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Potsdam II (electoral district)

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3 Potsdam II
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Location within the Weimar Republic
StatePrussia
ProvinceBrandenburg
Electorate1,062,098 (1919)
1,454,777 (1933)
Major settlementsCharlottenburg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Wilmersdorf, Steglitz, Teltow
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1938

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 show elections to the Nazi Reichstag until 1938.

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]

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 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

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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

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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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