Figure S.6.1     Reichstag Constituency Contests in Saxony, 15 June 1893

 

 

 

Constituency

 

 

 

Population

 

 

Males in agriculture

 

 

Rural population

Eligible voters

Valid votes cast

Turnout rate

Anti-SPD unity?

Candidates (Winners Underlined)

(no.)

(%)

(%)

(no.)

(no.)

(%)

(1890)

(1895)

(1900)

Conservatives

National Liberals

Antisemites

Left Liberals

 

Social Democrats

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

Candidates

Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

 

 

7

8

 

9

10

 

11

12

 

13

14

 

15

16

1: Zittau

114,631

21.0

41.1

24,747

19,388

78.4

No

Wäntig, Paul

7,655

Buddeberg, Heinrich

6,068

Keller, Hugo

5,659

(run-off)

19,624

79.5

Wäntig, Paul

8,937

Buddeberg, Heinrich

10,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2: Löbau

109,814

32.7

53.4

24,399

17,052

70.1

No

Hoffmann, Reinhold

1,658

Zimmermann, Oswald

6,318

Herzog, Friedrich

4,598

Postelt, Reinhold

4,466

(run-off)

17,795

73.2

Zimmermann, Oswald

7,795

Herzog, Friedrich

10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3: Bautzen

135,296

42.2

48.1

28,783

20,547

71.6

No

Lippe, Ferdinand zu

5,685

Gräfe, Emil Heinrich

10,572

Schmidt, [Gustav]

116

Höppner, Friedrich

3,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4: Dresden-New City

190,756

14.7

25.6

40,761

34,588

85.1

No

Rosenhagen, Martin

8,667

Klemm, Friedrich

11,151

Träger, Albert

327

Kaden, August

14,420

(run-off)

34,740

85.5

Klemm, Friedrich

19,550

15,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5: Dresden-Old City

192,322

1.8

0.0

41,976

35,671

85.3

No

Wetzlich, Eduard

6,127

Zimmermann, Oswald

13,805

Vollrath, Karl

673

Gradnauer, Georg

15,035

(run-off)

36,046

86.2

Zimmermann, Oswald

19,857

Gradnauer, Georg

16,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6: Dresden-County

171,289

19.7

27.7

38,212

32,341

84.8

No

Förster, Bernhard

4,864

Hänichen, Oskar

11,780

Horn, Georg

15,650

(run-off)

33,980

89.2

Hänichen, Oskar

17,037

Horn, Georg

16,943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7: Meißen

128,391

43.3

55.0

28,155

22,546

80.3

No

Mehnert, Paul

6,268

Lieber, Heinrich

7,692

Träger, Albert

164

Goldstein, Hermann

8,410

(run-off)

22,233

79.3

Lieber, Heinrich

13,344

Goldstein, Hermann

8,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8: Pirna

131,547

34.1

60.1

27,358

20,879

76.5

No

Höhnerbach, Josef

1,139

Lotze, Carl

7,805

Eysoldt, Arthur

3,939

Fräßdorf, Karl

7,989

(run-off)

22,157

81.3

Lotze, Carl

12,429

Fräßdorf, Karl

9,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9: Freiberg

126,986

32.8

53.8

26,879

21,046

78.5

No

Merbach, Kurt

8,391

Schubert, Max

4,921

Virchow, Rudolph

37

Schulze, Ernst

7,693

(run-off)

20,849

78.1

Merbach, Kurt

11,932

Schulze, Ernst

8,917

10: Döbeln

119,503

33.9

53.6

24,855

19,840

80.2

No

Sachße, Bernhard

9,292

Niethammer, Albert

1,078

Schmidt, Gustav

1,646

Grünberg, Carl

7,818

(run-off)

19,942

80.8

Sachße, B. (guest)

10,919

Grünberg, Carl

9,023

11: Oschatz-Grimma

117,609

47.7

58.5

24,176

19,966

83.0

Yes

Hauffe, Friedrich

10,996

Bruck, Leopold

700

Buchheim, Julius

1,099

Thiele, Adolf

7,164

12: Leipzig-City

179,689

1.4

0.0

37,425

30,404

81.4

No

Hasse, Ernst

10,826

Enke, Otto

7,077

Richter, Eugen

698

Pinkau, Johann Karl

11,784

(run-off)

30,464

82.0

Hasse, Ernst (guest)

16,241

Pinkau, Johann Karl

14,223

13: Leipzig-County

279,718

11.8

15.0

62,730

52,336

83.6

No

Blum, Hans

9,143

Liebermann v. S, Max

9,146

Richter, Eugen

625

Geyer, Friedrich

33,349

14: Borna

121,818

41.1

57.4

25,419

19,233

76.2

Yes

Frege, Arnold von

10,605

Langhammer, Max

2,283

Stolle, Heinrich

6,341

15: Mittweida

145,227

24.0

43.6

29,995

25,367

85.2

Yes

Ulrich, Eduard

12,532

Schmidt, Albert

12,817

16: Chemnitz

223,335

5.0

12.7

47,017

38,309

81.6

No

André, Heinrich

9,321

Klemm, Alfred

4,955

Protze, Carl

735

Schippel, Max

23,296

17: Glauchau-Meerane

133,386

15.0

28.0

29,806

23,433

79.0

Yes

Schubert, Max

8,184

Auer, Ignaz

15,234

18: Zwickau

189,581

14.6

22.5

38,445

30,696

80.2

Yes

Münch-Ferber, Hans

12,654

Virchow, Rudolph

61

Stolle, Karl Wilhelm

17,971

19: Stollberg

137,259

14.4

8.9

29,565

23,557

80.1

Yes

Rumpelt, Anselm

9,048

Virchow, Rudolph

109

Seifert, Heinrich

14,385

20: Marienberg

123,065

25.3

51.3

25,604

18,978

74.5

Yes

Herder, Gottfried von

10,291

Löwenthal, Wilhelm v.

540

Colditz, August

8,144

21: Annaberg

126,970

16.1

22.3

25,544

17,896

70.3

No

Böhme, Emil

5,389

Liebermann v. S, Max

3,063

Krause, Otto

2,524

Grenz, Ernst

6,918

(run-off)

19,784

78.8

Böhme, Emil

11,024

Grenz, Ernst

8,760

22: Auerbach

149,041

15.5

33.3

31,599

24,553

78.2

Yes

Opitz, Gottfried

11,325

Hofmann, Franz

13,212

23: Plauen

155,481

19.7

34.5

30,754

23,809

77.6

No

Polenz, Max von

10,567

Kirbach, Franz

3,961

Gerisch, Alwin

9,277

(run-off)

24,818

81.2

Polenz, Max von

12,766

12,052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Spoiled ballots are included in calculations of turnout rates (col. 5) in Reibel, Handbuch.

Proportion of males employed in agriculture (col. 2) from Reibel, Handbuch.

Proportion of population living in rural communities (fewer than 2,000 inhabitants) (col. 3) calculated from Specht/Schwabe, Reichstagswahlen.

Source: SBDR, 9. LP, II. Session (1893–1894), Anlage 46, “Statistik ... 1893”; Reibel, Handbuch, 2:1120-1197; ZSSL 54, no. 2 (1908): 171-80; Specht/Schwabe, Reichstagswahlen, 218-34.

 


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