Berlin 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.
| 2 Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Former electoral constituency for the Reichstag | |
 Location within the Weimar Republic | |
| State | Prussia |
| Province | Berlin |
| Electorate | 1,398,476 (1919) 1,495,962 |
| Major settlements | Kreuzberg, Wedding, Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg, Tiergarten, Mitte |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
It comprised the urban core of Berlin within the Free State of Prussia, corresponding to the city's boundaries prior to the Greater Berlin Act. It was constituency 2 in the numbering scheme.[1]
Electoral system
editThe 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)
editVote share
edit| Party | 1919 | 1920 | 1924 I | 1924 II | 1928 | 1930 | 1932 I | 1932 II | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPD | 1.3 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 29.6 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 37.7 | 30.0 | ||
| USPD | 27.6 | 42.7 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
| SPD | 36.4 | 17.5 | 21.8 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 23.8 | 22.5 | |
| DDP | 16.0 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| Centre | 5.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
| DVP | 5.6 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| DNVP | 9.3 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | |
| Nazi | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 24.6 | 22.5 | 31.2 | |||
| Other | 0.0 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | 80.9 | 79.6 | 76.0 | 77.3 | 78.9 | 80.8 | 80.6 | 80.4 | 85.9 | |
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||||||
Deputies
edit| Election | Distribution | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 14 | |
| 1920 | 16 | |
| May 1924 | 14 | |
| Dec 1924 | 17 | |
| 1928 | 17 | |
| 1930 | 19 | |
| Jul 1932 | 16 | |
| Nov 1932 | 17 | |
| 1933 | 19 | |
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||
References
edit- ^ "Voters and Elections in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933". GESIS. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Reichstag Electoral System". Wahlrecht.de (in German). 25 February 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Reich Election Law of 27 April 1920". Documentarchiv.de (in German). 3 January 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
External links
edit- "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.