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Oppeln (electoral district)

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9 Oppeln
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Location within the Weimar Republic
StatePrussia
ProvinceUpper Silesia
Electorate1,147,745 (1919)
742,071 (1922)
922,312 (1933)
Major settlementsHindenburg O.S., Gleiwitz, Beuthen, Kattowitz
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1938

Oppeln 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.

Its boundaries corresponded to the contemporary province of Upper Silesia within the Free State of Prussia. It was constituency 9 in the numbering scheme.[1]

Electoral system

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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)

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Vote share

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Party 1919 1920[a] 1924 I 1924 II 1928 1930 1932 I 1932 II 1933
KPD 7.3 23.6 12.2 12.7 16.6 17.0 16.9 9.2
USPD 4.9 0.2
SPD 32.7 14.8 4.8 6.8 12.6 9.3 8.7 9.1 6.9
DDP 6.9 2.3 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.3
Centre 48.4 40.1 36.0 41.0 40.0 35.2 34.6 35.8 32.3
DVP 7.1 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.2
DNVP 7.2 13.8 18.8 21.8 17.1 15.2 6.9 8.0 7.5
Nazi 0.3 1.5 1.0 9.5 29.2 26.8 43.2
Other 14.5 12.2 11.7 12.3 11.6 3.1 2.7 0.2
Turnout 58.7 69.4 71.5 69.9 70.2 77.1 78.6 75.0 85.8
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Deputies

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Election Distribution Seats
1919                               15
1920[b]           5
May 1924             6
Dec 1924             6
1928               7
1930                     10
Jul 1932                     10
Nov 1932                   9
1933                         12
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

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  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.
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Notes

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  1. ^ Elections in Oppeln were delayed until November 1922 due to territorial plebiscites.
  2. ^ Elections in Oppeln were delayed until November 1922 due to territorial plebiscites.