Local elections in the People's State of Hesse 1925
The local elections in the People's State of Hesse in 1925 were the third local elections in the People's State of Hesse and took place on November 15, 1925. The district councils and the municipal parliaments were elected. The provincial days were not re-elected until the provincial elections in the People's State of Hesse in 1926 .
background
The local people's representatives were last determined on November 19, 1922 in the local elections in the People's State of Hesse in 1922 . At the end of the three-year electoral term, new elections were scheduled for rotation. The state elections in the People's State of Hesse in 1924 resulted in only minor changes compared to the previous election. At the municipal level, local electoral rolls played a major role.
The elections to the district councils
| circle | Eligible voters | Valid votes | invalid votes | KPD | SPD | DDP | center | DVP | DNVP | HBB | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darmstadt district | 96245 | 55744 | 57600 | 2271 | 26161 | 4512 | 2663 | 13384 | 4130 | 3623 | |
| Bensheim district | 43364 | 24321 | 18928 | 1503 | 7392 | 1134 | 6628 | 3570 | 1117 | 2977 | |
| Dieburg district | 40363 | 23379 | 19615 | 1266 | 7750 | 1079 | 5523 | 1666 | 1286 | 4809 | |
| District of Erbach | 29946 | 15811 | 14542 | 602 | 5794 | 1466 | 929 | 1869 | 1218 | 3933 | |
| Groß-Gerau district | 43604 | 26055 | 20685 | 2293 | 11333 | 2134 | 1742 | 1918 | 554 | 4657 | 1424 |
| Heppenheim district | 31395 | 14988 | 10459 | 1311 | 8628 | 1036 | 5496 | 1217 | 1528 | 777 | |
| Offenbach district | 111710 | 78280 | 60571 | 14040 | 26861 | 4697 | 14510 | 5691 | 4310 | 3171 | |
| Pouring circle | 61751 | 33064 | 33141 | 810 | 11411 | 2456 | 612 | 3378 | 3378 | 12021 | 2381 |
| Alsfeld district | 23539 | 9493 | 10761 | 2475 | 1455 | 4964 | 599 | ||||
| Büdingen district | 27188 | 12426 | 11739 | 588 | 3948 | 1133 | 1275 | 4732 | 750 | ||
| Friedberg district | 55731 | 34920 | 32318 | 1514 | 14426 | 2472 | 3650 | 1966 | 8963 | 1929 | |
| Lauterbach district | 18738 | 7843 | 8158 | 2095 | 4538 | 1210 | |||||
| Circle bulkheads | 17778 | 7980 | 8685 | 1745 | 604 | 513 | 513 | 4416 | 702 | ||
| Mainz district | 100747 | 57155 | 46456 | 4312 | 21444 | 4908 | 17398 | 3185 | 2290 | 3618 | |
| Alzey district | 26312 | 12330 | 11565 | 3018 | 2263 | 2464 | 2169 | 2421 | |||
| Bingen district | 28500 | 14756 | 10472 | 340 | 3438 | 1814 | 5544 | 1420 | 220 | ||
| Oppenheim district | 31114 | 15084 | 13359 | 4066 | 1974 | 3879 | 2229 | 2936 | |||
| District of Worms | 61245 | 37148 | 33117 | 1033 | 11529 | 2173 | 6817 | 9698 | 1805 | 3437 | 656 |
| Starkenburg | 396627 | 233578 | 202400 | 23286 | 87919 | 16058 | 37491 | 29315 | 12615 | 24698 | 2201 |
| Upper Hesse | 204725 | 105726 | 104802 | 2912 | 36100 | 8120 | 4262 | 7571 | |||
| Rheinhessen | 247918 | 136473 | 114969 | 5685 | 43490 | 13132 | 36102 | 18701 | 18701 | 4095 | 4274 |
| Hesse | 849270 | 475777 | 422171 | 31883 | 167509 | 37310 | 77855 | 14046 | |||
The elections of the city and municipal parliaments
The city council and municipal council elections took place in proportional representation for 3 years. In municipalities in which only one nomination was submitted, no elections took place, but the nomination was considered to have been elected.
| Churches with ... community representatives | Number of municipalities with ... nominations | Communities without choice | total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 and more | |||
| under 7 | 1 | 15th | 16 | ||||||||
| 7th | 1 | 120 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 255 | 440 | |||
| 9 | 80 | 61 | 19th | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 266 | |
| 12 | 1 | 38 | 61 | 41 | 18th | 9 | 6th | 1 | 15th | 190 | |
| 15th | 4th | 6th | 11 | 6th | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||
| 18th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18th | ||||
| 21 to 54 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 1 | 4th | 17th | ||||
| total | 3 | 243 | 176 | 91 | 45 | 24 | 15th | 4th | 7th | 375 | 983 |
The number of community representatives / city councilors depended on the size of the community and was distributed as follows:
| Counties / provinces | <7 | 7th | 9 | 12 | 15th | 18th | 21 to 54 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darmstadt district | 3 | 4th | 8th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22nd | |
| Bensheim district | 1 | 17th | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| Dieburg district | 2 | 33 | 15th | 14th | 5 | 1 | 70 | |
| District of Erbach | 3 | 68 | 18th | 8th | 2 | 99 | ||
| Groß-Gerau district | 4th | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 31 | |
| Heppenheim district | 6th | 42 | 11 | 8th | 1 | 2 | 70 | |
| Offenbach district | 1 | 4th | 18th | 4th | 5 | 2 | 34 | |
| Pouring circle | 1 | 34 | 25th | 18th | 1 | 1 | 80 | |
| Alsfeld district | 1 | 57 | 22nd | 3 | 1 | 84 | ||
| Büdingen district | 42 | 29 | 4th | 1 | 76 | |||
| Friedberg district | 15th | 29 | 22nd | 1 | 3 | 70 | ||
| Lauterbach district | 1 | 50 | 11 | 4th | 1 | 67 | ||
| Circle bulkheads | 1 | 33 | 15th | 5 | 54 | |||
| Mainz district | 7th | 7th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20th | ||
| Alzey district | 23 | 15th | 10 | 1 | 49 | |||
| Bingen district | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26th | ||
| Oppenheim district | 8th | 22nd | 11 | 3 | 44 | |||
| District of Worms | 7th | 12 | 18th | 2 | 1 | 40 | ||
| Starkenburg | 12 | 168 | 67 | 83 | 21st | 13 | 9 | 373 |
| Province of Upper Hesse | 4th | 231 | 131 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 431 |
| Rheinhessen | 41 | 68 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 4th | 179 | |
| Hesse | 16 | 440 | 266 | 190 | 36 | 18th | 17th | 983 |
The result was distributed among the parties / electoral lists as follows:
| Party / list | Starkenburg Province | Province of Upper Hesse | Province of Rheinhessen | Hesse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communists | 108 | 33 | 12 | 153 |
| Social democrats | 925 | 546 | 330 | 1801 |
| Leftists and Republicans | 6th | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Democrats , Democrats and Renters | 69 | 31 | 131 | 231 |
| center | 308 | 43 | 352 | 703 |
| German People's Party | 91 | 27 | 193 | 311 |
| Hessian and German National People's Party | 12 | 25th | 11 | 48 |
| Bauernbund, Hessischer Bauernbund , Free Peasantry, Farmers' Association | 161 | 295 | 158 | 614 |
| Landbund | 208 | 292 | 7th | 507 |
| Bauernbund and Deutschnationale | 1 | 12 | 13 | |
| Farmers | 19th | 15th | 14th | 48 |
| Christian Social | 4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
| Civil party, middle class, middle party, economic association, legal standing, etc. | 641 | 390 | 263 | 1294 |
| Officer | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mixed list | 21st | 13 | 34 | |
| Non-political, non-party, for work and order, justice, etc. | 1005 | 1824 | 390 | 3219 |
| Unknown | 55 | 120 | 14th | 189 |
| total | 3634 | 3679 | 1882 | 9195 |
In the province of Starkenburg these were:
| Darmstadt district | Bensheim district | Dieburg district | District of Erbach | Groß-Gerau district | Heppenheim district | Offenbach district | Starkenburg Province | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communists | 8th | 9 | 9 | 6th | 23 | 13 | 40 | 108 |
| Social democrats | 124 | 117 | 134 | 108 | 154 | 107 | 181 | 925 |
| Leftists and Republicans | 4th | 2 | 6th | |||||
| Democrats, Democrats and Renters | 13 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 69 |
| center | 4th | 54 | 62 | 9 | 24 | 66 | 89 | 308 |
| German People's Party | 22nd | 17th | 21st | 8th | 2 | 13 | 8th | 91 |
| Hessian and German National People's Party | 8th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Bauernbund, Hessischer Bauernbund, Free Peasantry, Farmers' Association | 15th | 26th | 20th | 32 | 58 | 7th | 3 | 161 |
| Landbund | 28 | 22nd | 75 | 20th | 23 | 34 | 6th | 208 |
| Bauernbund and Deutschnationale | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Farmers | 12 | 7th | 19th | |||||
| Christian Social | 4th | 4th | ||||||
| Civil party, middle class, middle party, economic association, legal standing, etc. | 56 | 134 | 124 | 88 | 51 | 102 | 86 | 641 |
| Officer | 0 | |||||||
| Mixed list | 17th | 4th | 21st | |||||
| Non-political, non-party, for work and order, justice, etc. | 24 | 61 | 159 | 491 | 31 | 193 | 46 | 1005 |
| Unknown | 21st | 19th | 10 | 5 | 55 |
In the province of Upper Hesse these were:
| Pouring circle | Alsfeld district | Büdingen district | Friedberg district | Lauterbach district | Circle bulkheads | Province of Upper Hesse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communists | 3 | 11 | 19th | 33 | |||
| Social democrats | 153 | 40 | 55 | 255 | 32 | 11 | 546 |
| Leftists and Republicans | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Democrats, Democrats and Renters | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 1 | 3 | 31 |
| center | 5 | 38 | 43 | ||||
| German People's Party | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Hessian and German National People's Party | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15th | 3 | 1 | 25th |
| Bauernbund, Hessischer Bauernbund, Free Peasantry, Farmers' Association | 66 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 35 | 295 |
| Landbund | 63 | 43 | 33 | 83 | 35 | 35 | 292 |
| Bauernbund and Deutschnationale | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Farmers | 3 | 4th | 1 | 7th | 15th | ||
| Christian Social | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Civil party, middle class, middle party, economic association, legal standing, etc. | 133 | 62 | 46 | 122 | 18th | 9 | 390 |
| Officer | 3 | 1 | 6th | 10 | |||
| Mixed list | 7th | 4th | 2 | 13 | |||
| Non-political, non-party, for work and order, justice, etc. | 234 | 444 | 413 | 102 | 313 | 318 | 1824 |
| Unknown | 52 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 120 |
In the province of Upper Hesse these were:
| Mainz district | Alzey district | Bingen district | Oppenheim district | District of Worms | Province of Rheinhessen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communists | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Social democrats | 78 | 50 | 44 | 60 | 98 | 330 |
| Leftists and Republicans | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Democrats, Democrats and Renters | 11 | 43 | 20th | 41 | 13 | 131 |
| center | 82 | 38 | 61 | 88 | 83 | 352 |
| German People's Party | 3 | 58 | 12 | 35 | 85 | 193 |
| Hessian and German National People's Party | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 11 | |
| Bauernbund, Hessischer Bauernbund, Free Peasantry, Farmers' Association | 6th | 36 | 32 | 53 | 31 | 158 |
| Landbund | 7th | 7th | ||||
| Bauernbund and Deutschnationale | 0 | |||||
| Farmers | 9 | 4th | 1 | 14th | ||
| Christian Social | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Civil party, middle class, middle party, economic association, legal standing, etc. | 38 | 48 | 59 | 36 | 82 | 263 |
| Officer | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mixed list | 0 | |||||
| Non-political, non-party, for work and order, justice, etc. | 55 | 139 | 49 | 106 | 41 | 390 |
| Unknown | 5 | 8th | 1 | 14th |
A comparison of the local elections in 1922 and 1925 and the state elections in 1924 showed the following picture:
| Mandates in 1925 | in % | Mandates in 1922 | in % | State election 1924 in% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communists | 153 | 1.66 | 137 | 1.51 | 5.4 |
| Social democrats | 1801 | 19.59 | 2425 | 26.82 | 35.2 |
| Leftists and Republicans | 12 | 0.13 | |||
| Democrats, Democrats and Renters | 231 | 2.51 | 405 | 4.48 | 8.5 |
| center | 703 | 7.65 | 792 | 8.76 | 16.1 |
| German People's Party | 311 | 3.38 | 483 | 5.34 | 11.8 |
| Hessian People's Party | 109 | 1.21 | |||
| Hessian and German National People's Party | 48 | 0.52 | |||
| Bauernbund, Hessischer Bauernbund, Free Peasantry, Farmers' Association | 614 | 6.68 | 1383 | 15.29 | 13.2 |
| Landbund | 507 | 5.51 | |||
| Bauernbund and Deutschnationale | 13 | 0.14 | |||
| Farmers | 48 | 0.52 | 167 | 1.85 | |
| Christian Social | 7th | 0.08 | |||
| Civil party, middle class, middle party, economic association, legal standing, etc. | 1294 | 14.07 | 1211 | 13.39 | |
| Officer | 11 | 0.12 | 26th | 0.29 | |
| Mixed list | 34 | 0.37 | |||
| Non-political, non-party, for work and order, justice, etc. | 3219 | 35.01 | 1613 | 17.84 | |
| Others | 64 | 0.71 | 9.8 | ||
| Unknown | 189 | 2.06 | 228 | 2.52 | |
| total | 9195 | 100 | 9043 | 100 | 100 |
literature
- Communications from the Hessian Central Office for State Statistics, No. 7, July 1926, p. 78 ff.
- Statistical Handbook for the People's State of Hesse, 1929, p. 135.
