Map S.2.7
Landtag Constituencies in Saxony (rural), 1868–1909
Note: These rural
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 (45 rural, 35 urban). 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. 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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