State election in Lippe 1904

The state elections in Lippe took place in November and December 1904 . The 21 members of the Lippe Landtag were elected .

General

The elections were held on December 1st for the second grade and on December 2nd for the third grade. The first class MPs were elected on November 30th. The runoff elections took place on December 24th, 15th, 17th and 19th. During the electoral period up to 1908, the following new elections took place:

February 28, 1905: Sixth constituency, third class
September 22, 1905: Seventh constituency, second class
October 10, 1905: Seventh constituency, second class, runoff election
1906: First constituency, first class B
January 24, 1906: First constituency, second class
February 10, 1906: First constituency, second class, runoff election
April 24, 1906: Seventh constituency, second class
May 15, 1906: Seventh constituency, second class, runoff
May 8, 1908: Second constituency, second 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				Landowner Frevert (Milse)		63
1st Class	1A				Landowner Windmeier ( Nienhagen )	Cons.	63
1st Class	1A				Landowner Lengerle jun. (Schwaghof)		43
1st Class	1A				Regional Economist August Riekehof-Böhmer ( Brake Castle )	Cons.	35
1st Class	1A				Landowner Betig (Bega)		25th
1st Class	1B				Privy Councilor of Justice Hunnäus (Detmold)		36	Resigned from his mandate
1st Class	IB				Factory owner Leberecht Hoffmann Hoffmann’s starch factories ( Salzuflen )	NLP	50
2nd Class	I. constituency	622	480	77.2%	District Court Judge Karl Sieg (Detmold)	NLP	298	62.1%
2nd Class	II. Constituency	489	280	57.3%	Council pharmacist Karl Ernst Wilhelm Heynemann (Lemgo)	Totally liberal	274	97.8%
2nd Class	III. Constituency	264	215	81.4%	Farmer Rautenberg (Heiligenkirchen)	Cons.	114	53.0%
2nd Class	IV. Constituency	322	236	73.3%	Landowner Köllermeier (Belle)	NLP / Freedom	131	55.5%
2nd Class	V. constituency	414	347	83.8%	Landowner Wilhelm Schemmel ( Deserts )	Cons.	187	53.9%
2nd Class	VI. Constituency	304	173	56.9%	Landowner Tielker (Wöhren)	Cons.	164	94.8%
2nd Class	VII. Constituency	292	225	77.0%	Manufacturer Eduard Wolff cigar factory F. Wolff & Co. (Schötmar)	FVp	158	70.3%
3rd grade	I. constituency	2331	1127	48.3%	Print shop owner Adolf Neumann-Hofer (Detmold)	LLVP	381	33.8%
3rd grade	I. Constituency runoff election	./.	1377	59.1%	Johann Auderer (Lemgo)	SPD lip	760	55.2%
3rd grade	II. Constituency	2794	1555	55.6%	Cigar worker August Schmuck (Lemgo)	SPD	611	39.3%
3rd grade	II. Constituency runoff election	./.	1598	57.2%	Cigar worker August Schmuck (Lemgo)	SPD	876	54.8%
3rd grade	III. Constituency	4587	1406	30.6%	Consumption administrator Clemens Becker (Lemgo)	SPD	534	38.0%
3rd grade	III. Constituency runoff election	./.	2071	45.1%	Consumption administrator Clemens Becker (Lemgo)	SPD	1102	53.2%
3rd grade	IV. Constituency	3738	1283	34.3%	Pastor Alexander Zeiß (Schwalenberg)	Totally liberal	1163	90.6%
3rd grade	V. constituency	4419	1246	28.2%	Farmer Bödeker (Alverdissen)	Freeness	640	51.4%
3rd grade	VI. Constituency	3414	1395	40.1%	Print shop owner Adolf Neumann-Hofer (Detmold)	LLVP	566	40.6%
3rd grade	VI. Constituency runoff election	./.	2215	64.9%	Print shop owner Adolf Neumann-Hofer (Detmold)	LLVP	1182	53.4%
3rd grade	VII. Constituency	4131	1436	34.8%	Teacher Wilhelm Bruns (Wülfer)	Freeness	527	36.8%
3rd grade	VII. Constituency runoff election	./.	1711	41.4%	Teacher Wilhelm Bruns (Wülfer)	Freeness	872	51.0%

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	%
February 28, 1905	3rd grade	Sixth constituency	./.	2317	./.	Print shop owner Adolf Neumann-Hofer (Detmold)	LLVP	1412	60.9%
September 22, 1905	2nd Class	VII. Constituency	./.	171	./.	Farmer Wilhelm Meier-Jobst (Leese)	Freeness	464	49.8%
October 10, 1905	2nd class runoff	VII. Constituency	./.	289	./.	Print shop owner Adolf Neumann-Hofer (Detmold)	Freeness	73	34.9%
January 24, 1906	2nd Class	I. constituency	626	487	77.8%	Brewery Director Miller (Falkenkrug)	Liberal	156	32.0%
February 10, 1906	2nd class runoff	I. constituency	./.	511	81%	Brewery Director Miller ( Falkenkrug )	Liberal	264	51.7%
February 15, 1906	1st Class	1B				District Judge Hermann Valentin (Detmold)		40	resigned his mandate
April 24, 1906	2nd Class	VII. Constituency	299	241	80.6%	Landowner Döldissen (Schmedissen)	Cons.	83	34.4%
May 15, 1906	2nd class runoff	VII. Constituency	./.	229	./.	Farmer Wilhelm Meier-Jobst (Leese)	Liberal	122	53.2%
July 8, 1907	1st Class	1B				Pensioners Lindrum		38
May 8, 1908	2nd Class	II. Constituency	./.	516	./.	Council pharmacist Karl Ernst Wilhelm Heynemann (Lemgo)	Liberal	222	72.8%

literature

Peter Steinbach: The Lipper as Reichstag and Landtag voter in the German Empire, 1992, ISBN 3-923384-12-2 , pp. 14–15, 423–391, 471.

Fürstlich-Lippischer Kalender (based on the improved style): to the year 1909, pp. 44–45, digitized