State election in Lippe 1929
The state election in Lippe on January 6, 1929 was the election for the 4th state parliament in the Free State of Lippe , a small state of the Weimar Republic . The SPD Lippe emerged from the election with clear gains as again the strongest force. The big loser was the DNVP .
prehistory
In the state elections in Lippe in 1925 , the SPD had made slight gains and remained the strongest faction. It continued to form a coalition with the DDP and the DVP . Heinrich Drake continued to head the state government .
The election result in 1925 was:
| Political party | Absolutely | Votes in% | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 30,144 | 34.33% | 8th |
| DNVP | 22,285 | 25.38% | 6th |
| DVP | 13,817 | 15.74% | 4th |
| DDP | 7.115 | 8.1% | 1 |
| Economic association of home and landowners | 5,570 | 6.34% | 1 |
| Trade union confederation | 4,551 | 5.18% | 1 |
| KPD | 3,649 | 4.16% | 1 |
| NSDAP | 678 | 0.77% | ./. |
The right to vote provided for a state parliament with 21 members, who were to be elected in free, equal, direct and secret ballot using proportional representation. Minimum age was 20 years.
In the 1928 Reichstag election , the SPD in Lippe had grown slightly and the DNVP suffered a slump, thus anticipating the tendency of the state election.
Election result
The turnout fell to 76.33%, the percentage of invalid votes 1.68%. The valid votes were distributed as follows:
| Political party | Absolutely | Votes in% | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 31,540 | 38.98% | 9 |
| DVP | 10,054 | 12.43% | 3 |
| DNVP | 9,576 | 11.84% | 3 |
| CNBL | 6,412 | 7.93% | 2 |
| WP | 5,590 | 6.91% | 1 |
| KPD | 4,987 | 6.16% | 1 |
| DDP | 4,495 | 5.56% | 1 |
| People's Rights Party | 3,225 | 3.99% | 1 |
| NSDAP | 2,713 | 3.35% | ./. |
| Catholic representation of the people | 2,313 | 2.86% | ./. |
The elected representatives can be found in the list of members of the Landtag (Free State of Lippe) (4th electoral period) .
SPD, DDP and DVP continued their coalition , which formed the state presidium under Heinrich Drake (SPD).
Socio-economic structure of the MPs
The proportion of women in MPs was 3.7%. The overwhelming number of MPs, namely 15 out of 27, came from the cities, but the proportion of MPs from rural communities reached a high of 44.4%. With 6 MPs or 22%, a disproportionately large number of MPs came from Detmold, but this proportion was the lowest in all Lippe elections in the Weimar Republic. The distribution according to occupational groups was as follows:
| Occupational group | Number of MPs |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 11 |
| Officer | 3 |
| Employees | 6th |
| Workers | 4th |
| Pensioners and retirees | 1 |
| Others | 2 |
literature
- 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.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weimar Republic 1918-1933. State elections. Free State of Lippe Valentin Schröder
