Editing Leipzig (section)

===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]
|}