Česká Lípa 5th electoral district (Czechoslovakia)


The Česká Lípa 5th electoral district was a parliamentary constituency in Czechoslovakia. It was one of two parliamentary constituencies with an overwhelming ethnic German majority amongst the voters. The Česká Lípa 5th electoral district elected 13 members of the Chamber of Deputies. In February 1921, the Czechoslovak authorities estimated that the electoral district had a total population of 564,449.

Geographic coverage

The constituency covered Benešov nad Ploučnicí, Česká Kamenice, Česká Lípa, Chabařovice, Chrastava, Cvikov, Děčín, Dubá, Jablonné v Podještědí, Lipová, Litoměřice, Mimoň, Nový Bor, Rumburk, Šluknov, Štětí, Úštěk, Ústí nad Labem and Varnsdorf. For elections to the Czechoslovak Senate the areas of the 5th Chamber of Deputies electoral district were included in the 3rd Senate electoral district.

Deputies elected

Amongst the deputies elected from the 5th electoral district in the Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1920 were Franz Beutel, Karl Čermak, Rudolf Fischer, Ernst Grünzner, Eduard Hausmann, Irene Kirpal, Josef Schweichhart, Josef Böhr, Franz Seraphim Heller, Franz Krepek, Josef Kleibl, Vinzenz Kraus, Leo Wenzel.
Hans Krebs of DNSAP was one of the deputies from the 5th electoral district from 1925 until 1933. Franz May of the Sudeten German Party was one of the deputies from the district from 1935 until 1938.