local_council_label = Member |local_council = Wolf-Dietrich Rost<ref name="Elected Member for Leipzig 3">{{cite web |title=Elected Member for Leipzig 3 |url= https://www.landtag.sachsen.de/de/abgeordnete/abgeordnetensuche/abgeordneter/889 |website=Landtag of Saxony |access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref> |blank1_name = Elected }}
'''Leipzig 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 27. It is within the city of Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saxony Electoral Districts |url=https://geoviewer.sachsen.de/mapviewer/resources/apps/wahlkr/index.html?&stateId=b7ee7cc7-6ec0-4b74-ae7c-c76ec0cb74a5&lang=de |access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref>
==Geography== The constituency comprises the district of Nord excluding the sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch, and the sub-district of Zentrum-Nord of district Mitte within the City of Leipzig.
There were 51,596 eligible voters in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saxony Electoral Districts |url=https://geoviewer.sachsen.de/mapviewer/resources/apps/wahlkr/index.html?&stateId=b7ee7cc7-6ec0-4b74-ae7c-c76ec0cb74a5&lang=de |access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref>
==Members== {| class=wikitable ! colspan=2| Election ! Member ! Party ! % |- | rowspan=3 bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | 2014 | rowspan=2| Andreas Nowak | rowspan=3| CDU | align=right| 31.3 |- | 2019 | align=right| 28.3 |- | 2024 | Wolf-Dietrich Rost | align=right| 29.8 |}
==Election results== ===2024 election=== {{MMP election box begin |title=State election (2024): Leipzig 3<ref>https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK027-40.shtml</ref> }} {{MMP election box candidate win| |party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |candidate = Wolf-Dietrich Rost |votes = 11,556 |percentage = 29.8 |change = {{increase}} 3.5 |party votes = 11,084 |party percent = 28.5 |party change = {{increase}} 1.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alternative for Germany |candidate = Christoph Neumann |votes = 7,036 |percentage = 18.1 |change = {{increase}} 2.1 |party votes = 6,645 |party percent = 17.1 |party change = {{increase}} 1.6 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alliance 90/The Greens |candidate = P. Maria Cagali Sejdi |votes = 5,987 |percentage = 15.4 |change = {{decrease}} 2.3 |party votes = 4,655 |party percent = 12.0 |party change = {{decrease}} 7.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Social Democratic Party of Germany |candidate = Bettina van Suntum |votes = 4,516 |percentage = 11.6 |change = {{decrease}} 0.8 |party votes = 5,374 |party percent = 13.8 |party change = {{increase}} 3.1 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht |candidate = Sascha Jecht |votes = 3,565 |percentage = 9.2 |change = |party votes = 4,174 |party percent = 10.7 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = The Left (Germany) |candidate = Cornelia Falken |votes = 3,452 |percentage = 8.9 |change = {{decrease}} 8.3 |party votes = 3,640 |party percent = 9.4 |party change = {{decrease}} 3.1 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Die PARTEI |candidate = Oliver Gaden |votes = 1,125 |percentage = 2.9 |change = {{increase}} 2.5 |party votes = 615 |party percent = 1.6 |party change = {{decrease}} 1.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Voters |candidate = Jochen Reitstätter |votes = 919 |percentage = 2.4 |change = {{decrease}} 1.8 |party votes = 696 |party percent = 1.8 |party change = {{decrease}} 0.9 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |candidate = Robin Schaluschke |votes = 633 |percentage = 1.6 |change = {{decrease}} 3.6 |party votes = 574 |party percent = 1.5 |party change = {{decrease}} 3.4 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Action Party for Animal Welfare |party votes = 443 |party percent = 1.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Freie Sachsen |party votes = 282 |party percent = 0.7 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Pirate Party Germany |party votes = 175 |party percent = 0.5 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = V-Partei3 |party votes = 150 |party percent = 0.4 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Bündnis Deutschland |party votes = 102 |party percent = 0.3 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany |party votes = 92 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Values Union |party votes = 67 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Ecological Democratic Party |party votes = 49 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany |party votes = 36 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität |party votes = 32 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box informal vote| |votes = 308 |party votes = 212 }} {{MMP election box total vote| |votes = 38,789 |party votes = 38,885 }} {{MMP election box turnout| |turnout = 39,097 |percentage = 75.8 |change = {{increase}} 13.9 }} {{MMP election box majority hold| |winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |votes = 4,520 |percent = 11.7 |change = }}
===2019 election=== {{MMP election box begin |title=State election (2019): Leipzig 3<ref>https://www.wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2019-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&wahlkreis=29</ref> }} {{MMP election box incumbent win| |party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |candidate = Andreas Nowak |votes = 10,722 |percentage = 28.3 |change = {{decrease}} 3.0 |party votes = 11,026 |party percent = 29.0 |party change = {{decrease}} 3.9 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alternative for Germany |candidate = Petra Böhme |votes = 9,944 |percentage = 26.3 |change = {{increase}} 17.8 |party votes = 9,501 |party percent = 25.0 |party change = {{increase}} 16.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = The Left (Germany) |candidate = Adam Bednarsky |votes = 7,842 |percentage = 20.7 |change = {{decrease}} 9.2 |party votes = 5,737 |party percent = 15.1 |party change = {{decrease}} 11.5 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alliance 90/The Greens |candidate = Petra Cagalj Sejdi |votes = 3,160 |percentage = 8.3 |change = {{increase}} 3.3 |party votes = 3,340 |party percent = 8.8 |party change = {{increase}} 3.4 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Social Democratic Party of Germany |candidate = Waltra Heinke |votes = 3,002 |percentage = 7.9 |change = {{decrease}} 7.7 |party votes = 3,607 |party percent = 9.5 |party change = {{decrease}} 5.6 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |candidate = Friedrich Vosberg |votes = 1,517 |percentage = 4.0 |change = {{increase}} 0.9 |party votes = 1,303 |party percent = 3.4 |party change = {{increase}} 0.4 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Voters |candidate = Monika Baier |votes = 1,400 |percentage = 3.7 |change = {{increase}} 2.6 |party votes = 1,003 |party percent = 2.6 |party change = {{increase}} 1.8 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Action Party for Animal Welfare |party votes = 783 |party percent = 2.1 |party change = {{increase}} 0.8 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Die PARTEI |party votes = 666 |party percent = 1.8 |party change = {{increase}} 1.3 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Party for Rejuvenation Research |party votes = 230 |party percent = 0.6 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = National Democratic Party of Germany |party votes = 170 |party percent = 0.4 |party change = {{decrease}} 3.8 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = The Blue Party (Germany) |party votes = 149 |party percent = 0.4 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Pirate Party Germany |party votes = 137 |party percent = 0.4 |party change = {{decrease}} 0.6 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Party of Humanists |party votes = 93 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Ecological Democratic Party |party votes = 80 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany |party votes = 62 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = German Communist Party |party votes = 61 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität |candidate = Birigtta Gündler |votes = 262 |percentage = 0.7 |change = {{increase}} 0.3 |party votes = 59 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = {{steady}} }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Party of Reason |party votes = 43 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box informal vote| |votes = 576 |party votes = 375 }} {{MMP election box total vote| |votes = 37,849 |party votes = 38,050 }} {{MMP election box turnout| |turnout = 38,425 |percentage = 58.9 |change = {{increase}} 18.7 }} {{MMP election box majority hold| |winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |votes = 778 |percent = 2.0 |change = {{increase}} 0.6 }}
===2014 election=== {{MMP election box begin |title=State election (2014): Leipzig 3<ref>https://wahlen.sachsen.de/landtagswahl-2014-wahlergebnisse.php?_ptabs=%7B%22%23tab-stimmenverteilung%22%3A1%7D&_cp=&wahlkreis=29</ref> }} {{MMP election box candidate win| |party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |candidate = Andreas Nowak |votes = 8,081 |percentage = 31.3 |change = |party votes = 8,496 |party percent = 32.9 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = The Left (Germany) |candidate = |votes = 7,721 |percentage = 29.9 |change = |party votes = 6,869 |party percent = 26.6 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Social Democratic Party of Germany |candidate = |votes = 4,022 |percentage = 15.6 |change = |party votes = 3,906 |party percent = 15.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alternative for Germany |candidate = |votes = 2,206 |percentage = 8.5 |change = |party votes = 2,272 |party percent = 8.8 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alliance 90/The Greens |candidate = |votes = 1,284 |percentage = 5.0 |change = |party votes = 1,395 |party percent = 5.4 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = National Democratic Party of Germany |candidate = |votes = 957 |percentage = 3.7 |change = |party votes = 1,082 |party percent = 4.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |candidate = |votes = 805 |percentage = 3.1 |change = |party votes = 768 |party percent = 3.0 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Action Party for Animal Welfare |party votes = 342 |party percent = 1.3 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Pirate Party Germany |candidate = |votes = 356 |percentage = 1.4 |change = |party votes = 258 |party percent = 1.0 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Voters |candidate = |votes = 295 |percentage = 1.1 |change = |party votes = 200 |party percent = 0.8 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Die PARTEI |party votes = 130 |party percent = 0.5 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität |candidate = |votes = 105 |percentage = 0.4 |change = |party votes = 60 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Pro Germany Citizens' Movement |party votes = 50 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = German Social Union (East Germany) |party votes = 34 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box informal vote| |votes = 380 |party votes = 350 }} {{MMP election box total vote| |votes = 25,832 |party votes = 25,862 }} {{MMP election box turnout| |turnout = 26,212 |percentage = 40.2 |change = {{decrease}} 14.4 }} {{MMP election box majority win| |winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |votes = 360 |percent = 1.4 |change = }}
==References== <references/>
==See also== *Politics of Saxony *Landtag of Saxony
Category:State electoral districts in Saxony Category:Leipzig Category:Constituencies established in 2014 Category:2014 establishments in Germany