Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 2

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 2 was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire from 1868 to 1918.

General

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 2 (also called Reichstag constituency Landau-Neustadt) comprised the cities of Landau in der Pfalz and Neustadt an der Haardt as well as the surrounding district offices . The constituency had an area of 888.90 square kilometers and in 1871 124,015 inhabitants (139.50 inhabitants / km²). In 1910 the population was 135,712 (152.67 inhabitants / km²). In terms of denominations, the proportion of Protestants was higher than that of Catholics. In 1871 (1910) the proportion of Catholics was 43.9% (45.1%) and that of Protestants 53.5% (54.2%). The constituency was urban. 43.2% of the population lived in places with fewer than 2000 inhabitants.

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Customs parliament election 1868 to 1881	Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP
Reichstag election 1881 to 1883	Julius Petersen	NLP	0
Supplementary election 1883 to 1884	Friedrich August Mahla	NLP	0
Reichstag elections from 1884 to 1898	Albert Bürklin	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1898	Andreas Deinhard	NLP
Reichstag election 1903	Wilhelm Schellhorn-Wallbillich	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1907	Josef Huber	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1912	Fritz van Calker	NLP	0

elections

Customs Parliament election 1868

In the Customs Parliament election in 1868 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,009, the number of voters 11,227. The turnout was 51.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP	9701	86.4%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	1526	13.6%	0

Reichstag election 1871

In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,121, the number of voters 9,555. The turnout was 39.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP	9315	97.5%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	219	2.3%	0

Reichstag election 1874

In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 25,871, the number of voters 20,766. The turnout was 80.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP	14,556	70.3%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	6,150	29.7%	0

Reichstag election 1877

In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,154, the number of voters 17,787. The turnout was 65.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	851	4.8%
Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP	11,392	64.0%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	4,955	27.9%
0	Others	570	3.2%

Reichstag election 1878

In the Reichstag election in 1878 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,823 and the number of voters 17,438. The turnout was 62.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	327	1.9%
Ludwig Andreas Jordan	NLP	11.210	64.3%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	4818	27.6%
0	Others	1079	6.2%

Reichstag election 1881

Two ballots took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of eligible voters in the first ballot was 27,121, the number of voters 14,956. The turnout was 55.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	127	0.8%
Julius Petersen	NLP	7397	49.4%
0	Left liberals	3989	26.7%
0	DVP	404	2.7%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	2794	18.7%
0	Others	236	1.6%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 21,346. The turnout was 78.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Julius Petersen	NLP	11,157	52.3%	0
0	Left liberals	10.189	47.7%	0

Supplementary election 1883

In the supplementary election in 1883, only one ballot took place. The number of eligible voters was 27,799, the number of voters 18,570. The turnout was 68.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	67	0.3%
Friedrich August Mahla	NLP	9,290	50.0%
Otto Sartorius	German Progressive Party	9,208	49.6%

Reichstag election 1884

In the Reichstag election in 1884 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,799, the number of voters 21,789. The turnout was 78.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	215	1.0%
Albert Bürklin	NLP	11,114	51.0%
0	Left liberals	5700	26.2%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	4751	21.8%

Reichstag election 1887

In the Reichstag election in 1887 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 27,794 and the number of voters 23,848. The turnout was 88.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	365	1.5%
Albert Bürklin	NLP	13,776	55.6%
0	Left-wing liberals supported by the center	10,627	42.9%

Reichstag election 1890

In the general election in 1890 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 28,360 and the number of voters 23,123. The turnout was 81.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	879	3.8%
Albert Bürklin	NLP	11,972	51.8%
0	Left-wing liberals supported by the center	10,266	44.8%

Reichstag election 1893

In the general election in 1893 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 29,678, the number of voters 22,849. The turnout was 77.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1670	7.3%
Albert Bürklin	NLP	11,582	50.8%
0	Left liberals	4594	20.2%
0	center	4934	21.6%

Reichstag election 1898

In the Reichstag election in 1898, there were two single ballots. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 30,610, the number of voters 21,113. The turnout was 69.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	3502	16.7%
Andreas Deinhard	NLP	8086	38.4%
0	Left liberals	3838	18.2%
0	center	5623	26.7%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 24,590. The turnout was 80.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Andreas Deinhard	NLP	12,925	52.8%	0
0	center	11,538	47.2%	0

Reichstag election 1903

In the Reichstag election in 1903 , two ballots took place. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 32,680, the number of voters 26,190. The turnout was 80.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	5549	21.3%
Wilhelm Schellhorn-Wallbillich	NLP	12,295	47.1%
0	center	8236	31.5%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 26,553. The turnout was 81.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	center	9905	38.0%	0
Wilhelm Schellhorn-Wallbillich	NLP	16,151	62.0%	0

Reichstag election 1907

In the Reichstag election in 1907, there were two single ballots. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 33,485, the number of voters 29,826. The turnout was 89.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	6340	21.3%
Josef Huber	NLP	14,613	49.2%
0	center	8767	29.5%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 18,969. The turnout was 56.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Josef Huber	NLP	17,394	98.7%	0
0	center	226	1.3%	0

Reichstag election 1912

In the 1912 Reichstag elections, there were two single ballots. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 34,619, the number of voters 30,569. The turnout was 88.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	8442	27.7%
Fritz van Calker	NLP	11,625	38.3%
0	BdL, supported by the center	10,369	34.5%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 18,969. The turnout was 56.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Fritz van Calker	NLP	17,974	98.7%	0
0	BdL, supported by the center	172	1.3%	0

literature

Ernst-Otto Bräunche: Parties and Reichstag elections in the Rhine Palatinate from the founding of the Reich in 1871 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Diss., 1982.