Figure S.12.3     Profile of Landtag Electors and Voters, by Occupation and Age, in 1: Zittau, 1909

 

	Independents in					Civil Servants, Clergy, Teachers, Pensioners
Age	Agriculture	Industry	Trade	Salaried Employees	Workers		Free Professions	Without Profession	Total
Enfranchised Electors
Age 25-50	150	694	412	551	1,839	1,080	90	24	4,840
Age 50+	100	498	298	102	586	619	44	426	2,673
Total	250	1,192	710	653	2,425	1,699	134	450	7,513
Main Ballot
Age 25-50	115	572	339	465	1,542	972	83	17	4,105
Age 50+	90	421	242	90	502	573	38	347	2,303
Total	205	993	581	555	2,044	1,545	121	364	6,408
Run-off Ballot
Age 25-50	122	592	325	449	1,372	959	84	17	3,920
Age 50+	82	425	248	90	492	566	39	356	2,298
Total	204	1,017	573	539	1,864	1,525	123	373	6,218

 

Source: Compiled from data in [Eugen Würzburger], “Die Wahlen für die Zweite Kammer der Ständeversammlung vom Oktober und November 1909,” Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistischen Landesamts [ZSSL] 58, no. 2 (1912): 279. The complete statistical report on the Saxon Landtag election of 1909 is found in Die Wahlen für die Zweite Kammer der Ständeversammlung vom Oktober und November 1909. Sonderabdruck aus der “Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistischen Landesamts,” ed. Eugen Würzburger (Dresden, 1910), originally published as “Wahlen … 1909, Erster Teil,” ZSSL 55 (1909): 220-43; “… Erster Teil (Schluß),” ZSSL 57, no. 1 (1911): 1-168; “… Zweiter Teil” and “… Zweiter Teil (Schluß),” ZSSL 58, no. 2 (1912): 259-331. Some figures calculated by the author. Totals for the main and run-off ballots include invalid ballots cast.

 

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