Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 3

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 3 was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire from 1868 to 1918.

General

The Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 3 (also called Reichstag constituency Bergzabern-Germersheim) comprised the cities of Germersheim and Bergzabern as well as the surrounding district offices . The constituency had an area of 934.70 square kilometers and in 1871 90,504 inhabitants (96.80 inhabitants / km²). In 1910 the population was 96,288 (103.01 inhabitants / km²). Confessionally, the proportion of Catholics was higher than that of Protestants. In 1871 (1910) the proportion of Catholics was 55.1% (56.9%) and that of Protestants 42.4% (41.9%). The constituency was rural. 71.2% of the population lived in places with fewer than 2000 inhabitants.

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Customs parliament election 1868 to 1869	Ferdinand von Soyer	Bavarian Patriot Party	0
Customs Parliament by-election 1869	Julius Petersen	Bavarian Progress Party	0
Reichstag election 1871	Ludwig Louis	Liberal Reich Party	0
Reichstag election 1874	Theodor Spaeth	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1877 to 1884	Moritz Bolza	NLP	0
Reichstag elections from 1884 to 1898	Theodor Brünings	NLP
Reichstag elections 1898 to 1899	Carl Gander	NLP	0
Supplementary election 1899 to 1907	Philipp Lichtenberger	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1907	Wilhelm Spindler	center
Reichstag election 1912	Franz Seraphim Lederer	center	0

elections

Customs Parliament election 1868

In the Customs Parliament election in 1868 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 16,653 and the number of voters 13,141. The turnout was 78.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ferdinand von Soyer	Bavarian Progress Party	6893	52.4%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	6452	47.7%	0

Customs Parliament by-election 1869

In the by-election in 1869, Julius Petersen (Bavarian Progressive Party) was elected.

Reichstag election 1871

In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 17,688, the number of voters 9,471. The turnout was 53.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ludwig Louis	Liberal Reich Party	7355	77.7%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	2114	22.3%	0

Reichstag election 1874

In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,217, the number of voters 16,943. The turnout was 88.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Theodor Spaeth	NLP	9,645	57.1%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	7,259	42.9%	0

Reichstag election 1877

In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 20,112 and the number of voters 17,442. The turnout was 86.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Moritz Bolza	NLP	9.423	54.0%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	7,740	44.4%
0	Others	274	1.6%

Reichstag election 1878

In the Reichstag election in 1878 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 20,140 and the number of voters 15,507. The turnout was 77.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Moritz Bolza	NLP	8684	56.0%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	6496	41.9%
0	Others	313	2.02%

Reichstag election 1881

One ballot took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of eligible voters was 19,142 and the number of voters 9,915. The turnout was 51.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Moritz Bolza	NLP	5483	55.3%
0	Left liberals	41	0.4%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	4255	42.9%
0	Others	121	1.2%

Reichstag election 1884

In the Reichstag election in 1884 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,714 and the number of voters 15,773. The turnout was 84.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Theodor Brünings	NLP	8606	54.6%
0	Left liberals	84	0.5%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	7080	44.9%

Reichstag election 1887

In the Reichstag election in 1887 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,931 and the number of voters 16,711. The turnout was 88.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Theodor Brünings	NLP	9357	56.0%	0
0	center	7319	43.8%	0

Reichstag election 1890

In the general election in 1890 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 18,484 and the number of voters 14,125. The turnout was 76.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	230	1.6%
Theodor Brünings	NLP	7615	53.9%
0	Left liberals	137	0.3%
0	center	6125	38.4%

Reichstag election 1893

In the Reichstag election in 1893, there were two ballots. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 18,656, the number of voters 14,557. The turnout was 78.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	757	5.2%
Theodor Brünings	NLP	6700	46.1%
0	center	5946	40.9%
0	BdL	1114	7.2%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 16,472. The turnout was 88.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Theodor Brünings	NLP	8890	54.1%	0
0	center	7550	45.9%	0

Reichstag election 1898

There were two ballots in the Reichstag election in 1898 . The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 19,348 and the number of voters 13,771. The turnout was 71.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1198	8.7%
Carl Gander	NLP	6432	46.9%
0	center	6060	44.2%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 16,303. The turnout was 84.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Carl Gander	NLP	8282	50.9%	0
0	center	7979	49.1%	0

Supplementary election 1899

A ballot took place in the supplementary election in 1899. The number of eligible voters was 19,706 and the number of voters 15,154. The turnout was 76.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	528	3.5%
Philipp Lichtenberger	NLP	7776	51.4%
0	center	6807	45.0%

Reichstag election 1903

There were two ballots in the 1903 Reichstag election. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 20,632, the number of voters 17,889. The turnout was 86.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1397	7.8%
Philipp Lichtenberger	NLP	8225	46.1%
0	center	8223	46.1%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 19,061. The turnout was 92.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	center	9341	49.2%	0
Philipp Lichtenberger	NLP	9659	50.8%	0

Reichstag election 1907

In the general election in 1907 two rounds of voting were held. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 33,485, the number of voters 29,826. The turnout was 90.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1547	8.1%
0	NLP	9102	47.3%
Wilhelm Spindler	center	8858	44.6%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 18,969. The turnout was 94.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	NLP	9927	49.3%	0
Wilhelm Spindler	center	10.192	50.7%	0

Reichstag election 1912

In the general election in 1912 two rounds of voting were held. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 21,731 and the number of voters 19,449. The turnout was 89.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	2696	14.0%
0	NLP	6295	32.6%
Franz Seraphim Lederer	center	8129	42.1%
0	BdL	2188	11.3%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 20,215. The turnout was 93.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	NLP	9860	49.2%	0
Franz Seraphim Lederer	center	10.169	50.8%	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.