{{Short description|State electoral district of Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox constituency |name = 32: Leipzig 8 |constituency_type = electoral district |constituency_link = Leipzig 8 |parl_name = Landtag of Saxony |image = File:Landtagswahlkreis 32 Sachsen 2024.svg |caption = Leipzig 8 in 2024 |region_label = District |region = Leipzig |electorate = 61,649 (2024) |towns = City-district Nordeast, sub-districts Volkmarsdorf and Anger-Crottendorf (East), and sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch (North) |party = CDU |local_council_label = Member |local_council = Holger Gasse<ref name="Elected Member for Leipzig 8">{{cite web |title=Elected Member for Leipzig 8 |url= https://www.landtag.sachsen.de/de/abgeordnete/abgeordnetensuche/abgeordneter/1100 |website=Landtag of Saxony |access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref> |blank1_name = Elected }}
'''Leipzig 8''' 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 32. 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> The constituency was created for the 2024 election.
==Geography== The constituency comprises the district of Nordeast, the East sub-districts of Volkmarsdorf and Anger-Crottendorf, and the North sub-districts of Seehausen and Wiederitzsch within the City of Leipzig.
There were 61,649 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 ! % |- | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| | 2024 | Holger Gasse | CDU | align=right| 32.0 |}
==Election results== ===2024 election=== Changes are compared to notional results based on the new district.
{{MMP election box begin |title=State election (2024): Leipzig 8<ref>https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-SN/charts/wahlkreis-detail/WK032-38.shtml</ref> }} {{MMP election box candidate win| |party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |candidate = Holger Gasse |votes = 13,691 |percentage = 32.0 |change = {{increase}} 4.6 |party votes = 11,436 |party percent = 26.7 |party change = {{decrease}} 0.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate list| |party = Alternative for Germany |candidate = Holger Hentschel |votes = 10,845 |percentage = 25.4 |change = {{increase}} 2.4 |party votes = 10,202 |party percent = 23.8 |party change = {{increase}} 1.6 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = The Left (Germany) |candidate = Uwe Fiedler |votes = 6,490 |percentage = 15.2 |change = {{decrease}} 4.0 |party votes = 5,965 |party percent = 13.9 |party change = {{decrease}} 1.9 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht |candidate = Michael Chelius |votes = 3,596 |percentage = 8.4 |change = |party votes = 4,506 |party percent = 10.5 |party change = }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Alliance 90/The Greens |candidate = Ulrike Gebhardt |votes = 3,310 |percentage = 7.7 |change = {{decrease}} 5.0 |party votes = 3,503 |party percent = 8.2 |party change = {{decrease}} 4.8 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Social Democratic Party of Germany |candidate = Irena Rudolph-Kokot |votes = 2,873 |percentage = 6.7 |change = {{decrease}} 2.2 |party votes = 3,864 |party percent = 9.0 |party change = {{increase}} 0.2 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Voters |candidate = C. Friedrich Föster |votes = 910 |percentage = 2.1 |change = {{decrease}} 0.6 |party votes = 671 |party percent = 1.6 |party change = {{decrease}} 0.6 }} {{MMP election box candidate lose| |party = Free Democratic Party (Germany) |candidate = Daniel Eich |votes = 645 |percentage = 1.5 |change = {{decrease}} 1.8 |party votes = 410 |party percent = 1.0 |party change = {{decrease}} 2.6 }} {{MMP election box independent| |candidate = Ralf Detlef Kohl |votes = 382 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Die PARTEI |party votes = 668 |party percent = 1.6 |party change = {{decrease}} 1.2 }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Action Party for Animal Welfare |party votes = 543 |party percent = 1.3 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Freie Sachsen |party votes = 497 |party percent = 1.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Pirate Party Germany |party votes = 172 |party percent = 0.4 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = V-Partei3 |party votes = 110 |party percent = 0.3 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Bündnis Deutschland |party votes = 90 |party percent = 0.2 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany |party votes = 64 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Values Union |party votes = 57 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Ecological Democratic Party |party votes = 53 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität |party votes = 31 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box party only| |party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany |party votes = 23 |party percent = 0.1 |party change = }} {{MMP election box informal vote| |votes = 448 |party votes = 325 }} {{MMP election box total vote| |votes = 42,742 |party votes = 42,865 }} {{MMP election box turnout| |turnout = 43,190 |percentage = 70.1 |change = }} {{MMP election box majority win| |winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany |votes = 2,846 |percent = 6.6 |change = }}
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==See also== *Politics of Saxony *Landtag of Saxony
Category:State electoral districts in Saxony Category:Leipzig Category:Constituencies established in 2024 Category:2024 establishments in Germany