Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 6

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 6 was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire from 1868 to 1918.

General

The Reichstag constituency Pfalz (Bavaria) 6 (also called Reichstag constituency Kaiserslautern-Kirchheimbolanden) comprised the cities of Kaiserslautern and Kirchheimbolanden as well as the surrounding district offices . The constituency had an area of 1235.82 square kilometers and in 1871 109,269 inhabitants (88.41 inhabitants / km²). In 1910 the population was 157,482 (127.43 inhabitants / km²). Confessionally, the proportion of Protestants was significantly higher than that of Catholics. In 1871 (1910) the proportion of Catholics was 29.2% (28.6%) and that of Protestants 72.7% (69.3%). The constituency was rural. 58% of the population lived in places with fewer than 2000 inhabitants.

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Customs Parliament election 1868	Georg Friedrich Kolb	DVP
Reichstag election 1871	Carl Ludwig Golsen	NLP	0
Supplementary election 1873 to 1874	Julius Petersen	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1874 to 1881	August tin	Progress party
Reichstag election 1881	Jean Janson	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1884	Georg Grohé	DVP	0
Reichstag election 1887	Johannes von Miquel	NLP
Reichstag election 1890 to 1898	Ulrich Brunck	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1898	Gustav Roesicke	BdL
Reichstag election 1903	Otto Sartorius	Liberal People's Party	0
Supplementary election 1906	Carl Schmidt	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1907	Gustav Roesicke	BdL
Reichstag election 1912	Johannes Hoffmann	SPD

elections

Customs Parliament election 1868

In the Customs Parliament election in 1868 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,539 and the number of voters 7,760. The turnout was 39.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Georg Friedrich Kolb	DVP	7217	93.0%	0
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	442	5.7%	0

Reichstag election 1871

In the Reichstag election in 1871 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,036 and the number of voters 10,530. The turnout was 50.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Carl Ludwig Golsen	NLP	7926	74.6%
0	NLP	2650	24.9%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	54	0.4%

Supplementary election 1873

In the supplementary election in 1873, there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,004 and the number of voters 6,095.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Julius Petersen	NLP	5238	85.9%	0
0	DVP	841	13.8%	0

Reichstag election 1874

In the Reichstag election in 1874 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,984 and the number of voters 15,081. The turnout was 65.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
August tin	Progress party	11.209	74.5%
0	DVP	421	2.8%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3,420	22.7%

Reichstag election 1877

In the Reichstag election in 1877 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,592 and the number of voters 14,430. The turnout was 64.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
August tin	Progress party	9611	67.7%
0	German Conservative Party	162	1.1%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3098	21.5%
0	Others	15491	10.7%

Reichstag election 1878

In the Reichstag election in 1878 there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,456 and the number of voters 14,813. The turnout was 60.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	173	1.2%
August tin	Progress party	9821	66.3%
0	DVP	67	0.4%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	3165	21.4%
0	Others	1578	106%

Reichstag election 1881

Two ballots took place in the Reichstag election in 1881 . The number of eligible voters in the first ballot was 24,298, the number of voters 11,901. The turnout was 49.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	117	1.0%
Jean Janson	NLP	5687	47.8%
0	Left liberals	47	0.4%
0	DVP	3642	30.6%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	1728	14.5%
0	Others	545	5.4%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 18,014. The turnout was 74.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Jean Janson	NLP	10,180	56.5%	0
0	DVP	7,834	43.5%	0

Reichstag election 1884

In the Reichstag election in 1884 , two ballots took place. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 25,165, the number of voters 14,871. The turnout was 59.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	335	2.2%
0	NLP	7020	47.2%
0	Left liberals	499	3.4%
Georg Grohé	DVP	4833	32.5%
0	Bavarian Patriot Party	2182	14.7%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 19,801. The turnout was 78.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Georg Grohé	DVP	10,327	52.2%	0
0	NLP	9474	47.8%	0

Reichstag election 1887

In the Reichstag election in 1887 , there was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 26,268 and the number of voters 22,639. The turnout was 86.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	616	2.7%
Johannes von Miquel	NLP	12,978	57.3%
0	DVP	9045	40.6%

Reichstag election 1890

In the general election in 1890 , a ballot was held. The number of those entitled to vote was 26,627, the number of voters 20,179. The turnout was 75.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	1659	8.2%
Johannes von Miquel	NLP	10,108	50.1%
0	DVP	5916	29.3%
0	center	2487	12.3%

Replacement election 1890

In the replacement election in 1890, two ballots took place. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 26,627, the number of voters 16,791. The turnout was 63.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	2036	12.2%
Ulrich Brunck	NLP	8352	49.8%
0	DVP (supported by the center)	6347	38.0%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 20,931. The turnout was 78.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ulrich Brunck	NLP	10,648	50.9%	0
0	DVP (supported by the center)	10,260	49.1%	0

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 27,480, the number of voters 19,948. The turnout was 72.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	2525	12.7%
Ulrich Brunck	NLP	9948	49.9%
0	DVP	4888	24.5%
0	center	2551	12.8%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 23,099. The turnout was 84.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Ulrich Brunck	NLP	12,351	53.6%	0
0	DVP	10,686	46.4%	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 29,391 and the number of voters 19,015. The turnout was 64.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	4993	26.3%
0	NLP	784	4.1%
0	DVP	4219	22.2%
0	center	2855	15.1%
Gustav Roesicke	BdL	6078	32.1%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 21,199. The turnout was 72.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	SPD	10.146	48.1%	0
Gustav Roesicke	BdL	10,930	51.9%	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 32,045, the number of voters 25,450. The turnout was 79.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	7009	27.6%
Otto Sartorius	Liberal People's Party	8024	31.6%
0	center	4248	16.7%
0	BdL	6114	24.1%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 21,550. The turnout was 67.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	SPD	9769	44.1%	0
Otto Sartorius	Liberal People's Party	11,366	55.9%	0

Supplementary election 1906

Two ballots took place in the supplementary election in 1906. The number of eligible voters in the first round of voting was 30,889, the number of voters 25,514. The turnout was 77.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	7568	29.6%
Carl Schmidt	NLP (supported by DVP and Freinn)	7665	29.6%
0	center	3784	14.8%
0	BdL	6597	25.9%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 22,171. The turnout was 66.4%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	SPD	9527	44.1%	0
Carl Schmidt	NLP	12,060	55.9%	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 33,414, the number of voters 27,475. The turnout was 82.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	SPD	7629	27.8%
0	Left liberals	273	1.0%
0	DVP	4072	14.9%
0	center	4413	16.1%
Gustav Roesicke	BdL (supported by NLP)	10,979	40.0%

Heinrich Stauffer In the runoff election, the number of voters was 28,685. The turnout was 85.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	SPD	13,689	48.2%	0
Gustav Roesicke	BdL	14,727	51.8%	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 34,863 and the number of voters 29,600. The turnout was 84.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Johannes Hoffmann	SPD	11.306	38.4%
0	Left liberals	8401	28.5%
0	BdL	9770	33.1%

In the runoff election, the number of voters was 28,094. The turnout was 80.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Johannes Hoffmann	SPD	15,750	57.0%	0
0	BDL (supported by the center)	11,855	42.9%	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.