Reichstag constituency, Gdansk administrative district 3

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency province West Prussia - administrative district Danzig 3 (constituency 20; constituency Danzig-Stadt ) was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire and the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1918.

Constituency layout

The constituency included the city of Danzig in addition to the residential areas Schellingsfelde , Zigankenberg , Heiligenbrunn , Hochstrieß , Holm and Mühlenhof .

Population development

year	Residents
1890	118.256
1895	123.293
1900	137.394
1905	148,665
1910	156,801

Professional men

	Agriculture	Industry and commerce	Trade and services
1895	2.0	39.9	58.1
1907	2.3	43.8	53.9

Denomination

	Evangelical	Catholic
1890	67.5	29.3
1905	65.7	31.5
1910	65.7	31.4

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Reichstag election February 1867	Heinrich Wilhelm Martens	Non-attached, Liberal	0
Reichstag election August 1867 to 1874	Theodor Wilhelm Lesse	Free association, came to the course of the legislature National Liberals at	0
Reichstag election 1874 to 1887	Heinrich Rickert	NLP, later Liberal Party
Reichstag election from 1887 to 1890	Karl Schrader	Liberal Association	0
Reichstag election 1890 to 1903	Heinrich Rickert	German Liberal Party
By-election 1903 to 1912	Karl Mommsen	Liberal Association	0
Reichstag election 1912 to 1918	Friedrich Weinhausen	FVP

elections

1867 (February)

There were two ballots. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Wilhelm Martens	Conservative Party	3539	0	0
	NLP	4388	0	0
	F.	1017	0	0
Others	0	25th	0	0

Heinrich Wilhelm Martens won the runoff election.

1867 (August)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Theodor Wilhelm Lesse	Free association	4817	0	0
Others	0	19th	0	0

1871

There were two ballots. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative Party	1406	0	0
Theodor Wilhelm Lesse	NLP	3570	0	0
	F.	1563	0	0
	Clergy	956	0	0
Others	0	26th	0	0

The result of the runoff election was as follows.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	F.	2167	0	0
Theodor Wilhelm Lesse	NLP	4372	0	0

1874

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	NLP	5586	0	0
	F.	2426	0	0
	center	2147	0	0
Others	0	16	0	0

1877

There were two ballots. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	NLP	5305	0	0
	F.	2903	0	0
	center	3423	0	0
Others	0	22nd	0	0

The result of the runoff election was as follows.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	center	6320	0	0
Heinrich Rickert	NLP	6754	0	0

1878

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	NLP	6661	0	0
	Conservative Party	1354	0	0
	center	5119	0	0
	SPD	114	0	0
Others	0	5	0	0

1881

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	LibV	7731	0	0
	Conservative Party	6987	0	0
	SPD	43	0	0
Others	0	27	0	0

1884

There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 22,977 and the number of votes cast 14,441 of which 20 were invalid. The turnout was 62.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	F.	7239	0	0
	Conservative Party	3481	0	0
	center	3139	0	0
	SPD	577	0	0
Others	0	5	0	0

By-election 1884

Rickert rejected his election because of a double mandate and there was a by-election. There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of votes cast was 13,699, of which 12 were invalid. The turnout was 59.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative Party	2985	0	0
Karl Schrader	F.	6372	0	0
	center	2857	0	0
	SPD	1451	0	0
Others	0	4th	0	0

In the runoff ballot, the number of votes cast was 14,108, of which 22 were invalid. The turnout was 61.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative Party	5979	0	0
Karl Schrader	F.	10,920	0	0

1887

There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 22,528, the number of votes cast was 17,146, of which 10 were invalid. The turnout was 76.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	NLP	4792	0	0
Karl Schrader	F.	7394	0	0
	center	2681	0	0
	SPD	2279	0	0

In the runoff ballot, the number of votes cast was 15,955, 16 of which were invalid. The turnout was 70.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	NLP	5035	0	0
Karl Schrader	F.	10,920	0	0

1890

The cartel parties agreed on the common NLP candidate Wedekind. In 1890 there were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 23,043 and the number of votes cast was 16,999, 9 of which were invalid. The turnout was 73.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	DF	7350	43.3%	0
Wedekind	NLP	3755	22.1%	0
Wladislaus von Wolszlegier	Poland	213	1.3%	0
Otto Jochem	SPD	3525	20.7%	0
Franz Scharmer	center	2143	12.6%	0
Others	0	4th	0.0%	0

In the second ballot there were 14,216 votes cast, 45 of which were invalid and a voter turnout of 61.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	DF	10,228	72.2%	0
Wedekind	NLP	3943	27.8%	0

1893

The central question of the election campaign was the military bill. After Rickert had made a corresponding statement, the NLP declared its support for Rickert despite strong differences in social policy. In 1893 there were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 23,877 and the number of votes cast 16,354 of which 17 were invalid. The turnout was 68.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	FVg	6218	38.1%	0
Adolf Ernst von Ernsthausen	conservative	3711	22.7%	0
Prabucki	Poland	303	1.9%	0
Otto Jochem	SPD	4265	26.1%	0
Gust	center	1821	11.1%	0
Others	0	19th	0.0%	0

Before the runoff election, the Conservatives and the Center called for Rickert's election. In the second ballot there were 15,528 votes cast, 44 of which were invalid and a turnout of 65.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	FVg	10,353	66.9%	0
Otto Jochem	SPD	5131	33.1%	0

1898

The NLP called for Rickert's election. In 1898 there were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 27,565 and the number of votes cast was 17,812, of which 15 were invalid. The turnout was 64.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	FVg	7231	40.6%	0
Schulz	conservative	2968	16.7%	0
Wladislaus von Wolszlegier	Poland	310	1.7%	0
Sedlatzek	Anti-semites	368	2.1%	0
Franz Storch	SPD	3822	21.5%	0
Scharmer	center	3086	17.4%	0
Others	0	12	0.1%	0

Before the runoff election, the Conservatives and the BdL called for Rickert's election. The center gave the choice between abstention and Rickert. In the second ballot there were 16,165 votes cast, 55 of which were invalid and a turnout of 58.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Heinrich Rickert	FVg	11,134	69.1%	0
stork	SPD	4976	30.9%	0

Substitute election 1903

After Rickert's death, a replacement had to be made. This took place on January 13, 1903. NLP, FVP and FVg agreed on the free-thinking candidate Mommsen. In return, de FVg should call for the election of the FVP candidate in the next state election. The center and the conservatives tried to agree on a common candidate. Since the common candidate Franz Lusensky was a member of the NLP and the latter had already committed to Mommsen, an agreement did not come about. The center did not nominate a candidate and called for abstention.

There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 28,930 and the number of votes cast was 16,494, of which 118 were invalid. The turnout was 57.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	6174	37.7%	0
Heydebreck	conservative	4273	26.1%	0
Wladislaus von Wolszlegier	Poland	345	2.1%	0
Bartel	SPD	5569	34.0%	0
Others	0	12	0.1%	0

Before the runoff election, the Conservatives called for Mommsen to be elected. The Poles spoke out in favor of the SPD. In the second ballot there were 16,921 votes cast, 77 of which were invalid and a turnout of 58.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	10,472	62.2%	0
Bartel	SPD	6372	37.8%	0

1903

Mommsen was again supported by the NLP and the Free People's Party. There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 32,562 and the number of votes cast was 21,005, of which 29 were invalid. The turnout was 64.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	7672	36.6%	0
Heydebreck	conservative	3257	15.5%	0
Wladislaus von Wolszlegier	Poland	440	2.1%	0
Bartel	SPD	6070	28.9%	0
Others	0	15th	0.1%	0

In the second ballot there were 19,618 votes cast, of which 208 were invalid and a voter turnout of 60.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	11,993	61.8%	0
Bartel	SPD	7417	38.2%	0

1907

Mommsen was again supported by the NLP and the Free People's Party. There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 32,905 and the number of votes cast was 24,623, of which 52 were invalid. The turnout was 74.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	7503	30.5%	0
Schrey	conservative	4332	17.6%	0
Kulerski	Poland	429	1.8%	0
Trilse	SPD	6391	26.0%	0
Scharmer	center	4041	16.5%	0
Others	0	11	0.1%	0

The Conservatives voted in favor of Mommsen in the runoff election, the Center demanded abstention. In the second ballot there were 22,661 votes cast, of which 429 were invalid and a turnout of 68.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Karl Mommsen	FVg	13,927	62.6%	0
Trilse	SPD	8305	37.4%	0

1912

After the Progressive People's Party had nominated Friedrich Weinhausen, the NLP supported the candidate. The conservatives, the middle class party and the center support the businessman Dentler as a common candidate. There were two ballots. In the first ballot, the number of eligible voters was 32,907 and the number of votes cast was 25,179, of which 58 were invalid. The turnout was 76.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Friedrich Weinhausen	FoVP	9418	37.5%	0
Dentler	Middle class party	7121	28.3%	0
Kupcynski	Poland	498	2.0%	0
Hans Marckwald	SPD	8038	32.0%	0
Schümer	center	31	0.1%	0
Others	0	15th	0.1%	0

In the runoff election, the center called for abstention on the grounds that "Whether the Social Democrat Marckwald comes to the Reichstag or the friend of the Social Democrats Weinhausen, we don't care". The Conservatives shared this position after no agreement had been reached that in return for support here, the Freedom Party should support the conservative candidate Doerksen in constituency 19 (Danzig-Land). The Progressive People's Party then sharply attacked the SPD in the election campaign in order to make the differences to the socialists clear. In the second ballot there were 25,184 votes cast, of which 871 were invalid and a voter turnout of 76.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Friedrich Weinhausen	FoVP	13,577	55.8%	0
Hans Marckwald	SPD	19.736	44.2%	0

literature

• Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 69–73.
• Fritz Specht: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903: statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the parties' programs and a list of elected representatives, 2nd edition 1904, pp. 14-15.