State election in Lower Saxony in 1955

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(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
35.2
26.6
12.4
11.0
7.9
3.8
1.3
1.1
0.7
Gains and losses
compared to 1951
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+1.5
+2.9
+12.4
-3.9
-0.4
-9.4
-0.5
-2.2
-0.2
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Remarks:
b 1951: together with the DP
f 1953: DRP: 2.2% and SRP : 11%
        
A total of 159 seats

The election to the 3rd Lower Saxony State Parliament took place on April 24, 1955. The turnout was 77.5% and was thus slightly higher than in the previous state election in 1951 .

Result

The 1955 state elections resulted in the following:

  • Eligible voters: 4,400,635
  • Voters: 3,410,330 (turnout: 77.50%)
  • valid votes: 3,357,778
Political party be right Share
in% 		Direct
MAN
date 		Seats
SPD 1,181,963 35.20 59 59
CDU 894.018 26.63 20th 43
DP 415.183 12.36 15th 19th
GB / BHE 370.407 11.03 17th
FDP 264,841 7.89 1 12
DRP 126,692 3.77 6th
KPD 44,788 1.33 2
center 37,563 1.12 1
DHP 10,823 0.32
BdD 8600 0.26
LP 2768 0.08
Individual applicants 132 0.00
Total 3,357,778 95 159

The SPD received five overhang mandates , the other parties received five compensation mandates (CDU three, GB / BHE and DRP one each). This increased the state parliament from 149 to 159 members.

Since the five percent hurdle was not yet applied in this election , three parties with less than five percent of the vote received seats in the state parliament. This also applies to the KPD , which, however, lost its seats again after being banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in August 1956 . The elected MPs Ludwig Landwehr and Heinz Zscherpe remained in the state parliament as non-attached .

After the state elections, the CDU , DP , FDP and GB / BHE formed a coalition government under Heinrich Hellwege , the Hellwege I cabinet . This was the first time in the state's history that a government was formed against the SPD under Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf , who had been Prime Minister since the state was founded in 1946.

In November 1957 the government broke up over the guest affair. At that time, the FDP and BHE formed a joint parliamentary group in the state parliament. The Lower Saxony FDP was one of the more nationally liberal state associations. The joint parliamentary group had accepted the six members of the right-wing extremist German Reich Party as interns in their parliamentary group. Heinrich Hellwege had ended the coalition because the common faction was not ready to reverse this step.

Hellwege then turned to the SPD with success. A new coalition government was formed with the participation of the DP, CDU and SPD , Heinrich Hellwege remained Prime Minister ( Hellwege II cabinet ). The SPD received four ministerial posts. The former Prime Minister Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf became Minister of the Interior.

See also

literature

  • Claus A. Fischer (Ed.): Election manual for the Federal Republic of Germany. Data on Bundestag, Landtag and European elections in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the federal states and in the districts 1946–1989, 2nd half volume. Paderborn 1990.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hinrich Kopf in crisis . In: The time . No. 17/1955 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Stop in Hanover . In: The time . No. 18/1955 ( online ).
  3. ^ Head of Government Hellwege . In: The time . No. 20/1955 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Between the Elbe and Ems . In: The time . No. 13/1959 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Günter Pifke: FDP laundry room in Wolfenbüttel . In: The time . No. 06/1958 ( online ).
  6. ^ Hellweges success . In: The time . No. 48/1957 ( online ).
  7. ↑ The FDP in the register . In: The time . No. 46/1957 ( online ).