State election in Lippe 1919
The state election in Lippe on January 26, 1919 was the election for the 1st state parliament in Lippe , a small state of the Weimar Republic . The SPD Lippe emerged from the election as the strongest force.
prehistory
With the November Revolution in 1918, the monarchy also ended in Lippe. Prince Leopold IV renounced the throne on November 12, 1918, and a workers 'and soldiers' council took power. The old state parliament, determined according to the three-class electoral law, met for the last time on November 14th to approve the new electoral law. The new electoral law that has now been adopted provided for a state parliament with 21 members who were to be elected in free, equal, direct and secret elections using proportional representation. The minimum age was 24 years (21 years for frontline soldiers), and women's suffrage was introduced for the first time. On November 29, the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council changed the minimum age to 20 and stipulated that the new state parliament should meet on February 10, 1919. The main task of the state parliament should be the drafting of a new constitution.
Election result
The turnout was 88.0%, the proportion of invalid votes 0.6%. The valid votes were distributed as follows:
| Political party | Absolutely | Votes in% | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 38.104 | 50.1% | 11 |
| DDP | 15,061 | 19.8% | 4th |
| DNVP | 16,973 | 22.3% | 5 |
| Lippe voters' association | 5855 | 7.7% | 1 |
The elected representatives can be found in the list of members of the Landtag (Free State of Lippe) (1st electoral period) .
Even if the SPD had received an absolute majority, it formed a coalition with the DDP which on February 12, 1919 formed the first state presidium ( Clemens Becker (SPD), Adolf Neumann-Hofer (DDP), Heinrich Drake (SPD)).
The state parliament drafted the constitution of the state of Lippe on December 21, 1920.
Socio-economic structure of the MPs
The proportion of women in MPs was 6.7%. The vast majority of MPs, namely 25 out of 30, came from the cities, only 16.7% of the MPs came from rural communities. With 11 MPs or 36.7%, a disproportionately large number of MPs came from Detmold. The distribution according to occupational groups was as follows:
| Occupational group | Number of MPs |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 8th |
| Officer | 6th |
| Employees | 5 |
| Workers | 10 |
| Others | 1 |
literature
- Jutta Ciolek-Kümper: Election campaign in Lippe. The NSDAP's election campaign propaganda for the state elections on January 15, 1933 . Verlag Documentation, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-7940-4024-4 , pp. 76-77.
- Hans Hüls: Voters and voting behavior in the state of Lippe during the Weimar Republic. (= Special publications of the natural science and historical association for the state of Lippe. 22). Detmold 1974, pp. 52-53, 111.
