Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 5

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 5 was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire from 1868 to 1918.

General

The Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 5 (also called Reichstag constituency Homburg-Kusel) comprised the cities of Homburg and Kusel as well as the surrounding district offices . The constituency had an area of 977.95 square kilometers and in 1871 87,528 inhabitants (88.50 inhabitants / km²). In 1910 the population was 121,579 (124.32 inhabitants / km²). Confessionally, the proportion of Protestants was significantly higher than that of Catholics. In 1871 (1910) the proportion of Catholics was 32.2% (35.7%) and that of Protestants 66.8% (63.7%). The constituency was rural. 77.4% of the population lived in places with fewer than 2000 inhabitants.

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Customs Parliament election 1868	Joseph Benzino	Liberal Reich Party
Reichstag election from 1871 to 1893	Franz Armand Buhl	NLP
Reichstag election 1893	Heinrich Marquardsen	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1898	Georg Fitz	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1903 to 1912	Heinrich Stauffer	BdL
Reichstag election 1912	Karl Gebhart	BdL

elections

Customs Parliament election 1868

In the Customs Parliament election in 1868 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,408, the number of voters 8,993. The turnout was 58.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Joseph Benzino	Liberal Reich Party	8988	99.9%	0

Reichstag election 1871

In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 16,671 and the number of voters 8,619. The turnout was 51.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	5256	52.3%
0	NLP	3732	43.9%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	284	3,%

Reichstag election 1874

In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 17,991 and the number of voters 15,099. The turnout was 83.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	10,905	72.7%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	4.189	27.8%	0

Reichstag election 1877

In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,742 and the number of voters 13,669. The turnout was 73.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	9521	69.6%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3755	27.5%
0	Others	381	2.8%

Reichstag election 1878

In the Reichstag election in 1878 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,258 and the number of voters 12,407. The turnout was 64.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	NLP	54	0.5%
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	8870	71.5%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3402	27.4%
0	Others	62	0.5%

Reichstag election 1881

One ballot took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of eligible voters was 18,581 and the number of voters 10,757. The turnout was 58.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	5999	55.8%	0
0	DVP	2501	30.6%	Ernst-Otto Bräunche gives here "-" as the number of votes. This does not match the specified percentage. Apparently 2501 were actually delivered.
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	2257	14.5%	0

Reichstag election 1884

In the Reichstag election in 1884 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 18,932 and the number of voters 12,835. The turnout was 67.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	7517	58.6%
0	BdL	1752	13.6%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3562	27.8%

Reichstag election 1887

In the Reichstag election in 1887 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,665, the number of voters 16,125. The turnout was 82.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Franz Armand Buhl	NLP	11,332	70.3%	0
0	Left-liberal, supported by the center	4786	29.7%	0

Reichstag election 1890

In the general election in 1890 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 19,791 and the number of voters 12,321. The turnout was 62.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	94	0.8%
Heinrich Marquardsen	NLP	8238	66.9%
0	Left liberals	33	0.3%
0	center	3924	31.8%

Reichstag election 1893

In the general election in 1893 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 20,175 and the number of voters 13,121. The turnout was 65.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	99	0.8%
Heinrich Marquardsen	NLP	9095	69.4%
0	center	1848	14.1%
0	Others	2044	15.6%

Supplementary election 1898

Two ballots were held in the supplementary election in 1898. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 21,383, the number of voters 17,754. The turnout was 69.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	839	5.7%
Johannes Schmitt	NLP	6667	45.2%
0	center	3582	24.2%
0	BdL	3647	24.7%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 15,911. The turnout was 78.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Johannes Schmitt	NLP	8865	53.0%	0
0	BdL	7846	46.9%	0

Reichstag election 1898

One ballot took place in the Reichstag election in 1898 . The number of eligible voters was 22,118, the number of voters 10,834. The turnout was 49.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	580	5.3%
Georg Fitz	NLP	6709	61.6%
0	center	3502	32.4%

Reichstag election 1903

There were two ballots in the 1903 Reichstag election. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 24,044 and the number of voters 17,106. The turnout was 71.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1744	10.2%
0	NLP	5028	29.5%
0	center	5026	29.5%
Heinrich Stauffer	BdL	5237	30.7%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 17,679. The turnout was 73.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	NLP	10,006	43.2%	0
Heinrich Stauffer	BdL	7608	56.8%	0

Reichstag election 1907

In the general election in 1907 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 25,739 and the number of voters 20,523. The turnout was 79.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1711	8.4%
0	center	5236	25.6%
Heinrich Stauffer	BdL (supported by NLP)	11,595	56.7%
0	Christian Social Party	1898	9.3%

Reichstag election 1912

In the general election in 1912 , a ballot was held. The number of eligible voters was 27,158, the number of voters 21,064. The turnout was 77.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	3655	17.4%
0	NLP	5897	28.1%
Karl Gebhart	BdL (supported by the center)	11,419	54.5%

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.