Lübeck state elections in the Weimar Republic
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Elections in the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Freien Hansestadt Lübeck) to its state parliament, the Bürgerschaft, during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.[1] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Bürgerschaft was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Bürgerschaft subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state.[2]
1919
[edit]The 1919 Lübeck state election was held on 9 February 1919 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19,556 | 52.46 | 42 | |
| German Democratic Party | 13,528 | 36.29 | 29 | |
| German National People's Party | 2,710 | 7.27 | 6 | |
| Landleute (Rural People) | 1,481 | 3.97 | 3 | |
| Total | 37,275 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [3] | ||||
1921
[edit]The 1921 Lübeck state election was held on 13 November 1921 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 31,073 | 48.67 | 39 | |
| Bürgerliche Parteiliste (German Democratic Party) | 19,834 | 31.06 | 25 | |
| New Landowners Association | 5,083 | 7.96 | 6 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 4,330 | 6.78 | 6 | |
| Citizens' Federation | 3,527 | 5.52 | 4 | |
| Total | 63,847 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [4] | ||||
1924
[edit]The 1924 Lübeck state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 25,254 | 34.37 | 28 | |
| Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (Reich Party of the German Middle Class) | 19,506 | 26.54 | 21 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 8,896 | 12.11 | 10 | |
| Landowners Party | 7,871 | 10.71 | 8 | |
| German Democratic Party | 6,556 | 8.92 | 7 | |
| Völkische Party | 5,402 | 7.35 | 6 | |
| Total | 73,485 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [5] | ||||
1926
[edit]The 1926 Lübeck state election was held on 14 November 1926 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanseatic People's League | 32,958 | 44.44 | 36 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 31,851 | 42.94 | 35 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 4,758 | 6.41 | 5 | |
| German Democratic Party | 1,714 | 2.31 | 2 | |
| Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation | 993 | 1.34 | 1 | |
| Centre Party | 666 | 0.90 | 1 | |
| Lübeck War Disabled and War Survivors | 643 | 0.87 | 0 | |
| Lübeck House and Landowners Association | 587 | 0.79 | 0 | |
| Total | 74,170 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [6] | ||||
1929
[edit]The 1929 Lübeck state election was held on 10 November 1929 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 33,278 | 42.39 | 34 | |
| Hanseatic People's League (included the German National People's Party) | 27,881 | 35.51 | 29 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 6,721 | 8.56 | 7 | |
| Nazi Party | 6,347 | 8.08 | 6 | |
| German Democratic Party | 2,615 | 3.33 | 2 | |
| Centre Party | 886 | 1.13 | 1 | |
| Lübeck House and Landowners Association | 782 | 1.00 | 1 | |
| Total | 78,510 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [7] | ||||
1932
[edit]The 1932 Lübeck state election was held on 13 November 1932 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 30,331 | 36.29 | 29 | |
| Nazi Party | 27,689 | 33.13 | 27 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 9,942 | 11.89 | 9 | |
| Hanseatic People's League | 5,008 | 5.99 | 5 | |
| Lübeck House and Landowners Association | 4,137 | 4.95 | 4 | |
| German National People's Party | 3,792 | 4.54 | 4 | |
| German State Party | 1,313 | 1.57 | 1 | |
| Centre Party | 765 | 0.92 | 1 | |
| Lübeck Pensioners' Association | 447 | 0.53 | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Germany | 159 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Total | 83,583 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: [8] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahlen 1919 – 1932".
- ^ Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1921". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1926". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1932". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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