Editing Leipzig (section)

==Politics==
===Mayor===
[[File:2020 Leipzig mayoral election (2nd round).svg|thumb|350px|Results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election]]
The first freely elected mayor after German reunification was [[Hinrich Lehmann-Grube]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), who served from 1990 to 1998. The mayor was originally chosen by the city council, but since 1994 has been directly elected. [[Wolfgang Tiefensee]], also of the SDP, served from 1998 until his resignation in 2005 to become federal Minister of Transport. He was succeeded by fellow SPD politician [[Burkhard Jung]], who was elected in January 2006 and re-elected in 2013 and 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 2 February 2020, with a runoff held on 1 March, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate
! rowspan=2| Party
! colspan=2| First round
! colspan=2| Second round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Sebastian Gemkow]]
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]
| '''72,427'''
| '''31.6'''
| 107,611
| 47.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Burkhard Jung]]
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 68,286
| 29.8
| '''110,965'''
| '''49.1'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Franziska Riekewald
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 31,036
| 13.5
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Katharina Krefft
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 27,481
| 12.0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| Christoph Neumann
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 19,854
| 8.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Katharina Subat
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 5,467
| 2.4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Marcus Viefeld
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
| 2,739
| 1.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| Ute Elisabeth Gabelmann
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]]
| 2,089
| 0.9
| 7,542
| 3.3
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 229,379
! 99.6
! 226,118
! 99.5
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 822
! 0.4
! 1,235
! 0.5
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 230,201
! 100.0
! 227,353
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 469,225
! 49.1
! 469,269
! 48.4
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2020-wahlergebnisse.php?landkreis=14713 Wahlen in Sachsen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512081903/https://wahlen.sachsen.de/buergermeisterwahl-2020-wahlergebnisse.php?landkreis=14713 |date=12 May 2021 }}
|}

===City council===
[[File:2024 Leipzig City Council election - Vote strength.svg|thumb|350px|Strongest party by locality in the 2024 City Council election]]
The most recent city council election was held on 9 June 2024, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| 173,343
| 18.9
| {{increase}} 1.4
| 13
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| 160,490
| 17.5
| {{decrease}} 3.9
| 12
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| 155,506
| 17.0
| {{increase}} 2.1
| 12
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| 137,614
| 15.0
| {{decrease}} 5.7
| 11
| {{decrease}} 4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| 110,520
| 12.1
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| 8
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance}}| 
| align=left| [[Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance]] (BSW)
| 88,146
| 9.6
| New
| 7
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]] (PARTEI)
| 31,933
| 3.5
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| 2
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| 24,898
| 2.7
| {{decrease}} 2.1
| 2
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Free Voters Leipzig (FW)
| 10,106
| 1.1
| {{decrease}} 1.4
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]] (Piraten)
| 9,759
| 1.1
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor=009332| 
| align=left| [[Freie Sachsen|Free Saxons]] (FS)
| 8,965
| 1.0
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]] (Volt)
| 2,391
| 0.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| 914
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Garden 24
| 829
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| Our Human Rights in Focus
| 223
| 0.0
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 915,637
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 318,541
! 100.0
! 
! 70
! ±0
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 472,669
! 67.4
! {{increase}} 7.7
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=7| Source: [https://wahlergebnis.leipzig.de/4/eu2024/14713000/praesentation/ergebnis.html?wahl_id=127&stimmentyp=0&id=ebene_-464_id_1668 Wahlen Leipzig]
|}

===State Landtag===
In the [[Landtag of Saxony]], Leipzig is divided among eight constituencies. After the [[2024 Saxony state election]], the composition and representation of each was as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Constituency
! Area
! colspan=2| Party
! Member
|-
| 25 Leipzig I || City centre || bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| || [[The Left (Germany)|Left]] || Nam Duy Nguyen
|-
| 26 Leipzig II || Southeast || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || Ronald Pohle
|-
| 27 Leipzig III || Inner north (Gohlis) || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || Wolf-Dietrich Rost
|-
| 28 Leipzig IV || Central south || bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| || [[The Left (Germany)|Left]] || Juliane Nagel
|-
| 29 Leipzig V || Southwest || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || Andreas Nowak
|-
| 30 Leipzig VI || Inner west (Lindenau) || bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| || [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Grüne]] || Claudia Maicher
|-
| 31 Leipzig VII || Northwest || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || Rick Ulbricht
|-
| 32 Leipzig VIII || Northeast/inner east || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || Holger Gasse
|}

=== Bundestag ===
In the [[Bundestag]], Leipzig constitutes two constituencies. In the [[List of members of the 20th Bundestag|20th Bundestag]], the composition and representation of each was as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Constituency
! Area
! colspan=2| Party
! Member
|-
| 151 [[Leipzig I]]
| Alt-West, Nord, Nordost, Nordwest, and Ost || bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| || [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] || [[Jens Lehmann (cyclist)|Jens Lehmann]]
|-
| 152 [[Leipzig II]] || Mitte, Süd, Südost, Südwest, and West || bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| || [[The Left (Germany)|Left]] || [[Sören Pellmann]]
|}