The Assembly of Schwartzistan · Return of the Clerk
General election of 1914
The general election of 1914 returned members for all sixty-three seats of the Assembly, distributed across the seven regions of nine seats each. Four parties contested the poll. The Reed Party (The Reed Party) returned the largest number of members, nineteen, though no party commanded a majority of the House. Full particulars are set out below. Report of the election.
National result
The Reed Party (The Reed Party) returned nineteen members on a mean regional share of 27.7 per cent, holding at least one seat in every region. The Assembly Union (The Assembly Union) followed with eighteen seats on a mean share of 29.7 per cent, the highest of any party, its vote concentrated to greater effect in fewer regions than the Reed Party's. The Continuity Party (The Continuity Party) took fifteen seats on 24.0 per cent, and the Workers' Front (The Workers' Front) eleven on 18.6 per cent. All four parties returned members in every one of the seven regions, a circumstance the Clerk's office notes without further comment as required by the standing order governing this return.
| Party | Mean share | Regions with seats | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Assembly Union | 29.7% | 7 of 7 | 18 |
| The Reed Party | 27.7% | 7 of 7 | 19 |
| The Continuity Party | 24.0% | 7 of 7 | 15 |
| The Workers' Front | 18.6% | 7 of 7 | 11 |
Result by region
Turnout ranged from 59.0 per cent in The Sudmark to 85.0 per cent in The Osmoor, against a mean across the regions of 68.6 per cent. The Reed Party led the poll in three regions, the Sudmark, the Osmoor and The Ostrand; the Assembly Union led in The Capital District and Norrfeld; the Continuity Party led in Kesselhöh; and the Workers' Front led, narrowly, in Westgau, where it took 33.7 per cent of the vote against the Assembly Union's 33.6 per cent, a margin of one-tenth of a point returning an additional member to no party's clear advantage over the other.
| Region · party | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| The Capital District | 9 | |
| The Assembly Union | 35.7% | 3 |
| The Continuity Party | 25.8% | 2 |
| The Workers' Front | 23.3% | 2 |
| The Reed Party | 15.1% | 2 |
| The Ostrand | 9 | |
| The Reed Party | 44.9% | 4 |
| The Continuity Party | 23.6% | 2 |
| The Assembly Union | 21.6% | 2 |
| The Workers' Front | 9.9% | 1 |
| Kesselhöh | 9 | |
| The Continuity Party | 29.4% | 3 |
| The Workers' Front | 27.7% | 2 |
| The Assembly Union | 26.1% | 2 |
| The Reed Party | 16.8% | 2 |
| The Osmoor | 9 | |
| The Reed Party | 42.4% | 4 |
| The Continuity Party | 26.2% | 2 |
| The Assembly Union | 22.0% | 2 |
| The Workers' Front | 9.4% | 1 |
| The Sudmark | 9 | |
| The Reed Party | 39.2% | 4 |
| The Assembly Union | 26.4% | 2 |
| The Continuity Party | 22.4% | 2 |
| The Workers' Front | 12.0% | 1 |
| Norrfeld | 9 | |
| The Assembly Union | 42.4% | 4 |
| The Reed Party | 24.5% | 2 |
| The Continuity Party | 19.0% | 2 |
| The Workers' Front | 14.1% | 1 |
| Westgau | 9 | |
| The Workers' Front | 33.7% | 3 |
| The Assembly Union | 33.6% | 3 |
| The Continuity Party | 21.8% | 2 |
| The Reed Party | 10.9% | 1 |
Members returned
The Capital District
- Aurel Kaltz
- Otto Mesmann
- Anton Testen
- Kurt Schesru
- Ludwig Sondich
- Aurel Stenhotz
- Ludwig Tickel
- Friedl Herwitz
- Friedl Marrow
The Ostrand
- Egon Brenn
- Tobias Hallin
- Oskar Brenn
- Hugo Mengen
- Leon Krunholt
- Kurt Staffek
- Sigmund Teltnur
- Viktor Wendholt
- Friedl Rusk
Kesselhöh
- Oskar Brenn
- Piet Krispaut
- Magnus Brenn
- Kurt Kessler
- Ulrik Quast
- Arno Brenn
- Tomas Ebner
- Magnus Klasen
- Arno Ostmann
The Osmoor
- Aurel Marsch
- Ivo Reinholt
- Tomas Hallin
- Ernst Stanvo
- Roderik Brenn
- Konrad Ilgen
- Ansel Ostrand
- Piet Wendl
- Gustav Diellhardt
The Sudmark
- Edvard Doler
- Rudolf Weissha
- Oskar Hotfeld
- Rainer Ketmel
- Karl Brenn
- Friedl Lolich
- Sigmund Rademann
- Egon Sustel
- Sigmund Brenn
Norrfeld
- Hugo Brack
- Kurt Brenn
- Magnus Brenn
- Bertil Kasen
- Rudolf Reedholt
- Ottmar Wendl
- Tobias Crull
- Hugo Jost
- Kurt Kessler