Figure S.2.2     Reichstag Constituency Contests in Saxony, 12 February 1867

 

 

Constituency

Pop.

% Pop.

Eligible

Votes

Known Candidates (Winners Underlined)

1867

Urban

Electors

Cast

(>2000)

1871

1867

Conservatives

Liberals

Socialists

Other

(000s)

1880

(Est.)

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1: Zittau

100

42%

22,705

15,823

Haberkorn

?

Riedel

8,449

Pfeiffer (Cons)

?

2: Löbau

101

28%

20,229

15,537

v. Thielau

7,783

Mosig v. Aehrenfeld (NL)

7,679

Vahlteich (SVP)

?

3: Bautzen

111

33%

21,746

14,777

v. Salza

13,299

Fahnauer

4: Dresden-New City

109

57%

19,978

13,433

Schwarze

10,180

Schaffrath

2,871

Försterling (Las)

257

5: Dresden-Old City

109

100%

22,381

14,279

Tauberth

5,259

Wigard

8,251

Försterling (Las)

531

??

538

6: Dresden County

101

27%

19,791

12,521

v. Berg

?

Schaffrath

9,031

Auerswald (Las)

655

7: Meißen

100

31%

18,644

13,552

v. Zehmen

9,064

Rentzsch

?

Riha (Las)

400

8: Pirna

101

36%

20,149

14,476

Reuning

7,584

Schreck

6,892

9: Freiberg

111

36%

21,360

12,646

Sachße

6,365

Kugler

?

Försterling (Las)

3,081

10: Döbeln

104

35%

19,399

14,785

v. Oehmichen

11,750

Niethammer

?

11: Oschatz-Grimma

100

28%

17,827

13,293

Günther

11,024

Rose; Dietel

?

12: Leipzig City

91

100%

19,113

9,159

v. Wächter

3,288

Stephani (NL)

4,307

Wuttke (Pr / SVP)

355

Würkert (Las)

951

(Run-off ballot)

9,937

v. Wächter

5,434

Stephani

4,503

13: Leipzig County

114

57%

23,399

11,174

Gerber

6,378

Joseph (NL) / Wuttke (SVP)

?

Fritzsche (Las)

?

Frese (Prog)

3,116

14: Borna

105

41%

20,721

14,355

Gebert

11,539

Meischner

2,730

15: Mittweida

108

23%

21,132

14,775

Haberkorn

8,065

Jungnickel

?

16: Chemnitz

109

70%

24,488

14,870

Friedrich

1,805

Rewitzer

9,198

Weiß (Las)

2,586

Pornitz (NL)

871

17: Glauchau-Meerane

106

57%

22,847

13,609

Martini

2,536

Stauß (Prog)

2,753

Bebel (SVP)

6,376

Other

34

v. Wirsing

1,082

Uhle (NL)

622

Fritzsche (Las)

206

(Run-off ballot)

12,203

Stauß

4,281

Bebel

7,922

18: Zwickau

113

59%

22,857

14,845

Uhde

2,119

Streit (Prog)

5,515

Schraps (SVP)

6,970

(Run-off ballot)

14,121

5,907

Schraps

8,071

19: Stollberg

101

34%

18,275

11,523

z. Lippe-Thum

4,127

Minckwitz

3,304

Liebknecht (SVP)

2,996

(Run-off ballot)

10,346

z. Lippe-Thum

4,062

Minckwitz

6,284

20: Marienberg

107

31%

19,502

13,118

v. Einsiedel

?

Evans

7,788

21: Annaberg

103

38%

15,668

10,751

Herbig

7,399

Stauß

?

22: Auerbach

108

45%

20,938

12,536

Seiler

2,825

Heubner (Pastor)

9,667

23: Plauen

109

45%

19,725

12,758

Braun

7,921

Heubner (Buchhalter)

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

2,421

472,874

308,595

Conservatives

141,392

Liberals

97,325

Socialists

33,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: NL = National Liberal. Prog = Progressive. SVP = Saxon People’s Party. Las = Lassallean. Conflicts in the sources have been reconciled as far as possible.

 

Sources: Sächsische Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Ministerium des Innern (MdI), Nr. 5375; Phillips, Reichstagswahlen; Specht/Schwabe, Reichstagswahlen; Pollmann, Parlamentarismus; Pollmann, “Arbeiterwahlen”; Borrmann, “Arbeiterbewegung”; Schröder, “Grunde”; Schröder, “Wahlkämpfe”; Schröder, “Wahlrecht”; and contemporary newspapers.

 


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