Reichstag constituency, Koenigsberg district 10

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency province of East Prussia - administrative district Königsberg 10 (constituency 10; constituency Rastenburg-Gerdauen-Friedland ) was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire and the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1918.

Constituency layout

The constituency comprised the district of Gerdauen , the district of Rastenburg and the district of Friedland .

Population development

year	Residents
1890	121.263
1895	122,879
1900	120,246
1905	121,790
1910	122,723

Professional men

	Agriculture	Industry and commerce	Trade and services
1895	72.0	16.8	11.1
1907	65.2	19.9	14.9

Denomination

	Evangelical	Catholic
1890	96.7	2.4
1905	95.4	3.7
1910	95.0	4.1

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Reichstag election February 1867 to 1874	Max von Romberg	Conservative Party	0
Reichstag election 1874 to 1877	Johannes Neumann	NLP	0
Reichstag election 1877 to 1881	Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative Party
Reichstag elections 1881 to 1884	Raimund Behrend	German Progressive Party	0
Reichstag election 1884 to 1893	Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative Party
Reichstag election 1893 to 1898	Hermann Steppuhn	German Conservative Party	0
Reichstag elections 1898 to 1902	Clemens von Klinckowstroem	German Conservative Party
Substitute election 1902 to 1912	Bernhard von Pressentin	German Conservative Party	0
Reichstag election 1912 to 1918	Hans Joachim von Brederlow	German Conservative Party

elections

1867 (February)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Max von Romberg	Conservative	12,740	0	0

1867 (August)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Max von Romberg	Conservative	9202	0	0

1871

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Max von Romberg	Conservative	6548	0	0
	NLP	2778	0	0
	NLP	181	0	0
	SPD	27	0	0
Others	0	26th	0	0

1874

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

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	5374	0	0
Johannes Neumann	NLP	3349	0	0
	F.	2597	0	0
Others	0	75	0	0

The result of the runoff election was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	6072	0	0
Johannes Neumann	NLP	6388	0	0

1877

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	7656	0	0
	NLP	2350	0	0
	F.	3867	0	0
Others	0	11	0	0

1878

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	9217	0	0
	NLP	92	0	0
	F.	5046	0	0
	center	39	0	0
Others	0	16	0	0

Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode's mandate ended on June 13, 1851 when he was appointed district administrator. A replacement election did not take place.

1881

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

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	8029	0	0
Raimund Behrend	German Progressive Party	8003	0	0
	center	154	0	0
Others	0	2	0	0

The result of the runoff election was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	8802	0	0
Raimund Behrend	German Progressive Party	10,359	0	0

1884

There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,462 and the number of votes cast 17,568, of which 34 were invalid. The turnout was 72.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	9770	0	0
	F.	7796	0	0
Others	0	2	0	0

1887

There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,322 and the number of votes cast 16,861, of which 35 were invalid. The turnout was 59.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	12,175	0	0
	F.	4524	0	0
	center	122	0	0
Others	0	40	0	0

1890

The cartel parties NLP and Conservatives support the conservative candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,600 and the number of votes cast 16,822, of which 37 were invalid. The turnout was 71.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Winkler	DF	7138	42.5	0
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	8978	53.5	0
Carl Schultze	SPD	637	3.8	0
Others	0	32	0.2	0

Supplementary elections 1891

After Stolberg's appointment as chief president, there was a replacement election on November 18, 1891 due to his temporary incompatibility . There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,676 and the number of votes cast 16,736, of which 59 were invalid. The turnout was 70.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Paper triangle	DF	7152	42.9	0
Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode	Conservative	9075	54.4	0
Carl Schultze	SPD	448	2.7	0
Others	0	2	0.0	0

1893

Steppuhn stood as a joint candidate of the Conservatives and the BdL. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,612 and the number of votes cast 15,878, of which 46 were invalid. The turnout was 67.2%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Feyer	FVP	4147	26.2	0
Hermann Steppuhn	Conservative	10,938	69.1	0
Ernst Ebhardt	SPD	660	4.2	0
Others	0	38	0.2	0

1898

Clemens von Klinckowstroem ran as a joint candidate for the Conservatives and the BdL. The FVg supported the candidate of the FVP. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,566 and the number of votes cast 15,512, of which 70 were invalid. The turnout was 65.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Engelbrecht	FVP	2845	18.4	0
Clemens von Klinckowstroem	German Conservative Party	9131	59.1	0
brown	SPD	3263	38.8	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	50	0.3	0
Herrmann	center	122	0.8	0
Others	0	31	0.2	0

Substitute election 1902

After the death of Klinckowstroems, there was a replacement election on March 18, 1902. Conservatives and BdL again named a joint candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,448 and the number of votes cast 17,754, of which 52 were invalid. The turnout was 75.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Dultz	FVP	4773	27.0	0
Bernhard von Pressentin	German Conservative Party	9716	54.9	0
Ernst Ebhardt	SPD	3206	18.1	0
Others	0	7th	0.0	0

1903

The conservatives initially nominated the manor owner Rautter as a joint candidate for the conservatives and the BdL. However, the BdL shop stewards' meeting rejected this and named Hellbardt as a candidate. However, since he was an NLP member, the Conservatives named the press again as a conservative candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,017 and the number of votes cast 17,436, of which 69 were invalid. The turnout was 72.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
end of working day	FVP	4271	24.6	0
Bernhard von Pressentin	German Conservative Party	9007	51.9	0
Hellbardt	NLP	598	3.4	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	3297	19.0	0
	center	155	0.9	0
Others	0	39	0.2	0

1907

Conservatives and BdL agreed on the conservative candidate, who was also supported by the center. NLP and FVP put forward a common candidate for the FVP. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,054 and the number of votes cast was 19,868, of which 59 were invalid. The turnout was 82.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Lichtenstein	FVP	3334	16.8	0
Bernhard von Pressentin	German Conservative Party	14,141	71.4	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	2304	11.6	0
Others	0	30th	0.2	0

1912

The center supported the conservative candidate. NLP and FoVP put forward a joint FoVP candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,235 and the number of votes cast 21,010, of which 48 were invalid. The turnout was 86.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Mouth	FoVP	3334	16.8	0
Hans Joachim von Brederlow	German Conservative Party	11,404	54.4	0
Marchionini	SPD	1703	8.1	0
Others	0	51	0.3	0

literature

• Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 33–36.
• Fritz Specht: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903: statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives, 2nd edition 1904, p. 7.