The constituency of the German Reich.
The Reichstag constituency Province East Prussia - Administrative Region Königsberg 4 (constituency 4; constituency Fischhausen-Königsberg-Land ) 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 Fischhausen and the district of Königsberg i. In addition, the constituency of the district of Labiau included the estate districts Julienhöhe and Willmanns and of the urban district Königsberg in Prussia the former rural communities Ponarth , Tragheinesdorf , Vorderhufen and the former estate districts Karolinenhof , Mühlenhof , Neue Bleiche , Rosenau , Löbenicht'scher Ziegelhof and parts of the communities Schönfließ'scher Ziegelhof , Lawsken , Kalthof and Mittelhufen and parts of the manor districts of Amalienau , Groß-Rathshof , Liep and Speichersdorf .
Population development
year |
Residents
|
1890 |
106,934
|
1895 |
110.297
|
1900 |
115.268
|
1905 |
120,543
|
1910 |
128,465
|
Professional men
|
Agriculture |
Industry and commerce |
Trade and services
|
1895 |
65.0 |
17.7 |
17.3
|
1907 |
50.2 |
24.5 |
25.3
|
Denomination
|
Evangelical |
Catholic
|
1890 |
97.7 |
1.0
|
1905 |
97.0 |
1.3
|
1910 |
96.4 |
1.7
|
MPs
elections
1867 (February)
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Otto Karl von Hüllessem-Meerscheidt |
Conservative |
8920 |
0 |
0
|
1867 (August)
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Otto Karl von Hüllessem-Meerscheidt |
Conservative |
5850 |
0 |
0
|
1871
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Otto Karl von Hüllessem-Meerscheidt |
Conservative |
4856 |
0 |
0
|
|
F. |
3077 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
63 |
0 |
0
|
1874
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Alfred Siegfried |
NLP |
4623 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0
|
Substitute election 1876
After Siegfried resigned his mandate for health reasons, a replacement election was necessary on April 24, 1876. There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Anton von der Goltz |
Conservative |
3443 |
0 |
0
|
|
NLP |
3407 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
25th |
0 |
0
|
1877
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Otto Tortilowicz from Batocki-Friebe |
Conservative |
4645 |
0 |
0
|
|
NLP |
3723 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
57 |
0 |
0
|
1878
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Otto Tortilowicz from Batocki-Friebe |
Conservative |
6374 |
0 |
0
|
|
NLP |
3066 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
104 |
0 |
0
|
1881
There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
August von Dönhoff |
Conservative |
5899 |
0 |
0
|
|
F. |
5416 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
14th |
0 |
0
|
1884
The number of eligible voters was 20,141 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 12,348, of which 38 were invalid. The turnout was 61.5%. There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
August von Dönhoff |
Conservative |
7527 |
0 |
0
|
|
F. |
4699 |
0 |
0
|
|
SPD |
119 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0
|
1887
The number of eligible voters was 20,516 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 13,364, of which 51 were invalid. The turnout was 65.4%. There was only one ballot.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
August von Dönhoff |
Conservative |
10,977 |
0 |
0
|
|
F. |
2187 |
0 |
0
|
|
SPD |
187 |
0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0
|
1890
The cartel parties agreed on a conservative candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 20,683 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 12,780, of which 66 were invalid. The turnout was 61.8%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Bold |
DF |
3171 |
24.9 |
0
|
August von Dönhoff |
conservative |
7199 |
59.6 |
0
|
Carl Schultze |
SPD |
2270 |
17.9 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
74 |
0.6 |
0
|
1893
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,441 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 14,931, of which 77 were invalid. The turnout was 69.6%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Bold |
DVP |
1304 |
8.8 |
0
|
August von Dönhoff |
conservative |
9119 |
61.4 |
0
|
Schultze |
SPD |
4400 |
29.6 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
31 |
0.2 |
0
|
1898
After Dönhoff had voted in the Reichstag for the Russian trade treaties, he was advised to leave the conservative faction. Therefore, the Conservatives and the BdL nominated Dohna wound sheets in this election. Dönhoff was nominated by moderate conservatives and supporters of the DR. According to the provincial agreement of the two free-thinking parties, an FVP candidate was agreed. There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 22,805 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 15,526, of which 139 were invalid. The turnout was 68.1%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Dohna wound sheet |
BdL |
3739 |
24.3 |
0
|
Knischewski |
FVP |
301 |
2.0 |
0
|
August von Dönhoff |
conservative |
4636 |
30.1 |
0
|
Fast |
SPD |
6616 |
43.0 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
95 |
0.6 |
0
|
In the runoff election, Freisinn and BdL voted for Dönhoff. The number of votes cast in the runoff was 17,207, of which 79 were invalid. The turnout was 75.5%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
August von Dönhoff |
conservative |
9715 |
56.7 |
0
|
Fast |
SPD |
7413 |
43.3 |
0
|
1903
In contrast to the last election, the BdL supported the conservative candidate "for patriotic reasons", even though it was criticized for having left the BlD. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 23,706 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 18,644, of which 73 were invalid. The turnout was 78.6%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Lichtenstein |
FVP |
1195 |
6.4 |
0
|
Richard at Dohna-Schlobitten |
conservative |
9729 |
52.4 |
0
|
Otto Braun |
SPD |
7599 |
40.9 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
48 |
0.3 |
0
|
1907
BdL and conservatives agreed on a common candidate for the conservatives. The NLP and the FVP put up a joint FVP candidate who announced that he would not join any parliamentary group after the election. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 24,416 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 21,288, of which 84 were invalid. The turnout was 87.2%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Richard at Dohna-Schlobitten |
conservative |
14,643 |
69.1 |
0
|
Otto Braun |
SPD |
5316 |
25.1 |
0
|
Dombrowski |
Independent applicant |
1214 |
5.7 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
31 |
0.1 |
0
|
1912
According to the provincial agreement, the NLP and FoVP agreed on the candidate of the FoVP. There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 27,415 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot was 22,822, of which 66 were invalid. The turnout was 83.2%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Franz Bartschat |
FoVP |
7078 |
31.1 |
0
|
Richard at Dohna-Schlobitten |
conservative |
9358 |
41.1 |
0
|
Albert Borowski |
SPD |
6271 |
27.6 |
0
|
Others |
0 |
46 |
0.2 |
0
|
In the runoff election, Freisinn and BdL voted for Dönhoff. The number of votes cast in the runoff was 22,350, of which 71 were invalid. The turnout was 81.5%.
candidate |
Political party |
be right |
in % |
Remarks
|
Franz Bartschat |
FoVP |
12.112 |
54.4 |
0
|
Richard at Dohna-Schlobitten |
conservative |
10.167 |
44.6 |
0
|
literature
- Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 16-19.
- 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, pp. 3-4.
Reichstag constituencies in East Prussia
Koenigsberg administrative region:
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
Gumbinnen administrative region:
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7th