Reichstag constituency district Marienwerder 2

The constituency of the German Reich.

The Reichstag constituency province West Prussia - administrative district Marienwerder 2 (constituency 24; constituency Rosenberg-Löbau ) 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 Rosenberg district in West Prussia and the Löbau district .

Population development
year	Residents
1890	101.052
1895	104,282
1900	106,848
1905	110,578
1910	113,587

Professional men
	Agriculture	Industry and commerce	Trade and services
1895	67.8	15.7	16.5,
1907	68.2	15.7	16.1

Denomination
	Evangelical	Catholic
1890	54.4	47.0
1905	49.7	49.4
1910	49.3	49.4

MPs

choice	MP	Political party	image
Reichstag election February 1867	Siegfried von Brünneck-Bellschwitz	Conservative	0
Reichstag election August 1867 to 1890	Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative
Reichstag election 1890 to 1898	Theophil Rzepnikowski	Polish faction	0
Reichstag election 1898 to 1903	Eckart von Bonin	Reich Party	0
Reichstag elections 1903 to 1907	Julius Waltz	Reich Party	0
Reichstag election 1907 to 1912	Konrad Finck von Finckenstein	Conservative	0
Reichstag elections 1912 to 1913	Johannes Zürn	Reich Party
By-election 1914 to 1918	Siegfried von Brünneck	Reich Party

elections

1867 (February)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Siegfried von Brünneck-Bellschwitz	Conservative	8567	0	0
0	Poland	6264	0	0

1867 (August)

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	6969	0	0

1871

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	6155
0	Poland	5001
Others	0	7th

1874

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	6922
0	Poland	5962
Others	0	2

1877

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	7461
0	Poland	6289
Others	0	2

1878

There was only one ballot.

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	7752
0	Poland	6009
Others	0	12

1881

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

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	4911
0	LibD	2162
0	Poland	5790
Others	0	3

The result of the runoff election was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	7177	0	0
0	Poland	5829	0	0

1884

There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 18,396 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 14,191 of which 15 were invalid. The turnout was 77.2%. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	6444
0	F.	1423
0	Poland	6322
Others	0	2

In the runoff ballot, the number of votes cast was 15,399, 11 of which were invalid. The turnout was 83.8%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	5405	0	0
0	Poland	6994	0	0

1887

There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,334 and the number of votes cast 14,011 of which 15 were invalid. The turnout was 88.3%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right
Rodrigo zu Dohna-Finckenstein	Conservative	9567
0	F.	399
0	Poland	7041
Others	0	4th

1890

There are no known constituency agreements between the parties for this election. There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 19,190 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 16,586 of which 9 were invalid. The turnout was 86.4%. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
0	Conservative	5748	34.7
0	DF	3605	21.7
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	7114	42.9
0	center	84	0.5
Others	0	26th	0.2

In the runoff ballot, the number of votes cast was 16,746, of which 57 were invalid. The turnout was 87.3%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
0	Conservative	8217	49.2	0
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	8472	50.8	0

1893

There are no known constituency agreements between the parties for the first ballot. There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 18,874 and the number of votes cast in the first ballot 15,194 of which 46 were invalid. The turnout was 80.5%. The result of the first ballot was as follows:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau	Conservative	6496	42.9
Reibnitz	FVP	1488	9.8
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	6937	45.8
Jochem	SPD	208	1.3
Others	0	19th	0.2

The local electoral association of the free-spirited People's Party called for the election of the Polish candidate in the runoff election, as he had "the reputation of political liberalism". In the runoff ballot, the number of votes cast was 15,737, of which 31 were invalid. The turnout was 83.4%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %	Remarks
Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau	Conservative	7488	47.7	0
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	8218	52.3	0

1898

The BdL wanted to propose Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau again as a candidate. The speech of District Administrator Bonin at the “German electoral assembly” of the Conservatives and the BdL met with overwhelming applause and secured him the nomination. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 19,980 and the number of votes cast 17,754 of which 23 were invalid. The turnout was 88.9%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	8054	45.4
Eckart von Bonin	Reich Party	9530	53.8
Franz Storch	SPD	111	0.6
Dear	center	32	0.2
Others	0	4th	0.0

1903

The previous mandate holder Bonin was supported by the conservatives in the Löbau district. Instead, the conservatives in the Rosenberg district supported the large landowner Hoverbeck. NLP and the liberal parties categorically rejected Hoverbeck. At a meeting of the parties mentioned on April 23, 1903, Wittergutsbesitzer Walzer was chosen as the parties' compromise candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,139 and the number of votes cast 18,632 of which 47 were invalid. The turnout was 88.1%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Theophil Rzepnikowski	Poland	8534	45.9
Julius Waltz	Reich Party	9356	50.3
Vierrether	SPD	554	3.0
0	center	120	0.7
Others	0	21st	0.1

1907

The "German parties" named Fink von Finckenstein as a common candidate. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 21,212 and the number of votes cast was 20,069, of which 33 were invalid. The turnout was 94.6%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Czarlinkski	Poland	8635	43.1
Konrad Finck von Finckenstein	Conservative	11,149	55.7
Trilse	SPD	148	0.7
Spahn	center	83	0.4
Others	0	21st	0.1

1912

The number of eligible voters was 21,703 and the number of votes cast was 20,305, of which 50 were invalid. The turnout was 93.6%. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Lamparsky	Poland	8778	43.3
Johannes Zürn	Reich Party	11,119	54.9
Neumann	SPD	309	1.5
Spahn	center	35	0.2
Others	0	14th	0.1

By-election 1914

After the death of Johannes Zürn, a replacement election took place on January 21, 1914. The result was the following:

candidate	Political party	be right	in %
Raszkowski	Poland	8146	41.6
Siegfried von Brünneck	Reich Party	11,434	58.3
Others	0	28	0.1

literature

Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 84–88.
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. 17-18.