Lübeck state elections in the Weimar Republic

Elections in the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Freien Hansestadt Lübeck) to its state parliament, the Bürgerschaft, during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.[1] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Bürgerschaft was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Bürgerschaft subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state.[2]

1919

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The 1919 Lübeck state election was held on 9 February 1919 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany19,55652.4642
German Democratic Party13,52836.2929
German National People's Party2,7107.276
Landleute (Rural People)1,4813.973
Total37,275100.0080
Source: [3]

1921

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The 1921 Lübeck state election was held on 13 November 1921 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany31,07348.6739
Bürgerliche Parteiliste (German Democratic Party)19,83431.0625
New Landowners Association5,0837.966
Communist Party of Germany4,3306.786
Citizens' Federation3,5275.524
Total63,847100.0080
Source: [4]

1924

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The 1924 Lübeck state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany25,25434.3728
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (Reich Party of the German Middle Class)19,50626.5421
Communist Party of Germany8,89612.1110
Landowners Party7,87110.718
German Democratic Party6,5568.927
Völkische Party5,4027.356
Total73,485100.0080
Source: [5]

1926

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The 1926 Lübeck state election was held on 14 November 1926 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Hanseatic People's League32,95844.4436
Social Democratic Party of Germany31,85142.9435
Communist Party of Germany4,7586.415
German Democratic Party1,7142.312
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation9931.341
Centre Party6660.901
Lübeck War Disabled and War Survivors6430.870
Lübeck House and Landowners Association5870.790
Total74,170100.0080
Source: [6]

1929

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The 1929 Lübeck state election was held on 10 November 1929 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany33,27842.3934
Hanseatic People's League (included the German National People's Party)27,88135.5129
Communist Party of Germany6,7218.567
Nazi Party6,3478.086
German Democratic Party2,6153.332
Centre Party8861.131
Lübeck House and Landowners Association7821.001
Total78,510100.0080
Source: [7]

1932

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The 1932 Lübeck state election was held on 13 November 1932 to elect the 80 members of the Bürgerschaft.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany30,33136.2929
Nazi Party27,68933.1327
Communist Party of Germany9,94211.899
Hanseatic People's League5,0085.995
Lübeck House and Landowners Association4,1374.954
German National People's Party3,7924.544
German State Party1,3131.571
Centre Party7650.921
Lübeck Pensioners' Association4470.530
Socialist Workers' Party of Germany1590.190
Total83,583100.0080
Source: [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahlen 1919 – 1932".
  2. ^ Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.
  3. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1921". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1926". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  7. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck Bürgerschaftswahl 1932". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 20 April 2022.