Potsdam II (electoral district)

3 Potsdam II
Former electoral constituency for the Reichstag
Location within the Weimar Republic
State	Prussia
Province	Brandenburg
Electorate	1,062,098 (1919) 1,454,777 (1933)
Major settlements	Charlottenburg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Wilmersdorf, Steglitz, Teltow
Former constituency
Created	1919
Abolished	1936

Potsdam II 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 November 1933 show election to the Nazi Reichstag but was redistricted for the March 1936 election.

It comprised the southern suburbs of Berlin as well as the districts of Teltow and Beeskow-Storkow from the province of Brandenburg. It was constituency 3 in the numbering scheme. ^[1] From the 1936 election on, constituency 3 was reconfigured to comprise only the 10 eastern administrative districts of Berlin and was renamed "Berlin-East". ^[2]

Electoral system

The constituency was created for the January 1919 election. ^[3] 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. ^{[4] [5]}

Results (1919–1933)

Vote share

Party		1919	1920	1924 I	1924 II	1928	1930	1932 I	1932 II	1933
	KPD		1.3	13.1	11.5	17.5	19.7	20.3	23.1	17.8
	USPD	15.5	29.8	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.1
	SPD	35.8	17.4	18.0	26.7	30.6	25.9	26.3	22.7	20.6
	DDP	21.0	10.5	10.0	12.5	9.6	7.0	2.1	1.9	2.4
	Centre	3.8	2.8	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.4	5.2	4.6	5.2
	DVP	10.8	21.6	10.6	8.6	9.2	5.3	1.1	1.7	1.2
	WP			3.9	3.5	3.2	2.9	0.2	0.1
	DNVP	13.2	14.3	25.6	27.8	21.4	14.9	10.9	15.2	14.0
	DSP			4.6	2.1	0.2
	Nazi			6.5	2.9	1.8	16.7	33.0	29.1	38.2
Other		0.0	2.3	2.6	0.6	3.4	4.2	0.8	1.5	0.6
Turnout		84.1	78.8	77.4	78.7	78.0	81.1	81.9	80.9	87.8
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Deputies

Election	Distribution	Seats
1919		9
1920		12
May 1924		11
Dec 1924		12
1928		14
1930		15
Jul 1932		18
Nov 1932		18
1933		20
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

1. "Voters and Elections in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933". GESIS . 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Die Wahlkreise und Wahlkreisverbände in the 1936 Reichstag Compendium
3. "Law on the Elections to the Constituent German National Assembly (Reich Election Law) of 30 November 1918". Documentarchiv.de (in German). 3 January 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
4. "Reichstag Electoral System". Wahlrecht.de (in German). 25 February 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
5. "Reich Election Law of 27 April 1920". Documentarchiv.de (in German). 3 January 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

External links

• "The German Reich - Overall". gonschior.de (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
• "Explanation of the Electoral System". Wahlen in Deutschland (in German). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2024.