Breslau (electoral district)

7 Breslau
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Location within the Weimar Republic
StatePrussia
ProvinceLower Silesia
Electorate1,055,620 (1919)
1,320,190 (1933)
Major settlementsBreslau, Schweidnitz, Brieg
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1938

Breslau 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 Regierungsbezirk Breslau, the eastern part of the province of Lower Silesia, within the Free State of Prussia. It was constituency 7 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 1924 I 1924 II 1928 1930 1932 I 1932 II 1933
KPD 6.3 3.0 4.5 7.8 8.8 10.5 8.2
USPD 0.1 6.6 0.1
SPD 48.1 36.1 24.8 31.9 37.8 29.3 24.4 23.1 19.2
DDP 15.5 6.4 3.9 4.6 2.9 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.8
Centre 20.9 20.0 18.7 19.0 15.8 16.0 14.7 15.0 13.3
DVP 11.1 7.3 7.7 6.0 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.3
DNVP 15.3 18.4 28.7 28.8 23.0 8.9 5.6 7.7 7.1
DSP 4.1 1.4 1.4
Nazi 4.0 1.4 1.0 24.2 43.5 40.4 50.2
Other 0.0 1.4 2.2 1.9 7.7 9.2 2.1 2.1 0.8
Turnout 85.2 81.9 82.2 82.6 79.7 84.5 86.5 83.3 89.3
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Deputies

Election Distribution Seats
1919                         12
1920                       11
May 1924                             14
Dec 1924                           13
1928                             14
1930                           13
Jul 1932                                 16
Nov 1932                                 16
1933                                   17
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.