Map S.2.8     Landtag Constituencies in Saxony (urban), 1868–1909

 

 

Note: These urban contstituencies for Saxon Landtag elections were legislated in the suffrage reform of 1868. In the Landtag elections of June 1869, all 80 mandates in the Saxon Landtag were contested. Thereafter, one-third of mandates were contested every two years, according to the rhythm indicated here with color coding. Another suffrage reform in 1896 changed the way votes were cast and counted, although constituency boundaries were not changed until another suffrage reform in 1909. In 1892 two consituencies were added to Leipzigs existing three. See the text of Red Saxony for an explanation of how these constituencies were constructed. After each constituency name, the figure in parentheses indicates the number of towns or cities included in each one. See also Wolfgang Schröder, Landtagswahlen im Königreich Sachsen 1869 bis 1895/1896. Mit einem Exkurs zum Dreiklassen- und Pluralwahlrecht 1896/97 bis 1909/1918. Beiheft zur Karte D IV 3, Atlas zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Sachsen (Leipzig and Dresden, 2004).

 

Source: Philologisch-historische Klasse der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig in Verbindung mit dem Landesvermessungsamt Sachsen, ed., Landtagswahlen im Königreich Sachsen 1869–1895/96. Karte D IV 3, Atlas zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Sachsen (Dresden, 2002). Adapted by James Retallack.

 

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