Reichstag constituency of the Principality of Lippe

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency of the Principality of Lippe was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Reich and in the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1918.

It included the Principality of Lippe.

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Reichstag election February 1867	Alexander von Oheimb	Conservative Party
Reichstag election August 1867 to 1878	Franz Hausmann	Progress party
Substitute election 1878	Wilhelm Büxten until 1887	Progress party
Reichstag election 1887	Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP
Reichstag election 1890	Louis Wilhelm Uhlendorff	DFP	0
Reichstag election 1893	August Riekehof-Böhmer	Conservative / BdL
Reichstag election 1898 to 1907	Wilhelm Meier-Jobst	Freedom / progress
Reichstag election 1907 to 1918	Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party

elections

Reichstag election February 1867

In the general election in February 1867 only one round of voting took place. The number of votes cast was 14,779.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Hausmann	Progress party	5889	39.8%
Alexander von Oheimb	Conservative Party	8571	58.0%
Others	0	226	1.5%

Reichstag election August 1867

In the Reichstag election in August 1867 , there was only one ballot. The number of votes cast was 4,312.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Hausmann	Progress party	2342	54.3%
Roses	Free Conservative / Nationalist	1956	45.7%
Others	0	226	1.5%

Reichstag election 1871

In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,407, the number of votes cast was 12,452. The turnout was 53.2%. There were 150 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Hausmann	Progress party	9231	74.1%
Steneberg	NLP	1383	11.1%
Thelemann	conservative	1678	13.5%

Reichstag election 1874

In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,764 and the number of votes cast was 14,703. The turnout was 61.9%. There were 155 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Hausmann	Progress party	10,756	73.2%
Schürenberg	NLP	1809	12.3%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	2113	14.4%

Reichstag election 1877

In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,329, the number of votes cast was 13,869. The turnout was 57.0%. There were 81 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Hausmann	Progress party	8374	60.4%
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP	3355	24.2%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	2116	15.2%

Substitute election 1878

In the replacement election in 1878, there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 25,211 and the number of votes cast was 10,198. The turnout was 40.4%. There were 83 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	5860	57.5%
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP	1923	18.8%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	2366	23.2%

Reichstag election 1878

In the Reichstag election in 1878 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 25,214, the number of votes cast was 9,521. The turnout was 37.8%. There were 58 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	5148	54.1%
Falk	NLP	836	8.8%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	3404	35.8%

Reichstag election 1881

Two ballots took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of those entitled to vote was 25,171, the number of votes cast was 9,667 in the first ballot. The turnout was 38.4%. There were 62 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	4752	49.2%
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP	777	8.0%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	3922	40.6%

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 15,173. The turnout was 60.3%. There were 38 invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	9242	60.9%	0
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	5931	39.1%	0

Reichstag election 1884

In the Reichstag election in 1884 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 25,144, the number of votes cast was 11,031. The turnout was 43.9%. There were no invalid votes

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	5847	53.0%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	4906	44.5%
0	Others	221	2.0%

Reichstag election 1887

There were two ballots in the Reichstag election in 1887 . The number of eligible voters was 26,090 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 21,244. The turnout was 81.4%. There were 43 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	6717	31.6%
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP	9561	45.0%
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	4604	21.7%
Guy	SPD	359	1.7%

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 21,429. The turnout was 82.1%. There were 40 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Wilhelm Büxten	Progress party	8376	39.1%	0
Johann Heinrich von Lengerke	NLP	13,053	60.9%	0

Reichstag election 1890

In the Reichstag election in 1890 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,357 and the number of votes cast was 20,539. The turnout was 75.1%. There were 48 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Otto Weerth	NLP	2550	12.4%
Louis Wilhelm Uhlendorff	DFP	11,868	57.8%
from Richthofen	conservative	4575	22.3%
Guy	SPD	1533	7.5%

Reichstag election 1893

In the Reichstag election in 1893 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,925, the number of votes cast was 12,966. The turnout was 46.4%. There were 35 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
August Riekehof-Böhmer	Conservative / BdL	7173	55.3%
Louis Wilhelm Uhlendorff	DFP	4577	35.3%
Leopold Schnitger	SPD	1533	7.5%

Reichstag election 1898

There were two ballots in the Reichstag election in 1898 . The number of eligible voters was 29,096 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 11,013. The turnout was 37.8%. There were no invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	3351	30.4%
Walbrecht	NLP	2127	19.3%
Wilhelm Meier-Jobst	Freedom / progress	3142	28.5%
Dear	center	326	3.0%
Colorful	SPD	1973	17.9%
Liebermann von Sonnenberg	Christian-Social / Anti-Semitic	80	0.7%
Others	0	14th	0.0%

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 12,433. The turnout was 42.7%. There were 64 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Wilhelm Schemmel	conservative	5175	41.6%	0
Wilhelm Meier-Jobst	Freedom / progress	7258	58.4%	0

Reichstag election 1893

In the Reichstag election in 1893, there were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 30,902, the number of votes cast was 14,727 in the first ballot. The turnout was 47.6%. There were no 52 votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Frevert	conservative	3612	24.5%
Wilhelm Meier-Jobst	Freeness	4103	27.9%
Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party	2897	18.7%
Count of Ballestrem	center	383	2.6%
Clemens Becker	SPD	3719	25.2%
Others	0	13	0.0%

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 12,871. The turnout was 41.6%. There were 125 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Wilhelm Meier-Jobst	Freeness	8672	67.4%	0
Clemens Becker	SPD	4199	32.6%	0

Reichstag election 1907

In the general election in 1907 two rounds of voting were held. The number of eligible voters was 33,413, the number of votes cast was 27,103 in the first ballot. The turnout was 81.1%. There were no 64 votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
August Riekehof-Böhmer	conservative	6495	24.0%
Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party	9839	36.3%
Karl Ernst Wilhelm Heynemann	Freeness	5000	18.4%
Clemens Becker	SPD	5756	21.2%

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 26,670. The turnout was 79.8%. There were 243 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
August Riekehof-Böhmer	conservative	10,462	39.2%	0
Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party	16,208	60.8%	0

Reichstag election 1912

In the general election in 1912 two rounds of voting were held. The number of eligible voters was 34,648, the number of votes cast was 28,722 in the first ballot. The turnout was 82.9%. There were no 64 votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Kuhlman	Economic association / conservative	7663	26.7%
Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party	13,155	45.9%
Clemens Becker	SPD	7814	27.3%
Others	0	27	0.0%

The number of votes cast was 23,643 in the runoff election. The turnout was 68.2%. There were 287 invalid votes.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Adolf Neumann-Hofer	Lippe Liberal People's Party	15,185	65.0%	0
Clemens Becker	SPD	8171	35.0%	0

literature

Peter Steinbach: The Lipper as Reichstag and Landtag electors in the German Empire: Statistics of the Reichstag and Landtag election results in the Principality of Lippe 1867-1916