State election in Lippe 1854

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The state elections in Lippe in 1854 were the third elections in the Principality of Lippe , which were carried out in accordance with the electoral law of the Land constitution for the Principality of Lippe of July 6, 1836.

background

As part of the March Revolution , the state parliament of the constitution of 6 July 1836 was replaced by a new parliament, the People's Chamber of the Principality of Lippe. This was elected in a free, equal and secret ballot.

In 1851 Leopold III. Prince of Lippe. This represented reactionary positions and called for a return to the previous system. Since the Landtag in 1852 showed no willingness to support this, the Landtag was not convened by the Prince in 1853. Instead, with a princely ordinance of March 15, 1853, the March constitution was repealed and the constitution of July 6, 1836 was reinstated without the participation of the estates.

The state parliament committee lodged a complaint with the Bundestag at the end of April . The head of government Hannibal Fischer was not impressed by this and on October 22, 1853, parliamentary elections were called in accordance with the electoral law of 1836. The committee then repeated its complaint on October 24th. The advertised elections failed in December 1853 because the turnout was too low.

On February 16, 1854, the Bundestag de facto rejected the complaint of the Lippe Committee deputies. According to the ruling of the Bundestag, the prince was not allowed to change the constitution independently, but had to agree these changes with a state parliament, elected according to the electoral law of 1836. Due to this ruling, state elections were announced again. On June 9, 1854, the newly elected state parliament was opened.

The state parliament consisted of 21 members, who were elected in three councils of seven members each. The knighthood, the citizens of the cities and the landowners of the villages and towns of the country each appointed seven members. The term of office was six years. Exceptions were the representatives of the first estate, who were each newly elected before the state parliament sessions.

literature

  • Heinrich August Pierer: Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades, Volume 10, Edition 4, 1860, p. 412 ff., Digitized
  • Heinrich August Pierer: Universal encyclopedia of the present and the past or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts: Latest additions to all editions of Pierer's Universal Lexicon and to every similar work: second volume, volume 42, 1856, p. 46 ff , Digitized