Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 4
The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 4 was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire from 1868 to 1918.
General
The Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 4 (also called Reichstag constituency Pirmasens-Zweibrücken) comprised the cities of Zweibrücken and Pirmasens as well as the surrounding district offices . The constituency had an area of 1,268.30 square kilometers and in 1871 100,023 inhabitants (78.86 inhabitants / km²). In 1910 the population was 178,147 (140.46 inhabitants / km²). Confessionally, the proportion of Catholics was higher than that of Protestants. In 1871 (1910) the proportion of Catholics was 55.0% (52.5%) and that of Protestants 43.2% (46.1%). The constituency was rural. 54.4% of the population lived in places with fewer than 2000 inhabitants.
MPs
choice | MP | Political party | image |
---|---|---|---|
Customs Parliament election 1868 | Georg Adolf Schwinn | NLP | |
Reichstag elections 1871 to 1881 | Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | |
Reichstag election 1881 to 1890 | Oskar Kramer | NLP | |
Reichstag election 1890 to 1898 | Eduard Adt | NLP | |
Reichstag election 1898 to 1907 | Louis linen weaver | NLP | |
Reichstag election 1907 | Heinrich Goering | center | |
Reichstag election 1912 | Karl Lützel | NLP |
elections
Customs Parliament election 1868
Two ballots took place in the Customs Parliament election in 1868 . The number of eligible voters was 15,852, the number of voters 12,274. The turnout in the first ballot was 77.4%.
candidate | Political party | % | Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 NLP candidates | NLP | 8199 | 66.8% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 4036 | 32.9% |
The number of eligible voters in the runoff election was 15,852 and the number of voters 13,904. The turnout was 87.7%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Georg Adolf Schwinn | NLP | 7603 | 54.7% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 6289 | 45.2% |
Reichstag election 1871
In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,285 and the number of voters 11,985. The turnout was 65.5%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | 7564 | 63.1% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 4112 | 34.4% |
Supplementary election 1871
In the supplementary election in 1871, there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,258 and the number of voters 7,137. The turnout was 39.0%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | 6659 | 99.3% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 433 | 6.1% |
Reichstag election 1874
In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 20,339, the number of voters 17,920. The turnout was 88.1%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | 9,308 | 52.0% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 8,581 | 48.0% |
Reichstag election 1877
In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,014 and the number of voters 18,033. The turnout was 82.0%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | 9.234 | 51.2% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 8,319 | 46.1% | ||
Others | 476 | 2.7% |
Reichstag election 1878
In the Reichstag election in 1878 there were two ballots. The number of eligible voters in the first ballot was 22,219, the number of voters 17,248. The turnout was 77.8%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | Progress party | 8347 | 48.4% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 8031 | 46.5% | ||
Others | 856 | 5.0% |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 19,472. The turnout was 87.9%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Heinrich Schmidt | NLP | 10,042 | 51.6% | |
Left liberals | 9,430 | 48.6% |
Reichstag election 1881
One ballot took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of eligible voters was 21,560, the number of voters 13,245. The turnout was 61.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oskar Kramer | NLP | 7610 | 57.5% | |
Bavarian Patriot Party | 5605 | 42.3% |
Reichstag election 1884
In the Reichstag election in 1884 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,742, the number of voters 17,011. The turnout was 78.4%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oskar Kramer | NLP | 8911 | 52.4% | |
Left liberals | 69 | 0.4% | ||
Bavarian Patriot Party | 8015 | 47.1% |
Reichstag election 1887
In the Reichstag election in 1887 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,897 and the number of voters 20,755. The turnout was 90.9%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 27 | 0.1% | ||
Oskar Kramer | NLP | 11,458 | 55.2% | |
center | 9264 | 44.7% |
Reichstag election 1890
In the general election in 1890 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 23,589, the number of voters 19,168. The turnout was 81.5%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 1995 | 10.4% | ||
Eduard Adt | NLP | 9645 | 50.3% | |
Left liberals | 137 | 0.7% | ||
center | 7364 | 38.4% |
Reichstag election 1893
In the Reichstag election in 1893, there were two ballots. The number of people entitled to vote in the first round of voting was 25,098 and the number of voters was 20,485. The turnout was 81.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 1845 | 9.0% | ||
Eduard Adt | NLP | 9504 | 46.5% | |
Left liberals | 771 | 3.8% | ||
center | 8296 | 40.6% |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 22,788. The turnout was 90.8%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eduard Adt | NLP | 11,855 | 52.1% | |
center | 10,878 | 47.9% |
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 30,610 and the number of voters was 21,483. The turnout was 76.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 2865 | 13.4% | ||
Louis linen weaver | NLP | 9119 | 42.6% | |
Left liberals | 160 | 0.7% | ||
center | 9259 | 43.2% |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 25,049. The turnout was 89.3%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Louis linen weaver | NLP | 12,622 | 50.5% | |
center | 12,350 | 49.5% |
Reichstag election 1903
There were two ballots in the 1903 Reichstag election. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 31,737 and the number of voters 28,142. The turnout was 88.7%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 5323 | 19.0% | ||
Louis linen weaver | NLP | 10,866 | 38.7% | |
center | 11,471 | 40.8% | ||
BdL | 411 | % |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 28,773. The turnout was 90.7%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
center | 13,032 | 45.7% | ||
Louis linen weaver | NLP | 15,465 | 54.3% |
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 33,667 and the number of voters 30,493. The turnout was 90.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 5720 | 18.8% | ||
NLP | 12,224 | 40.2% | ||
Heinrich Goering | center | 12,467 | 41.0% |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 31,473. The turnout was 93.5%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
NLP | 14,685 | 46.9% | ||
Heinrich Goering | center | 16,630 | 53.1% |
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 36,564 and the number of voters was 32,620. The turnout was 89.2%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
SPD | 8564 | 26.4% | ||
Karl Lützel | NLP | 10,958 | 33.7% | |
center | 11,722 | 36.1% | ||
BdL | 1248 | 3.8% |
In the runoff election, the number of voters was 32,871. The turnout was 89.0%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Lützel | NLP | 18,621 | 57.0% | |
center | 14.003 | 43.0% |
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.