1913 Baden state election

German Empire parliamentary 1909 Baden state election 1909 yes 1913 10 21 1919 Baden state election 1919 All 73 seats in the Landtag 37 333,744 Centre Party (Germany) 30 116,234 34.8% National Liberal Party (Germany) 20 81,437 24.4% Social Democratic Party of Germany 13 74,328 22.3% Progressive People's Party (Germany) 5 30,311 9.1% German Conservative Party 5The German Agrarian League and German Conservative Party participated in an electoral alliance. The Conservatives received three seats and the Agrarian League received two seats. 30,559 9.2% Government Alexander von Dusch Government after election Alexander von Dusch The 1913 Baden state election was held on 21 October 1913, to elect the 73 members of the lower house of the landtag of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Background The landtag of the Grand Duchy of Baden was divided into an upper and lower house, of which the lower house was directly elected.Wahlen in Deutschland Baden was one of the most liberal areas in the German Empire. The National Liberal Party (NLP) controlled the bureaucracy and politics of Baden during the 1800s. In 1904, legislation allowing Secret ballots and the Direct election of the lower house was passed. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Centre Party grew after 1904. The NLP and Centre formed a coalition after the 1913 election.Grill 1983 12-14 Edmund Rebmann, the chair of the National Liberal Party of Baden, was worried about the growing strength of the Centre Party in southern Germany.Zangerl 1977 220 Results Around 50,000 citizens were ineligible to vote due to residency requirements.Zangerl 1977 234 Right-wing parties were able to undo their losses in the 1909 election.Schmidgall 2012 53 The German Agrarian League and German Conservative Party participated in an electoral alliance. The Conservatives received three seats and the Agrarian League received two seats.Wahlen in Deutschland #F8F9FA 30 Centre Party 20 National Liberal Party 13 Social Democratic Party of Germany 5 Progressive People's Party (Germany) 5 German Conservative Party Centre Party 116234 30 National Liberal Party 81437 20 Social Democratic Party 74328 13 Progressive People's Party 30311 5 German Conservative Party 30559 5 Others 875 0 2606 333744 Wahlen in Deutschland Notes References Works cited Deutschland vor 1918 Landtagswahlen Großherzogtum Baden https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/klBaden.htm Wahlen in Deutschland live https://web.archive.org/web/20251008110545/https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/klBaden.htm 8 October 2025 Wahlen in Deutschland Grill Johnpeter The Nazi Movement in Baden, 1920-1945 University of North Carolina Press 1983 0807814725 Zangerl Carl Courting the Catholic Vote: The Center Party in Baden, 1903–13 Central European History Cambridge University Press 1977 10 3 10.2307/4545803 4545803 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4545803 Schmidgall Markus Die Revolution 1918/19 in Baden Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2012 9783866447271 1913 Category:October 1913 in Europe