Local elections in Hesse in 1952
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
- ↑ Resolution of the CDU of October 6, 1951; quoted from Sabien Pappert: Werner Hilpert, page 279
- ↑ GVBl. P. 46 ff.
- ↑ Sabien Pappert WernerHilpert, page 280
- ↑ 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.