East Prussia (electoral district)

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Ostpreußen
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Reichstagswahlkreis 1-1920.svg
Location within the Weimar Republic
State Prussia
Province East Prussia
Electorate1,163,926 (1919)
1,453,346 (1933)
Major settlements Königsberg, Elbing, Tilsit, Insterburg, Allenstein
Former constituency
Created 1919
Abolished1938

East Prussia was one of the 35 electoral districts (German : Wahlkreise) used to elect members to the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic. It sent members to the Reichstag in nine democratic elections between 1919 and 1933. It existed nominally in the show elections to the Nazi Reichstag until 1938.

Contents

Its boundaries corresponded to the contemporary province of East Prussia within the Free State of Prussia. It was constituency 1 in the numbering scheme. [1]

Electoral system

The constituency was created for the January 1919 election. [2] Under the proportional representation electoral system of the Weimar Republic, voters cast a vote for party lists. Parties were awarded a seat for every 60,000 votes in a constituency. Excess votes were aggregated at two higher levels of seat distribution: an intermediate level combining multiple constituencies, where extra seats were awarded to parties' constituency lists, and a national level where seats were awarded to national lists of each party or alliance. [3] [4]

Results (1919–1933)

Vote share

Party 1919 1920 [a] 1924 I 1924 II 1928 1930 1932 I 1932 II 1933
KPD 7.111.68.19.511.812.913.98.7
USPD 5.05.50.60.2
SPD 46.123.915.320.826.821.119.619.914.6
DDP 18.85.63.54.03.82.60.60.60.4
Centre 10.39.58.38.07.47.97.77.56.5
DVP 7.915.18.39.09.85.40.81.40.7
DNVP 11.930.938.939.231.319.69.514.411.3
Nazi 8.66.20.822.547.139.756.5
Other2.34.84.510.49.21.72.71.3
Turnout78.479.179.677.375.476.479.574.685.7
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Deputies

ElectionDistributionSeats
1919               14
1920 [b]            11
May 1924             12
Dec 1924              13
1928             12
1930             12
Jul 1932                15
Nov 1932                15
1933                   18
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

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References

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Notes

  1. Elections in East Prussia were delayed until February 1921 due to territorial plebiscites.
  2. Elections in East Prussia were delayed until February 1921 due to territorial plebiscites.