German Electoral Coalition Explained

The German Electoral Coalition (German: Deutsche Wahlgemeinschaft, Německé volební společenství) was a political alliance in Czechoslovakia representing Sudeten Germans.

History

The alliance was established for the 1929 elections as an alliance of the Farmers' League (BdL), the German Labour and Economic Community (DAWG) and the Carpathian German Party (KdP, led by Dr. Roland Steinacker).^[1] DAWG, in turn, was an alliance between DDFP (led by Prof. Bruno Kafka) and the DNP faction led by Dr. Alfred Rosche.^{[1] [2]}

It received 5.4% of the national vote, winning 16 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and nine in the Senate.^[3] No candidate belonging to KdP was elected.^[2]

Results by district (Chamber of Deputies)

	Electoral district	Votes	%	Seats	MPs elected
IA.	Prague A	7,971	1.61		Bruno Kafka (DAWG/DDFP)^[4]
IB.	Prague B	7,558	1.42
II.	Pardubice	12,368	4.63	Hex: ff0000	Franz Spina (BdL)^[5]
III.	Hradec Králové	20,221	6.79
IV.	Ml. Boleslav	26,786	5.98	Hex: ff0000	Franz Windirsch (BdL)
V.	Česká Lípa	67,778	19.35	Hex: ff0000	Rudolf Böhm (BdL), Franz Heller (BdL) Alfred Rosche (DAWG/Rosche Group)^[6]
VI.	Louny	31,297	6.69	Hex: ff0000	Georg Böllmann (VI. Louny, BdL)
VII.	Karlovy Vary	49,085	15.84	Hex: ff0000	Christof Gläsel (BdL), Franz Viereckl (BdL), Gustav Peters (DAWG/Rosche Group)
VIII.	Plzeň	43,260	10.56	Hex: ff0000	Wolfgang Zierhut (BdL)^[7]
IX.	České Budějovice	22,648	7.86	Hex: ff0000	Johann Platzer (BdL)
X.	Jihlava	19,232	8.31	Hex: ff0000	Hans Wagner (BdL)^[8]
XI.	Brno	18,328	4.24	Hex: ff0000	Josef Jelinek (DAWG/DDFP)
XII.	Olomouc	32,744	7.41	Hex: ff0000	Franz Hodina (BdL)
XIII.	Uherské Hradiště	991	0.49
XIV.	Mor. Ostrava	19,265	3.73	Hex: ff0000	Otto Halke (BdL)
XV.	Trnava	2,156	0.99
XVI.	Nové Zámky	4,268	1.34
XVII.	Turč. Sv. Martin	2,196	0.93
XVIII.	Báňská Bystrica	2,732	1.72
XIX.	Lipt. Sv. Mikuláš	407	0.35
XX.	Košice	1,945	1.03
XXI.	Prešov	-	-
XXII.	Užhorod	3,218	1.21
Czechoslovakia:		396,454	5.37	Hex: ff0000
Source: Manuel Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque

Senators elected

The senators elected were Carl Kostka (DAWG/DDFP), Franz Ickert (BdL), Josef Kahler (BdL), Andreas Lippert (BdL), Anton Lichtneckert (BdL), Josef Luksch (BdL), Adolf Scholz (BdL), Erdmann Spies (BdL) and Robert Stöhr (BdL).^[9]

Notes and References

1. Manuel Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque. IV. 1932. Prague. Annuaire Statistique de la Republique Tchecoslovaque. pp. 401-402
2. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 265, 277–278.
3. [Dieter Nohlen]
4. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 288–289.
5. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 290, 301, 308, 310.
6. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 315, 325, 344, 346.
7. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 354, 360.
8. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 395, 403, 410, 420.
9. Book: Mads Ole Balling. Von Reval bis Bukarest: Einleitung, Systematik, Quellen und Methoden, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Polen, Tschechoslowakei. 1991. Dokumentation Verlag. 978-87-983829-3-5. 259–260.