State election in Lippe 1896

The state elections in Lippe took place in November 1896 . The 21 members of the Lippe Landtag were elected .

General

The elections were held for the second grade on November 13th and for the third grade on November 12th. The first class MPs were elected on November 14th. The third grade runoff elections took place on November 26th, the first and second grade runoff elections took place on November 27th. During the electoral period up to 1900, the following new elections took place:

December 4, 1896: First class (A), electoral location Schötmar
March 11, 1898: First class (A), election place Schötmar
1899: First class (A), choice place Schötmar
March 31, 1900: Fourth constituency, third class

21 MPs were elected in three classes of seven MPs each. The first class was made up of the most highly taxed citizens. In the first class, those who paid at least 90 marks in property tax were eligible to vote in subgroup A. This sub-group elected five MPs in two constituencies. Subgroup B comprised those who paid at least 180 marks in income tax and elected two MPs in two constituencies. The second class was made up of taxpayers with property and income tax of at least 36 marks, the third class all other eligible voters. The 2nd and 3rd class voted in seven one-person constituencies each.

Election result

class	Constituency	Eligible voters	Voters	%	MP	Political party	be right	%
1st Class	1A				Johann Heinrich von Lengerke , landowner on Steinbeck (near deserts )
1st Class	1A				Manor owner Tenge (Niederbarthausen)
1st Class	1A				Domain tenant Wilhelm Krieger (Blomberg)
1st Class	1A				Landowner Meyer (Ohrsen)
1st Class	1A				State Economics Council August Riekehof-Böhmer (Vogelhorst)
1st Class	1B				Public Prosecutor Hunnäus (Detmold)
1st Class	1B				Pensioner Husemann (Detmold)
2nd Class	I. constituency	531	405	76.3%	Manufacturer Hunke (Detmold)	NLP	165	40.7%
2nd Class	I. Constituency runoff election	./.	262	79.1%	Pensioners Ehlerding (Detmold)	Freeness	227	54.7%
2nd Class	II. Constituency	393	286	72.8%	Leather manufacturer Carl Potthoff (Lemgo)	NLP	134	46.8%
2nd Class	II. Constituency runoff election	./.	302	76.8%	Leather manufacturer Carl Potthoff (Lemgo)	NLP	162	53.6%
2nd Class	III. Constituency	258	196	76.0%	Landowner Sülemeier (Heiden)	Freeness	102	62.0%
2nd Class	IV. Constituency	306	190	62.1%	Landowner Oberbracht (Siebenhöfen)	NLP	135	71.0%
2nd Class	V. constituency	405	228	56.3%	Landowner Wilhelm Schemmel ( Deserts )	Cons.	170	74.6%
2nd Class	VI. Constituency	262	153	58.4%	Landowner Tielker (Wöhren)	NLP / all-party candidate	143	93.5%
2nd Class	VII. Constituency	290	230	79.3%	Manufacturer Eduard Wolff ( cigar factory , Schötmar)	FVp	123	53.5%
3rd grade	I. constituency	2050	624	30.4%	Forge master Wißmann ( Detmold )	Freeness	368	59.0%
3rd grade	II. Constituency	2483	953	38.4%	City Councilor Brill (Lemgo)	Freeness	346	36.3%
3rd grade	II. Constituency runoff election	./.	1069	43.0%	City Councilor Brill (Lemgo)	Freeness	550	51.4%
3rd grade	III. Constituency	4121	945	22.9%	Brick factory owner Moritz ( Lage )	Freeness	598	63.3%
3rd grade	IV. Constituency	3523	840	23.8%	Lawyer Oskar Asemissen (Detmold)	Freeness	585	69.6%
3rd grade	V. constituency	4131	777	18.8%	Farmer Bödeker (Alverdissen)	Freeness	432	55.6%
3rd grade	VI. Constituency	3122	755	24.2%	Farmer Wilhelm Meier-Jobst (Leese)	Freeness	489	64.8%
3rd grade	VII. Constituency	3963	1361	34.3%	Master bricklayer Richter (Oerlinghausen)	Freeness	457	33.6%
3rd grade	VII. Constituency runoff election	./.	1720	43.4%	Master bricklayer Richter (Oerlinghausen)	Freeness	979	56.9%

During the electoral period, parliamentary seats had to be filled again through new elections.

Date of election	class	Constituency	Eligible voters	Voters	%	MP	Political party	be right	%	photo
4th December 1896	1st Class	IA				Factory owner Leberecht Hoffmann ( Hoffmann's starch factories , Salzuflen )	NLP
March 31, 1900	3rd grade	IV. Constituency	230	171	74.3%	Pastor Alexander Zeiß ( Schwalenberg )	Non-party	964	67.6%

literature

Peter Steinbach: The Lipper as Reichstag and Landtag voter in the German Empire, 1992, ISBN 3-923384-12-2 , pp. 13-14, 319-336, 361.

Fürstlich-Lippischer Kalender (based on the improved style): to the year 1898, p. 49 ff., Digitized