Reichstag constituency, Koenigsberg district 3

The constituency of the German Reich.

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

Constituency layout

The constituency comprised the urban district of Königsberg in Prussia excluding the former rural communities of Ponarth , Tragheinesdorf , Vorderhufen and the former manor districts of Karolinenhof , Mühlenhof , Neue Bleiche , Rosenau , Löbenicht'scher Ziegelhof as well as parts of the communities Schönfließ , Lawsken , Kalthof and Mittelhufen and parts of the manor districts of Amalienau , Groß-Rathshof , Liep and Speichersdorf .

Population development

year	Residents
1890	161,666
1895	172,796
1900	189,483
1905	201.243
1910	212.126

Professional men

	Agriculture	Industry and commerce	Trade and services
1895	1.3	37.6	61.1
1907	2.1	42.0	55.8

Denomination

	Evangelical	Catholic
1890	92.6	4.3
1905	91.7	4.7
1910	91.4	5.0

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Reichstag election February 1867 to 1871	Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein	Conservative
Reichstag elections 1871 to 1878	Julius Dickert	Progress party	0
Reichstag election from 1878 to 1881	Otto Stellter	German Reich Party	0
Reichstag elections 1881 to 1887	Julius Otto Ludwig Möller	Progress party	0
Reichstag election from 1887 to 1890	Hermann Theodor Hoffmann	NLP	0
Reichstag election from 1890 to 1897	Carl Schultze	SPD	0
Supplementary election from 1897 to 1907	Hugo Haase	SPD
Reichstag election 1907 to 1912	Robert Gyßling	Liberal People's Party	0
Reichstag election 1912 to 1918	Hugo Haase	SPD

elections

1867 (February)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein	Conservative	6629	0	0

1867 (August)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein	Conservative	6352	0	0
	F.	6086	0	0
Others	0	16	0	0

Replacement election 1867 (December)

The election of August 1867 was declared invalid on September 18, 1867 and there was a replacement election on December 18, 1867. There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein	Conservative	5790	0	0
	F.	4724	0	0

1871

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	1370	0	0
	NLP	1524	0	0
Julius Dickert	Progress party	3904	0	0
	SPD (ice.)	303	0	0
Others	0	13	0	0

1874

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	Conservative	1343	0	0
Julius Dickert	Progress party	3818	0	0
	SPD (ice.)	1365	0	0
Others	0	17th	0	0

1877

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

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	NL	3100	0	0
Julius Dickert	Progress party	4409	0	0
	center	254	0	0
	SPD (ice.)	2066	0	0
Others	0	19th	0	0

The result of the runoff election was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	NL	3895	0	0
Julius Dickert	Progress party	6659	0	0

1878

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Otto Stellter	German Reich Party	7772	0	0
	Progress party	5351	0	0
	center	228	0	0
	SPD (ice.)	1108	0	0
Others	0	8th	0	0

1881

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	NLP	2142	0	0
Julius Otto Ludwig Möller	Progress party	12,851	0	0
	center	197	0	0
	SPD	248	0	0
Others	0	10	0	0

1884

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 28,191 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 15,824 of which 97 were invalid. The turnout was 56.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	conservative	3799	0	0
Julius Otto Ludwig Möller	Progress party	7661	0	0
	SPD	4351	0	0
Others	0	13	0	0

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 15,450 of which 45 were invalid. The turnout was 55.0%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	SPD	6426	0	0
Julius Otto Ludwig Möller	Progress party	9024	0	0

1887

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 29,135 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 21,823 of which 47 were invalid. The turnout was 75.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Hermann Theodor Hoffmann	NL	7408	0	0
	Progress party	6427	0	0
August Godau	SPD	7987	0	Master locksmith August Godau (1853–1887)
Others	0	1	0	0

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 22,748 of which 167 were invalid. The turnout was 78.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
	SPD	10,280	0	0
Hermann Theodor Hoffmann	NLP	12,468	0	0

1890

The cartel parties had agreed on a candidate for the NLP. The center supported the free-spirited candidate.

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 31,538 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 25,119 of which 35 were invalid. The turnout was 79.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Hermann Theodor Hoffmann	NL	5680	22.7	0
Paper triangle	Freeness	6725	26.8	0
Carl Schultze	SPD	12,370	49.3	0
Others	0	3	0.0	0

In the runoff election, the NLP and Conservatives supported Papendieck. The number of votes cast in the runoff was 25,787 of which 34 were invalid. The turnout was 81.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Carl Schultze	SPD	13,138	51.0	0
Paper triangle	Freeness	12,615	49.0	0

1893

The cartel parties had agreed on a candidate for the NLP. The basis of the agreement was Krause's promise to support the military bill.

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 31,158 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 24,277, of which 38 were invalid. The turnout was 77.9%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Krause	NL	5952	24.6	0
Paper triangle	Liberal People's Party	7296	30.1	0
Carl Schultze	SPD	10,968	44.2	0
Others	0	23	0.1	0

The number of votes cast in the runoff was 23,779 of which 193 were invalid. The turnout was 76.3%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Carl Schultze	SPD	13,136	55.7	0
Paper triangle	Freeness	10,450	44.3	0

Supplementary election 1897

After Schultze's death, a supplementary election became necessary. The Conservatives did without their own candidate and supported the candidate of the German Reform Party. In the supplementary election in 1897, only one ballot took place. The number of eligible voters was 35,259 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 23,175 of which 37 were invalid. The turnout was 65.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Krause	NLP	4050	17.5	0
Papendiek	FVP	5008	21.6	0
Störmer	DR	2161	9.3	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	11,914	51.5	0
Others	0	5	0	0

1898

At the provincial level, the Liberal People's Party and the Liberal Association had reached a constituency agreement. The FVP named Director Krieger in the constituency as a candidate, but received no support from the FVg. Instead, the latter set up the secret commercial councilor Frentzel, who was also supported by NLP and conservatives, as its own candidate. The FVP insisted on its right to nominate by constituency agreement, the FVg considered Frentzel to be the more promising candidate and stuck to him. Since there was no agreement, both ran.

There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 36,730 and the number of votes cast in the first round of voting 25,969 of which 41 were invalid. The turnout was 70.7%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
warrior	FVP	5814	22.4	0
Adolf Frentzel	FVg	5828	22.5	0
Schumann	DSR	421	1.6	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	13,522	52.1	0
Hille	center	326	1.3	0
Others	0	17th	0.1	0

1903

In contrast to the last election, the two free-thinking parties managed to agree on a common candidate from the FVP. This also received the support of the NLP. The Conservatives put up a member of the Reich Party as a candidate.

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 39,522 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 28,508 of which 111 were invalid. The turnout was 72.1%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Robert Gyßling	FVP	10,537	37.1	0
Barren	conservative	3213	11.3	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	14,042	49.4	0
butcher	center	591	2.1	0
Others	0	14th	0.1	0

In the runoff election, the conservatives support the left-wing liberal candidate. The number of votes cast in the runoff was 32,255 of which 89 were invalid. The turnout was 81.6%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Robert Gyßling	FVP	15,597	48.5	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	16,569	51.5	0

1907

The candidate of the Bülow block was the joint candidate of the NLP, FVP, FVg and the Conservatives. The center also supported him. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 42,929 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 37,122, of which 133 were invalid. The turnout was 86.5%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Robert Gyßling	FVP	19,663	53.2	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	17,321	46.8	0
Others	0	5	0.0	0

1912

According to the constituency agreement at the provincial level, the NLP supported the joint free-thinking candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 47,369 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 38,266, of which 167 were invalid. The turnout was 80.8%.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Behrens	CS	154	0.4	0
Robert Gyßling	FoVP	16,283	42.8	0
Barren	conservative	1336	3.5	0
Hugo Haase	SPD	19,701	51.7	0
butcher	center	619	1.6	0
Others	0	6th	0.0	0

literature

• Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 12-16.
• Fritz Specht: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903: a statistic of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of elected representatives, 2nd edition 1904, pp. 2-3.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Matull: East Germany's workers' movement; 1973, p. 318