Schleswig-Holstein (electoral district)

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13 Schleswig-Holstein
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Reichstagswahlkreis 13-1920.svg
Location within the Weimar Republic
State Prussia &
Oldenburg
Province Schleswig-Holstein
Electorate931,787 (1920)
1,133,150 (1933)
Major settlements Kiel, Altona, Flensburg, Neumünster, Wandsbek
Former constituency
Created 1919
Abolished1938

Schleswig-Holstein 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

It comprised the province of Schleswig-Holstein within the Free State of Prussia and the Landesteil Lübeck from the Free State of Oldenburg. It was constituency 13 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 6.110.36.77.910.610.713.310.7
USPD 3.43.01.10.50.1
SPD 45.837.324.930.335.329.826.224.722.1
DDP 27.29.48.18.75.74.71.41.20.8
Centre 1.00.81.01.11.11.01.21.01.0
DVP 7.818.412.114.613.77.21.42.11.3
SHBLD 7.2
DNVP 7.720.531.033.023.06.16.510.310.1
Nazi 7.42.74.027.051.045.753.1
Other4.54.22.49.413.41.61.70.6
Turnout78.377.277.376.982.687.784.989.5
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Deputies

ElectionDistributionSeats
1919            11
1920 [b]          9
May 1924           10
Dec 1924             12
1928            11
1930            11
Jul 1932               14
Nov 1932               14
1933                15
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

  1. "Voters and Elections in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933". GESIS . 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. "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.
  3. "Reichstag Electoral System". Wahlrecht.de (in German). 25 February 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  4. "Reich Election Law of 27 April 1920". Documentarchiv.de (in German). 3 January 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

Notes

  1. Elections in Schleswig-Holstein were delayed until February 1921 due to territorial plebiscites.
  2. Elections in Schleswig-Holstein were delayed until February 1921 due to territorial plebiscites.