Local elections in Hesse in 1952

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The local elections in Hesse in 1952 took place on May 4, 1952 and were the third democratic elections after the end of the Nazi dictatorship .

Starting position

The CDU Hessen was under its chairman Werner Hilpert a left regional association of the CDU. The expression of this policy was the participation of the CDU in a grand coalition in Hesse under Christian Stock . In the state elections in Hesse in 1950 , this policy was vehemently rejected by the electorate: the CDU received only 18.8% of the vote, the SPD could govern alone. Accordingly , only Social Democrats belonged to the Zinn I cabinet . The FDP Hessen , together with the BHE, had become the strongest opposition party with 31.8%.

The KPD Hesse was at the local level only in their political strongholds appreciable size. In contrast, the Free Voting Communities have been the third strongest local political force since the local elections in Hesse in 1948 .

Election campaign

The central election campaign topic of the CDU was the law on Sundays and public holidays of the Hessian state government. It was criticized that the law would “restrict the rights of the churches to protection on Sundays and public holidays and entrust political authorities with setting the times of worship”. In addition, on the occasion of the judgments of the State Court of Justice, the CDU addressed the implementation of socializations and, instead of financing the losses of the nationalized companies, demanded that these 200 million DM be invested in social housing.

Legal bases

The legal basis was the Hessian municipality and district election law of February 25, 1952.

Municipal elections

In the municipal council elections, the independent groups of voters became the strongest party for the first time with 35.8%. The CDU was able to overtake the FDP again, but remained at an extremely low level.

Political party Result in%
Groups of voters 35.8%
SPD 31.6%
CDU 12.9%
BHE 5.5%
FDP 8.4%

District elections

A similar picture emerged at the level of the rural districts and urban districts, although the voter groups were less important here.

The voter turnout in the districts and urban districts was 76.8% at a high level. 2,225,705 valid votes of the total of 3,038,779 eligible voters were counted.

Political party percent
SPD 38.5%
CDU 17.8%
FDP 14.9%
Other 28.8% (of which 11.5% groups of voters)

The following results were obtained in the individual districts:

district Eligible voters Votes cast Valid votes SPD FDP CDU BHE KPD Other parties Other nominations
Alsfeld 41,235 33,871 32,664 9,267 5,613 1,033 10,738 6.013
Mountain road 112,459 87,760 82,260 28,886 13,084 27,399 7,341 5,550
Büdingen 58038 48.139 44,466 17.167 12,632 2,289 1.406 3,002 7,970
Darmstadt 57.202 49,259 45,590 21,102 5,491 2,982 2,924 3,911 9,180
The castle 59,116 51.506 47,283 19,583 8,449 11,668 3,257 4,326
Erbach 45,258 36,412 33,696 16,324 4,207 1,690 3,161 11,475
Friedberg 93,476 79,226 74,304 30,430 9,558 9,313 9,706 2,949 9,187
to water 69,329 58,508 55,604 20,981 5,242 11,232 1,513 16,636
Gross-Gerau 86,752 72,536 67,200 31,879 9,269 8,691 4,909 5,828 6,624
Lauterbach 32,784 25,129 24,169 5,954 3,420 1,618 13,177
Offenbach 95.201 81.009 74,670 34,641 8,721 19,811 5,166 6.331
Darmstadt administrative district 750,850 623.355 581.906 236.214 70,624 87,395 54,355 34,537 18,519 80.262
Eschwege 48,500 39.904 38,550 15,715 6,045 2,307 6.103 1.166 7.214
Frankenberg 33,666 25,721 24,823 5,555 4,758 5,345 9,165
Fritzlar-Homberg 56,255 48,031 46.093 19,318 8,023 929 17,823
Fulda 60,853 52,028 49,682 8,790 3,035 30,383 6,866 608
Hersfeld 48,581 38,547 36,619 20,017 4,040 655 11,907
Hofgeismar 43,493 37,556 35,989 13,836 7,947 961 13,245
Hünfeld 23,835 20,087 19,368 3.114 2,646 10,761 2,847
kassel 48,081 43,146 40,641 23,422 2,706 2,665 11,848
Marburg 62.163 50,761 48,245 17,592 11,504 9,139 2,219 7,791
Melsungen 33,699 29,022 27,555 10,726 1,448 5,000 10,381
Rotenburg 40,483 33,098 31,380 13,325 8,182 4,204 760 4,909
Waldeck 60,088 43,758 42,356 11,027 8,306 8,705 816 13,502
Witzenhausen 36,639 30,693 29,346 14,731 6,362 2,927 4,342 984
Wolfhagen 26,445 22,116 21,193 7,698 3.814 761 8,920
Goat grove 38,849 32,317 31,229 10,785 9,464 7.172 3,808
Kassel administrative district 661.630 546.785 523.069 195,651 60,302 70,554 63,525 10.305 6,027 11.6705
Biedenkopf 37,571 29,936 28,445 8,580 4,099 4,235 4,855 647 6,029
Dill circle 57,337 44,934 42,792 9,847 9,953 3,726 863 6,651 11,752
Gelnhausen 53,425 45,517 42,632 14,183 5,926 14,650 1,969 5,904
Hauau 56.097 47,841 43,896 20,760 4,735 8,334 3,953 6.114
Limburg 55,695 46,462 43,915 10,790 5,229 22,283 2.011 672 2,930
Main-Taunus-Kreis 70,688 58,612 55,482 20,721 7,535 18,824 4,601 1,530 2,271
Oberlahnkreis 39,421 33,022 30,819 12,153 6,747 892 11,027
Obertaunuskreis 60,408 46.156 43,907 15,343 7,782 10,859 4,364 1,330 4,229
Rheingau district 37,973 31,364 29,828 8,679 3,999 1.2175 4,310 665
Schluechtern 29,966 25,152 23,598 9,393 3,776 8,341 1,452 636
Untertaunuskreis 35,945 29,086 27,770 8,364 8,024 5,241 5,384 757
Usingen 18,339 15,339 14,440 5,639 3,069 2,226 1,598 507 1,401
Wetzlar 86,941 70,350 66,656 27,324 12,845 7,285 10,767 1,978 3.112 3,345
Wiesbaden administrative district 639,806 523.771 494.180 171,776 76,972 11.8179 50,042 18,560 17,664 4.0987
State of Hesse 205.2286 169.3911 159.9155 603,641 207,898 276.128 167.922 634.02 42.210 23.7954

Joint lists of parties are shown under "Other parties".

In percent these were:

district voter turnout SPD FDP CDU BHE KPD Other parties Other nominations
Alsfeld 82.1 28.4 17.2 3.2 32.9 18.4
Mountain road 78 35.1 15.9 33.3 8.9 6.7
Büdingen 82.9 38.6 28.4 5.1 0 3.2 6.8 17.9
Darmstadt 86.1 46.3 12 6.5 6.4 8.6 20.1
The castle 87.1 41.4 17.9 24.7 6.9 9.1 0
Erbach 80.5 48.4 12.5 5 34.1
Friedberg 84.8 41 12.9 12.5 13.1 4th 4.3 12.4
to water 84.4 37.7 9.4 20.2 2.7 29.9
Gross-Gerau 83.6 47.4 13.8 12.9 7.3 8.7 9.9
Lauterbach 76.7 24.6 14.2 6.7 54.5
Offenbach 85.1 46.4 11.7 26.5 6.9 8.5 0
Darmstadt administrative district 83 40.6 12.1 15th 9.3 5.9 3.2 13.8
Eschwege 82.3 40.8 15.7 6th 15.8 3 18.7
Frankenberg 76.4 22.4 19.2 21.5 36.9
Fritzlar-Homberg 85.4 41.9 17.4 2 38.7
Fulda 85.5 17.7 6.1 61.2 13.8 1.2 0
Hersfeld 79.3 54.7 11 0 1.8 32.5
Hofgeismar 86.3 38.4 22.1 2.7 36.8
Hünfeld 84.3 16.1 13.7 55.6 14.7 0 0
kassel 89.7 57.6 6.7 6.6 29.2
Marburg 81.7 36.5 23.8 18.9 16.1
Melsungen 86.1 38.9 5.3 18.1 8.1 37.7
Rotenburg 81.8 42.5 26.1 13.4 2.4 15.6
Waldeck 72.8 26th 19.6 20.6 1.9 31.9
Witzenhausen 83.8 50.2 21.7 10 14.8 3.4
Wolfhagen 83.6 36.3 18th 3.6 42.1
Goat grove 83.2 34.5 30.3 23 12.2
Kassel administrative district 82.6 37.4 11.5 13.5 12.1 2 1.2 22.3
Biedenkopf 79.7 30.2 14.4 14.9 17.1 2.3 21.2
Dill circle 78.4 23 23.3 8.7 0 2 15.5 27.5
Gelnhausen 85.2 33.3 13.9 34.4 0 4.6 13.8
Hauau 85.3 47.3 10.8 19th 9 13.9
Limburg 83.4 24.6 11.9 50.7 4.6 1.5 6.7
Main-Taunus-Kreis 82.9 37.3 13.6 33.9 8.3 2.8 4.1
Oberlahnkreis 83.8 39.4 21.9 2.9 35.8
Obertaunuskreis 76.4 34.9 17.7 24.7 9.9 3 9.6
Rheingau district 82.6 29.1 13.4 40.8 14.4 2.2
Schluechtern 83.9 39.8 16 35.3 6.2 2.7
Untertaunuskreis 80.9 30.1 28.9 18.9 19.4 2.7
Usingen 83.6 39.1 21.3 15.4 11.1 3.5 9.7
Wetzlar 80.9 41 19.3 10.9 16.2 3 4.7 5
Wiesbaden administrative district 81.9 34.8 15.6 23.9 10.1 3.8 3.6 8.3
State of Hesse 82.5 37.7 13 17.3 10.5 4th 2.6 14.9

For the results in selected Hessian cities see:

consequences

Two months after the local elections, the CDU chairman Werner Hilpert had to give up his office and Wilhelm Fay was his successor.

literature

  • The local elections in Hesse: results of the municipal and district elections of May 4, 1952; Edition 52 of contributions to the statistics of Hesse, Hessen; Hessian extra. State Office, 1952, digitized
  • Statistical Handbook for the State of Hesse 1953, pp. 107-108.
  • Sabine Pappert: Werner Hilpert . 2003, ISBN 3-930221-12-8 , pages 277-285

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Resolution of the CDU of October 6, 1951; quoted from Sabien Pappert: Werner Hilpert, page 279
  2. ↑ GVBl. P. 46 ff.
  3. ↑ Sabien Pappert WernerHilpert, page 280
  4. ↑ Statistics Office Hessen: Results of the district elections in 1952 ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statistik-hessen.de