Lippe Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

Landtag elections in the Free State of Lippe (Freistaat Lippe) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1933. 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 Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Landtag 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]

Lippe in the Weimar Republic. At the center-left in salmon-pink.

1919

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The 1919 Lippe state election was held on 26 January 1919 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany38,10450.1411
German National People's Party16,97322.335
German Democratic Party15,06119.824
Lippe Electoral Association5,8557.701
Total75,993100.0021
Source: [3]

1921

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The 1921 Lippe state election was held on 23 January 1921 to elect the 20 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany25,75132.668
German National People's Party17,95822.785
German People's Party15,43519.584
German Democratic Party9,03411.462
Union Federation4,5145.731
Communist Party of Germany3,7284.731
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany2,4163.060
Total78,836100.0021
Source: [4]

1925

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The 1925 Lippe state election was held on 18 January 1925 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany30,14434.338
German National People's Party22,28525.386
German People's Party and Centre Party13,81715.743
German Democratic Party7,1158.101
Economic Association of House and Land Owners5,5706.341
Union Federation4,5515.181
Communist Party of Germany3,6494.161
National Socialist Freedom Movement6780.770
Total87,809100.0021
Source: [5]

1929

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The 1929 Lippe state election was held on 6 January 1929 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany31,54038.989
German People's Party10,05412.433
German National People's Party9,57611.843
Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party6,4127.932
Reich Party of the German Middle Class5,5906.911
Communist Party of Germany4,9876.161
German Democratic Party4,4955.561
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation3,2253.991
Nazi Party2,7133.350
Catholic People's Representatives (Centre Party)2,3132.860
Total80,905100.0021
Source: [6]

1933

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The 1933 Lippe state election was held on 15 January 1933 to elect the 21 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Nazi Party39,06439.489
Social Democratic Party of Germany29,82730.157
Communist Party of Germany11,04711.172
German National People's Party6,0096.071
Evangelical People's Service4,5254.571
German People's Party4,3804.431
Catholic People's Representatives (Centre Party)2,5562.580
German State Party8320.840
Lippe Rural People7010.710
Total98,941100.0021
Source: [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Landtagswahlen 1919-1933 - Lippe".
  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. "Der Freistaat Lippe Wahl zur Landtag 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-27. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1922". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1925". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Lippe Landtagswahl 1933". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 18 April 2022.