The Brunswick State Electoral Association () was a regional electoral alliance active between 1918 and 1922 in the Free State of Brunswick during the Weimar Republic.

History

The Association was founded in 1918 by as an alliance of conservative bourgeois parties, consisting of the German People's Party (DVP), the German National People's Party (DNVP) and the Welf–oriented Brunswick Lower–Saxon Party (Braunschweigisch-Niedersächsische Partei, BNP). The alliance contested the December 1918 Brunswick state election and finished second, receiving 26% of the vote and winning 16 seats in the 60-seat Landtag.

Brunswick State Electoral Association

In the federal elections on 19 January 1919 the Association finished third in Brunswick with 23% of the vote. However, this only represented 0.2% of the national vote and the alliance won only one seat in the Weimar National Assembly, taken by Hampe.

Brunswick State Electoral Association

This was followed by the 1920 Brunswick state election, in which the Association emerged as the largest faction, receiving 37% of the vote and winning 23 seats. In the next state election in 1922 the Association, now also including the Völkische Party, remained the largest, receiving 38% of the vote and retaining its 23 seats.

Brunswick State Electoral Association

The Association continued to function as a parliamentary group in the Landtag until 23 May 1922, when it split into the two parliamentary groups, DVP–Wirtschaftsverband (Economic Union) and Bürgerliche Vereinigung (Civil Association).

See also

Brunswick Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

References

Defunct political party alliances in Germany

Defunct regional parties in Germany

History of Brunswick

Political parties established in 1918

Political parties disestablished in 1922