Constituency

Popu-

Urban

Eligible

Valid

Turn-

Candidates (Winners Underlined)

lation

Pop.

voters

votes

out

1880

1880

1877

cast

rate

Conservatives

National Liberals

Progressives

Social Democrats

(%)

1877

(%)

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1: Zittau

109,058

42

22,710

13,898

61.6

Pfeiffer, Julius

6,047

Fränkel, Günther

6,630

Keller, Hugo

1,202

(run-off ballot)

22,710

17,643

78.0

Pfeiffer

8,989

Fränkel

8,654

2: Löbau

106,194

28

22,051

7,452

34.0

Roscher, Karl

2,171

Frühauf, Carl

4,466

Hähnel, Rudolph

682

zur Lippe, Count

27

3: Bautzen-Kamenz

126,024

33

24,891

12,298

49.6

Reich, Theodor

8,951

Stollberg, Count zu (Z)

1,830

Keller, Hugo

1,428

Keller, Heinrich

39

4: Dresden-Neustadt

151,103

57

26,685

12,462

47.3

Schwarze, Friedrich von

6,899

Mayhoff, Carl

28

Liebknecht, W.

5,411

Käuffer, Hugo

46

5: Dresden-Altstadt

153,133

100

29,103

17,347

60.1

Käuffer, Hugo

3,967

Mayhoff, Carl

4,375

Minckwitz, Eduard

2,023

Bebel, August

6,940

(run-off ballot)

29,103

20,760

72.3

Mayhoff

9,925

Bebel

10,835

6: Dresden-County

140,935

27

27,091

11,599

43.4

Ackermann, Gustav

6,973

Schaffrath, Wilhelm

676

Auer, Ignaz

3,880

7: Meißen

112,676

31

21,584

14,052

65.5

Richter, Gustav

7,079

Nauert, Gottlob

5,241

Scheller

1,708

8: Pirna

119,607

36

23,422

10,431

44.9

Kappenfels, Max von

3,647

Eysoldt, Arthur

6,050

Peters

715

9: Freiberg

121,318

36

23,151

14,194

61.7

Oelschlägel, Richard von

3,913

Penzig, August

5,121

Fritzsche, Fr.

5,157

(run-off ballot)

23,151

15,428

66.9

Penzig

8,441

Fritzsche

6,987

10: Döbeln

111,988

35

22,254

14,736

66.8

Kühlhammer, Albert

4,687

Walter, August

5,528

Burckhardt, Theodor

4,504

(run-off ballot)

22,254

15,289

69.1

Kühlhammer

6,634

Walter

8,655

11: Oschatz-Grimma

107,186

28

20,051

11,307

57.3

Günther, Theodor

7,807

[illegible] (affiliation?)

40

Hadlich, Christian

3,331

Nauert, Gottlob

64

12: Leipzig-City

149,081

100

25,840

17,503

69.5

Stephani, Dr. Eduard

10,776

Hänel, Dr. Albert

1,757

Bebel, August

5,250

13: Leipzig-County

177,266

57

32,738

18,661

57.3

Haberkorn, Dr.

2,859

Wolf, Ludwig

4,502

Findel, Josef Gabriel

1,863

Demmler, Adolf

9,420

14: Borna

114,668

41

23,115

13,097

56.9

Heinrich, Karl

5,366

Scharf, Hugo

3,787

Schaffrath, Wilhelm

57

Geiser, Bruno

3,868

(run-off ballot)

23,115

15,050

65.5

Heinrich

8,226

Geiser

6,824

15: Mittweida

126,269

23

24,060

16,607

69.5

Gensel, Julius

9,031

Schaffrath, Wilhelm

234

Vahlteich, Julius

7,328

16: Chemnitz

157,254

70

30,855

22,087

71.8

Böttcher, Theodor

3,154

Duncker, Franz

6,812

Most, Johann

12,117

17: Glauchau-Meerane

121,589

57

25,872

17,214

66.9

Beck, Fritz

6,130

Bebel, August

11,041

(by-election Feb77)

25,872

19,752

76.7

Birnbaum, Karl

8,963

Bracke, Wilhelm

10,761

18: Zwickau

155,097

59

28,937

17,854

62.1

Händel, Karl

5,116

Walter, August

1,752

Motteler, Julius

10,971

19: Stollberg-Lößnitz

120,873

34

23,710

13,865

58.9

Uhlmann, Karl Albin

6,600

Liebknecht, W.

7,256

20: Marienberg

119,236

31

22,526

10,697

47.6

Höfer, Friedrich

1,901

Brockhaus, Eduard

3,838

Wiemer, Philipp

4,928

(run-off ballot)

22,526

14,503

64.6

Brockhaus

8,617

Wiemer

5,886

21: Annaberg

115,063

38

20,126

8,535

42.7

Breitfeld, Guido

3,578

Holtzmann, Eugen

3,787

[illegible], Dr.

283

Wiemer, Philipp

800

Höfer, Friedrich

65

(run-off ballot)

20,126

12,549

62.6

Breitfeld

6,035

Holtzmann

6,514

22: Auerbach

126,450

45

24,242

15,957

66.2

Trützschler, Conrad von

3,045

Dietel, Franz

4,745

Auer, Ignaz

8,164

23: Plauen

130,717

45

24,016

13,679

57.3

Meusel, Otto Theodor

4,624

Krause, Carl

4,121

Neisser, Max

4,923

(run-off ballot)

24,016

15,050

63.0

Meusel

9,257

Neisser

5,793

Notes: Spoiled ballots and those cast for candidates receiving 25 or fewer votes are included in the turnout rates (col. 5) taken from ZSStLA (1908), Tabelle B.

All candidates receiving more than 25 votes (cols. 6-13) are listed in Sächsische Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Ministerium des Innern (MdI), Nr. 865e and Phillips, Reichstags-Wahlen.

Urban population (col. 2) was calculated from Phillips, Reichstags-Wahlen, and includes persons living in communities of over 2,000 inhabitants.

In 3: Bautzen-Kamenz, Cigarrenarbeiter Hugo Keller-Görlitz and Cigarrenarbeiter Heinrich Keller (Görlitz) are most likely the same person.

Sources: Sächsische Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Ministerium des Innern (MdI), Nr. 865e; ZSStLA 54, no. 2 (1908): 171-80; Specht/Schwabe, Reichstagswahlen, 218-34; Phillips, Reichstags-Wahlen, 135-46; Liebscher, Sachsen.