Westphalia North (electoral district)
| 17 Westphalia North Westfalen-Nord | |
|---|---|
| Former electoral constituency for the Reichstag | |
 Location within the Weimar Republic | |
| State | Prussia |
| Province | Westphalia |
| Electorate | 1,146,989 (1919) 1,705,654 (1933) |
| Major settlements | Gelsenkirchen, Bielefeld, Münster, Bottrop, Gladbeck, Recklinghausen, Herford |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
Westphalia North 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 contemporary Regierungsbezirke of Münster and Minden from the Prussian province of Westphalia, the Grafschaft Schaumburg district from the province of Hesse-Nassau, and the small states of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe. It was constituency 17 in the numbering scheme.[1]
Electoral system
[edit]The constituency was created for the 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)
[edit]Vote share
[edit]| Party | 1919 | 1920 | 1924 I | 1924 II | 1928 | 1930 | 1932 I | 1932 II | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPD | 1.5 | 9.7 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 10.7 | ||
| USPD | 2.1 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||||||
| SPD | 30.6 | 21.9 | 17.8 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 19.8 | 18.0 | 16.9 | 15.6 | |
| DDP | 9.8 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Centre | 42.1 | 39.6 | 35.8 | 35.6 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 32.9 | 31.9 | 28.7 | |
| DVP | 6.6 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.2 | |
| WP | 0.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||||
| CSVD | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | ||||||
| DNVP | 8.7 | 10.0 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | |
| Nazi | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 25.7 | 22.3 | 34.9 | |||
| Other | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | 86.8 | 85.4 | 84.1 | 83.7 | 78.8 | 84.2 | 85.9 | 82.2 | 89.7 | |
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||||||
Deputies
[edit]| Election | Distribution | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 13 | |
| 1920 | 14 | |
| May 1924 | 15 | |
| Dec 1924 | 15 | |
| 1928 | 16 | |
| 1930 | 19 | |
| Jul 1932 | 22 | |
| Nov 1932 | 21 | |
| 1933 | 24 | |
| 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.