State election in the People's State of Hesse in 1921
The state election in the People's State of Hesse in 1921 was the second election in the People's State of Hesse to the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse . It took place on November 27, 1921 and led to a confirmation of the government coalition in the event of significant losses by the SPD and DDP.
initial situation
The election for the Constituent Assembly of the People's State of Hesse in 1919 was won by the SPD. As a result, Ulrich II's cabinet was elected, a government made up of the Weimar coalition . The first Landtag of the People's State of Hesse passed the Hessian Constitution of December 12, 1919, which regulated the election and powers of the Landtag in the third section. With the state election law of March 16, 1921 and the state election regulations of June 14, 1921, the legal basis for the state election was created. Thereafter, the state parliament consisted of 70 members who were elected for three years in free, equal, direct and secret elections using proportional representation.
At the time of the election, the Allied occupation of the Rhineland continued. The elections in the province of Rheinhessen therefore took place in the occupied territory. German inflation from 1914 to 1923 shaped the economic situation . In the 1920 Reichstag election , the Weimar coalition had lost its majority. The SPD had lost to the left to the USPD and KPD, the DDP to the right. The election results in Hesse in this election showed the same development.
Election result
Subject of evidence |
be right | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
number | in % | |||
Eligible voters | 800,547 | 100.0 | ||
Voters | 536.220 | 67.0 | ||
Invalid votes | 2,290 | 0.4 | ||
Valid votes | 533.930 | 100.0 | 70 | 0 |
from that | ||||
Social Democratic Party of Germany | 174.213 | 32.6 | 24 | −7 |
center | 92,689 | 17.4 | 13 | 0 |
Hessian farmers' union and Rhenish Hessian country list | 80.426 | 15.1 | 11 | +11 |
German People's Party | 78.185 | 14.6 | 10 | +3 |
German Democratic Party | 39,140 | 7.3 | 5 | −8 |
German National People's Party | 28,190 | 5.4 | 3 | −2 |
Communist Party of Germany | 20,849 | 3.9 | 2 | +2 |
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 20.186 | 3.8 | 2 | +1 |
Revision party | 52 | 0.0 | - | - |
For the elected representatives, see the list of members of the Landtag (Volksstaat Hessen) (2nd electoral term) .
The results of the provincial elections were as follows
province | KPD | USPD | SPD | DDP | center | DVP | DNVP | HBB (*) | Revision party | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolutely | ||||||||||
Starkenburg | 14847 | 7357 | 92270 | 15483 | 40645 | 36335 | 12367 | 29683 | 52 | 249039 |
Province of Upper Hesse | 3002 | 8816 | 39312 | 7677 | 6756 | 13554 | 12145 | 44598 | 0 | 135860 |
Rheinhessen | 3000 | 4013 | 42631 | 15980 | 45288 | 28296 | 3678 | 6145 | 0 | 149031 |
Hesse | 20849 | 20186 | 174213 | 39140 | 92689 | 78185 | 28190 | 80426 | 52 | 533930 |
percent | ||||||||||
Starkenburg | 6th | 3 | 37.1 | 6.2 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 5 | 11.9 | 0 | 100 |
Upper Hesse | 2.2 | 6.5 | 28.9 | 5.7 | 5 | 10 | 8.9 | 32.8 | 0 | 100 |
Rheinhessen | 2 | 2.7 | 28.6 | 10.7 | 30.4 | 19th | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0 | 100 |
Hesse | 3.9 | 3.8 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 15.1 | 0 | 100 |
- Hessischer Bauernbund and Rheinhessische Landesliste
Due to the distribution of denominations, the center clearly had its party stronghold in Rheinhessen, in Upper Hesse the HBB dominated.
The results of the district elections were as follows
district | KPD | USPD | SPD | DDP | center | DVP | DNVP | HBB (*) | Revision party | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolutely | ||||||||||
Darmstadt district | 2560 | 1878 | 22556 | 5007 | 3068 | 19478 | 4009 | 4063 | 19th | 62638 |
Bensheim district | 1215 | 351 | 8620 | 1172 | 7937 | 2932 | 1361 | 4004 | 23 | 27615 |
Dieburg district | 1408 | 378 | 8642 | 979 | 5731 | 2037 | 728 | 6904 | 1 | 26808 |
District of Erbach | 797 | 327 | 6775 | 1189 | 726 | 1927 | 726 | 4291 | 16758 | |
Groß-Gerau district | 1750 | 1267 | 11066 | 2591 | 2000 | 1970 | 570 | 5859 | 9 | 27082 |
Heppenheim district | 641 | 576 | 5268 | 1005 | 7749 | 1653 | 326 | 1613 | 18831 | |
Offenbach district | 6476 | 2580 | 29343 | 3540 | 13434 | 6338 | 4647 | 2949 | 69307 | |
Pouring circle | 876 | 3847 | 12166 | 2816 | 780 | 5721 | 5082 | 9914 | 41202 | |
Alsfeld district | 38 | 464 | 3689 | 896 | 821 | 1374 | 1342 | 7097 | 15721 | |
Büdingen district | 912 | 697 | 5011 | 1032 | 164 | 1243 | 1180 | 6558 | 16797 | |
Friedberg district | 1031 | 2904 | 13332 | 1809 | 4324 | 3081 | 2827 | 9107 | 38415 | |
Lauterbach district | 17th | 723 | 2503 | 524 | 642 | 1453 | 953 | 5210 | 12025 | |
Circle bulkheads | 128 | 181 | 2611 | 600 | 25th | 682 | 761 | 6712 | 11700 | |
Mainz district | 1374 | 3031 | 18904 | 5379 | 20232 | 5395 | 1375 | 1018 | 56708 | |
Alzey district | 45 | 372 | 3194 | 2695 | 3376 | 3334 | 383 | 1945 | 15344 | |
Bingen district | 119 | 49 | 2989 | 2551 | 7714 | 2091 | 107 | 589 | 16209 | |
Oppenheim district | 61 | 149 | 3662 | 2716 | 5609 | 3234 | 621 | 1662 | 17714 | |
District of Worms | 1401 | 412 | 13882 | 2639 | 8357 | 14242 | 1192 | 931 | 43056 | |
Hesse | 20849 | 20186 | 174213 | 39140 | 92689 | 78185 | 28190 | 80426 | 52 | 533930 |
percent | ||||||||||
Darmstadt district | 4.1 | 3 | 36 | 8th | 4.9 | 31.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 0 | 100 |
Bensheim district | 4.4 | 1.3 | 31.2 | 4.2 | 28.7 | 10.6 | 4.9 | 14.5 | 0.1 | 100 |
Dieburg district | 5.3 | 1.4 | 32.2 | 3.7 | 21.4 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 25.8 | 0 | 100 |
District of Erbach | 4.8 | 2 | 40.4 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 11.5 | 4.3 | 25.6 | 0 | 100 |
Groß-Gerau district | 6.5 | 4.7 | 40.9 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 21.6 | 0 | 100 |
Heppenheim district | 3.4 | 3.1 | 28 | 5.3 | 41.2 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 0 | 100 |
Offenbach district | 9.3 | 3.7 | 42.3 | 5.1 | 19.4 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 0 | 100 |
Pouring circle | 2.1 | 9.3 | 29.5 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 24.1 | 0 | 100 |
Alsfeld district | 0.2 | 3 | 23.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 45.1 | 0 | 100 |
Büdingen district | 5.4 | 4.1 | 29.8 | 6.1 | 1 | 7.4 | 7th | 39 | 0 | 100 |
Friedberg district | 2.7 | 7.6 | 34.7 | 4.7 | 11.3 | 8th | 7.4 | 23.7 | 0 | 100 |
Lauterbach district | 0.1 | 6th | 20.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 7.9 | 43.3 | 0 | 100 |
Circle bulkheads | 1.1 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 57.4 | 0 | 100 |
Mainz district | 2.4 | 5.3 | 33.3 | 9.5 | 35.7 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0 | 100 |
Alzey district | 0.3 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 17.6 | 22nd | 21.7 | 2.5 | 12.7 | 0 | 100 |
Bingen district | 0.7 | 0.3 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 47.6 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0 | 100 |
Oppenheim district | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20.7 | 15.3 | 31.7 | 18.3 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 0 | 100 |
District of Worms | 3.3 | 1 | 32.2 | 6.1 | 19.4 | 33.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 100 |
Hesse | 3.9 | 3.8 | 32.6 | 7.3 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 15.1 | 0 | 100 |
consequences
The cabinet II Ulrich remained substantially in the Official even if the ruling majority was reduced from 57 to 42 (from 70) MPs. This was preceded by an intensive political discussion, as the center had initially insisted on expanding the coalition to include the DVP. This met with rejection from the Social Democrats. After the majority of the Zentrum parliamentary group decided to continue the old coalition, Carl Ulrich was re-elected on December 20, 1921.
literature
- Eckhart G. Franz: Parliament in the struggle for democracy: The Landtag of the People's State of Hesse 1919-1933, 1991, ISBN 3884430270 , p. 43, 187-300.
- Communications from the Hessian Central Office for State Statistics, No. 10, November 1921, p. 154 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hessian Government Gazette No. 6, p. 55
- ↑ Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 15, p. 119
- ^ The People's State of Hesse: State election 1921 on www.gonschior.de
- ^ Right shift in elections to the Hessian Landtag, November 27, 1921. Contemporary history in Hesse. (As of November 27, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Eckhart G. Franz: People's State of Hesse 1918–1945; in: Handbuch der Hessischen Geschichte, 2nd volume, 3rd delivery, 2003, ISBN 3-7708-1237-9 , p. 899.