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Latest revision as of 17:50, 28 November 2024

1936 East Besmenian federal election
East Besmenian flag2.png
← 1932 6 September 1936 1940 →

211 seats
106 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Josef Lentscher.jpg Oswald Menghin (1888–1973) © Ludwig Schwab (~1900–1939) OeNB 8154680.jpg Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078072-0004, Konrad Adenauer.jpg
Candidate Josef Lentscher Josef Brocke Albrecht Nebeling
Party BVP SDU LBB
Percentage 44,4% 22,2% 16,2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
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Candidate Ferdinand Kleinhut Ferdinand Kleinhut
Party BKP BKP
Percentage 9,3% 5,4%

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Premier before election

Heinz Dimmler
BVP

Elected Premier

Josef Lentscher
BVP

Federal Senate
East Besmenia

52 seats in the Federal Senate
27 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
BVP 32 -12
SDU 14 +8
LBB 6 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Federal elections were held in East Besmenia on 6 September 1936 to elect the 211 members of the Federal Chamber and the 52 members of the Federal Senate. The Besmenian People's Party remained the largest party, winning 97 of the 211 seats in the Federal Chamber but lost his abslolute majority.

Background

Contesting parties

Name Ideology Party leader 1948 result
Votes (%) Seats in the Federal Chamber
LBB Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia
Liberale Bürgerpartei Besmeniens
Conservative liberalism
National liberalism
Albrecht Nebeling 36,8%
81 / 211
BVP Besmenian People's Party
Besmenische Volkspartei
Christian Democracy
Conservatism
Franz Lufter 26,6%
58 / 211
SDU Social Democratic Union
Sozialdemokratische Union
Social democracy Heinrich Farn 24,4%
53 / 211
BKP Besmenian Conservative Party
Besmenische Konservative Partei
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Tom Giertel 8,6%
19 / 211

Results

56
72
62
18
Party Votes in % Seats
Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia 33.7 75
Besmenian People's Party 28.2 62
Social Democratic Union 25.5 56
Besmenian Conservative Party 8.6 18
Other parties 4.0 0
Invalid/blank votes
Total 100 211
Registered voters/turnout

Government formation

The LBB-BVP-SDU-BKP coalition government with Albrecht Nebeling as Prime Minister took office in 1951 and remained in office until 1954.