Memelland Labor Party
The Memelländische Arbeiterpartei ( MAP ) (also the Communist Party of the Memel Region or the Workers' Party of the Memelland ) was a communist party of the German majority population in the Memelland . It existed from 1925 to 1935 and was included in the Memelland unit list .
The chairman was Hermann Suhrau (1898–1947) and Adolf Monien (1894–1945?)
Elections to the Seimelis
In the elections for Seimelis , the MAP achieved the following results according to Jürgen W. Falter . Mads Ole Balling comes up with slightly different percentages, the number of seats is the same for both.
| Electoral term | percent | Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| I. electoral term 1925 | 1589 votes | no mandate |
| Second electoral term, 1927 | 7.2% | 2 |
| III. 1930 parliamentary term | 4.2% | 2 |
| IV. 1932 parliamentary term | 8.2% | 3 |
| Electoral term | MP | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| II electoral term | Adolf Monien | |
| III. Electoral term | Hermann Suhrau | |
| III. Electoral term | Hans Szardenings | |
| IV. Term | Gustav Hess | |
| IV. Term | Hermann Suhrau | |
| IV. Term | Hans Szardenings | June 4, 1932 resignation from the mandate (successor: Friedrich Galeiwa) |
| IV. Term | Friedrich Galeiwa | since June 4, 1932 for Hans Szardenings |
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-5-0 , pp. 698 .
- Jürgen W. Falter / Thomas Lindenberger / Siegfried Schumann: Elections and Voting in the Weimar Republic: Materials on Voting Behavior, 1919-1933 . Munich 1986, ISBN 3-406-31583-6 , pp. 114 .