Reichstag constituency, Gumbinnen district 4
The Reichstag constituency of the Province of East Prussia - Gumbinnen District 4 (constituency 14; constituency Stallupönen-Goldap-Darkehmen ) was an electoral district for the Reichstag elections in the German Reich and in the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1918.
Constituency layout
The constituency comprised the district of Stallupönen , the district of Grünheide from the district of Gumbinnen , the district of Goldap , the district of Darkehmen without the Krug Skallischen of the municipality of Skallischen and the district of Broszaitschen as well as the communities of Altgurren, Neugurrem and the district of Gurren from the district of Angerburg .
year | Residents |
---|---|
1890 | 124,757 |
1895 | 126,249 |
1900 | 122.140 |
1905 | 120.226 |
1910 | 119,328 |
Agriculture | Industry and commerce | Trade and services | |
---|---|---|---|
1895 | 74.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
1907 | 73.0 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
Evangelical | Catholic | |
---|---|---|
1890 | 98.0 | 1.0 |
1905 | 97.6 | 1.2 |
1910 | 97.2 | 1.8 |
MPs
choice | MP | Political party | image |
---|---|---|---|
Reichstag election February 1867 | Ferdinand Synold von Schüz | Conservative Party | |
Reichstag election August 1867 | Heinrich Friedrich von Itzenplitz | Conservative, non-attached | |
Reichstag election 1871 | Emil von Sperber | Conservative Party | |
Reichstag election 1874 to 1877 | Ludolf Parisius | German Progressive Party | |
Reichstag election 1877 to 1884 | Gustav von Goßler | German Conservative Party | |
Reichstag election from 1884 to 1890 | Max Bergmann | German Conservative Party | |
Reichstag election 1890 to 1903 | Emil Victor from Sperber | German Conservative Party | |
Substitute election 1903 to 1918 | Hermann Kreth | German Conservative Party |
1867 (February)
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ferdinand Synold von Schüz | Conservative Party | 10,632 |
1867 (August)
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinrich Friedrich von Itzenplitz | Conservative Party | 8583 |
1871
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emil von Sperber | Conservative Party | 7024 | ||
F. | 4791 | |||
Others | 35 |
1874
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ludolf Parisius | German Progressive Party | 5798 | ||
German Reich Party | 5109 | |||
Others | 12 |
1877
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav von Goßler | German Conservative Party | 6080 | ||
F. | 4796 | |||
Others | 23 |
On April 26, 1878, Gustav von Goßler resigned his mandate because of his appointment as a senior administrative judge. There was no substitute election.
1878
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav von Goßler | German Conservative Party | 8763 | ||
F. | 3649 | |||
Others | 10 |
Replacement election 1879
After Goßler was appointed Undersecretary of State in the fall of 1879, a replacement was elected on December 12, 1879 due to his temporary incompatibility . There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav von Goßler | German Conservative Party | 7091 | ||
F. | 3101 | |||
Others | 22nd |
On January 17, 1881 Gustav von Goßler resigned his mandate because of his appointment as minister of education. There was no substitute election.
1881
There was only one ballot.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gustav von Goßler | German Conservative Party | 8822 | ||
LibB | 5436 | |||
Others | 12 |
1884
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,103, the number of votes cast was 14,195, of which 16 were invalid. The turnout was 61.9%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Bergmann | German Conservative Party | 10,491 | ||
F. | 3780 | |||
Others | 24 |
1887
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,822, the number of votes cast was 16,740, of which 25 were invalid. The turnout was 70.4%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Bergmann | German Conservative Party | 13,634 | ||
F. | 3100 | |||
Others | 6th |
1890
No constituency agreements between the parties have come down to us. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,615 and the number of votes cast 15,661, of which 13 were invalid. The turnout was 66.3%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Siemens | German Progressive Party | 3909 | 25.0 | |
Emil Victor from Sperber | German Conservative Party | 11,521 | 73.6 | |
Carl Schultze | SPD | 182 | 1.2 | |
Biederweg | Independent applicant | 27 | 0.2 | |
Others | 9 | 0.0 |
1893
No constituency agreements between the parties have come down to us. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,769 and the number of votes cast 14,393, of which 36 were invalid. The turnout was 60.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Biederweg | FVP | 49 | 0.3 | |
Siemens | German Progressive Party | 2287 | 15.9 | |
Emil Victor from Sperber | German Conservative Party | 11,665 | 81.3 | |
Carl Schultze | SPD | 339 | 2.4 | |
Others | 17th | 0.1 |
1898
No constituency agreements between the parties have come down to us. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,642 and the number of votes cast was 13,104, of which 37 were invalid. The turnout was 55.4%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Crow | FVP | 932 | 7.1 | |
Emil Victor from Sperber | German Conservative Party | 11,076 | 84.8 | |
Hugo Haase | SPD | 956 | 7.3 | |
Adolf Hofer | SPD | 75 | 0.6 | |
Others | 28 | 0.2 |
1903
BdL and conservatives named a joint candidate. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,933 and the number of votes cast 14,992, of which 51 were invalid. The turnout was 62.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dirichlet | FVP | 1304 | 8.7 | |
Emil Victor from Sperber | German Conservative Party | 12,080 | 80.9 | |
Adolf Hofer | SPD | 27 | 0.2 | |
Others | 64 | 0.4 |
Substitute election 1903
After Sperber's death, a replacement election took place on December 1, 1903. Due to the short time available, the SPD was unable to nominate a candidate and called for abstention. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,933 and the number of votes cast 9822, of which 28 were invalid. The turnout was 41.0%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dirichlet | FVP | 752 | 7.7 | |
Hermann Kreth | German Conservative Party | 9011 | 92.0 | |
Others | 31 | 0.3 |
1907
BdL and conservatives named a joint candidate. According to the agreement at the provincial level, the NLP should support the candidate of the FVP. It is not known whether this took place due to the minor importance of NLP in the constituency. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,033 and the number of votes cast 18,406, of which 32 were invalid. The turnout was 76.6%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zenthöfer | FVP | 1569 | 8.6 | |
Hermann Kreth | German Conservative Party | 16,135 | 87.8 | |
Hugo Haase | SPD | 645 | 3.6 | |
Others | 25th | 0.1 |
1912
BdL and conservatives named a joint candidate. The NLP candidate was supported by the farmers' union. There was a ballot. The number of eligible voters was 25,153 and the number of votes cast was 20,974, of which 57 were invalid. The turnout was 83.4%.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Borowski | NLP | 6190 | 29.6 | |
Hermann Kreth | German Conservative Party | 14.003 | 66.9 | |
Johann Franz | SPD | 705 | 3.4 | |
Others | 19th | 0.1 |
literature
- Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 46–48.
- Fritz Specht: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903: statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the parties' programs and a list of the elected representatives, 2nd edition 1904, pp. 9-10.