Memelland unit list
The Memelland Unity List ( MEL ) was the only party of the German majority population in Memelland from 1935 onwards . It existed until 1938. The previous parties Memelland People's Party , Social Democratic Party of the Memel Region and Memelland Workers' Party were merged into it. The previously largest party, the Memelland Agricultural Party , had already been banned in 1934.
It was not a party in the strict sense of the word, but an association that only became active before the two elections in 1935 and 1938. In addition to the German majority, a number of ethnic Lithuanians also voted for this list.
Elections to the Seimelis
In the elections for Seimelis , the MEL 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5th electoral term 1935 | 81.2% | 24 |
| VI. 1938 parliamentary term | 87.2% | 25th |
| Electoral term | MP | Previous party | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| IV. Term | August Baldszus | MLWP | President of Parliament |
| IV. Term | Otto Bergens | March 3, 1937 waiver of mandate (successor: Helmut Tennigkeit) | |
| IV. Term | Willy Betke | (MVP) | |
| IV. Term | Fritz Bingau | Vice President | |
| IV. Term | Theodor Borbe | (MLWP) | |
| IV. Term | Carl Borrmann | ||
| IV. Term | Christoph Dietschmons | ||
| IV. Term | Albert Engelin | ||
| IV. Term | Friedrich Galeiwa | (MAP) | |
| IV. Term | Michael Jakuszeit | Died March 14, 1938 (successor: Max Dilba) | |
| IV. Term | Bernhard Mielke | Died April 21, 1936 (successor: Hermann Suhrau) | |
| IV. Term | Adolf Monien | (MAP) | |
| IV. Term | Arthur Papendick | (MVP) | Died March 24, 1936 (successor: Fritz Roespel) |
| IV. Term | Johann Pakalnischkis | ||
| IV. Term | Walter Pfeiffer | ||
| IV. Term | Georg Plagsties | (MLWP) | |
| IV. Term | Ernst Reichardt | (MLWP) | |
| IV. Term | Gustav Rutkowski | ||
| IV. Term | Christoph Schmidt | ||
| IV. Term | Rudolf Schwindt | ||
| IV. Term | Theodor Stenzel | ||
| IV. Term | Ernst Surau | (SDPM) | |
| IV. Term | Johann Tiedecks | ||
| IV. Term | David Waitschies | ||
| IV. Term | Helmut Tennigkeit | March 3, 1937 for Otto Bergens | |
| IV. Term | Max Dilba | March 24, 1938 for Michael Jakuszeit | |
| IV. Term | Hermann Suhrau | (MAP) | April 26, 1936 for Bernhard Mielke |
| IV. Term | Fritz Roespel | April 2, 1936 for Arthur Papendick
|
|
| V. Election term | Fritz Bingau | ||
| V. Election term | Herbert Boettcher | (SovoG) | |
| V. Election term | Albert Broschell | (SovoG) | |
| V. Election term | Walter Buttkereit | ||
| V. Election term | Helmut Costede | ||
| V. Election term | Otto Daumann | ||
| V. Election term | Georg Grigat | ||
| V. Election term | Arthur Kausch | ||
| V. Election term | Erich Kehrer | ||
| V. Election term | Eduard Kohn | ||
| V. Election term | Walter Leonhardt | ||
| V. Election term | Otto Lorenz | ||
| V. Election term | Ernst Neumann | (SovoG) | |
| V. Election term | Arno Papendick | ||
| V. Election term | Walter Pfeiffer | ||
| V. Election term | Erich Rademacher | (MLWP) | |
| V. Election term | Fritz Roespel | ||
| V. Election term | Emil Samel | ||
| V. Election term | Michel Schernus | (MLWP) | |
| V. Election term | Wilhelm Schlusnath | ||
| V. Election term | Otto Stephan | ||
| V. Election term | Karl Strauss | ||
| V. Election term | Hans Trakis | ||
| V. Election term | Otto Wohlgemuth |
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Manual 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. 698-699 .
- 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 .