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APPENDIX 14: Overview of Elections (1946-1949)

1946 1947 1948 1949*
Landtag Communal/ Landtag Communal/ Landtag
Local Local Local

Baden 15 Sep 18 May 14 Nov
13 Oct
Bavaria 20/27 Jan 1 Dec 25 Apr
28 Apr 30 May
26 May
30 June
Berlin** 20 Oct 5 Dec (West Berlin)
Bremen** 13 Oct 12 Oct
Hamburg** 13 Oct 16 Oct
Hesse 20/27 Jan1 1 Dec 25 Apr
28 Apr
26 May
30 June
Lower Saxony 15 Sep 20 Apr 28 Nov
North Rhine- 15 Sep 20 Apr 17 Oct
Westphalia 13 Oct
Rhineland- 15 Sep 18 May 14 Nov
Palatinate 13 Oct
Saarland 15 Sep 5 Oct 27 Mar
Schleswig- 15 Sep 20 Apr 24 Oct
Holstein 13 Oct
Wuerttemberg- 27 Jan 24 Nov 7 Dec
Baden 28 Apr
26 May
30 June
Wuerttemberg- 15 Sep 18 May 14 Nov
Hohenzollern 13 Oct 5 Dec

* The federal elections to the first Bundestag were scheduled for the 14 August 1949.
** In the city states Berlin (Stadtverordnetenversammlung Gross-Berlin), Bremen and
Hamburg (Bürgerschaftswahlen), municipal elections correspond to Landtag elections
in the other states.

1 The first municipal elections in 2,618 communes.

Source: Own compilation based on relevant statistics published by the various
Länder governments or political foundations.