List of constituencies and constituency associations of the Weimar Republic

The list of constituencies and constituency associations of the Weimar Republic (German: Wahlkreise and Wahlkreisverbände) contains the constituencies and constituency associations for the election to the German National Assembly in 1919 and the Reichstag elections in the German Reich from 1920 to 1933. The list was an appendix to the .

Electoral system

For elections to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic, Germany was divided into 35 constituencies, which were further grouped into electoral district associations. The Weimar electoral system stipulated that a constituency list was initially allocated one seat in the Reichstag for every 60,000 votes it received in its constituency. In a second step, all remaining votes from the combined lists within the respective electoral district association were tallied. For every 60,000 of these remaining votes, the combined lists again received one seat, but only if at least one of the constituency lists had received at least 30,000 votes. In a third allocation step, the remaining votes from the electoral district associations were aggregated nationwide, and once again, one seat was allocated to the national party list for every 60,000 votes received. For any remaining votes exceeding 30,000, one seat was awarded. The number of seats allocated via the national party list was limited to the number of seats already allocated to constituency lists.

The division of constituencies and constituency associations remained almost unchanged from 1919 to 1933; the only exceptions were the loss of the territories after the Treaty of Versailles and the merging of the two Silesian constituency associations in 1924, which changed the numbering throughout the Reich.

Constituencies in 1919 This division was valid for the 1919 election to the German National Assembly. In Alsace–Lorraine, the election could not take place due to the French occupation, and in Posen it was boycotted by the Polish population.

List No.NameArea1OstpreußenProvince of Ostpreußen2WestpreußenProvince of Westpreußen3BerlinBerlin within its 1919 borders4Potsdam IPotsdam administrative district excluding the districts and cities belonging to electoral district 35Potsdam IIFrom the , the districts of and , as well as the cities of Charlottenburg, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Berlin-Schöneberg and Neukölln6Frankfurt/OderAdministrative district of Frankfurt, province of Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen7PommernProvince of Pommern8PosenProvince of Posen9BreslauRegierungsbezirk Breslau10OppelnProvince of Oberschlesien11LiegnitzLiegnitz administrative district12MagdeburgMagdeburg administrative district, Freistaat Anhalt 13Merseburg14Schleswig-HolsteinProvince of Schleswig-Holstein, the in the Free State of Oldenburg15Aurich, Osnabrück, OldenburgAdministrative districts of and , and the Oldenburg region of the Free State of Oldenburg16Hannover, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, BraunschweigAdministrative districts of Hanover, and Lüneburg in the Free State of Brunswick17Westfalen-NordAdministrative districts of Münster and Minden, Freistaat Lippe, Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe, the district of from the province of Hesse-Nassau, and the district of Pyrmont from the Free State of Waldeck18Westfalen-SüdArnsberg administrative district19Hessen-NassauThe province of Hesse-Nassau excluding the districts of Schmalkalden and Grafschaft Schaumburg, the district of from the Rhine Province, and the Free State of Waldeck excluding the district of Pyrmont.20Köln-AachenAdministrative districts Cologne and 21Koblenz-TrierKoblenz administrative district excluding the Wetzlar district, Trier administrative district, and the Birkenfeld region in the Free State of Oldenburg.22Düsseldorf-OstFrom the administrative district of Düsseldorf, the cities and districts of Düsseldorf, Essen, Barmen, Elberfeld, Solingen, Remscheid, , Mettmann.23Düsseldorf-WestFrom the administrative district of Düsseldorf, the cities and districts of Neuss, Krefeld, München-Gladbach, Rheydt, Oberhausen, , Duisburg, Hamborn, Mülheim an der Ruhr, , , , Kleve, , , 24Oberbayern-SchwabenAdministrative districts of Oberbayern and Schwaben25Niederbayern-OberpfalzAdministrative districts of Niederbayern and Oberpfalz26FrankenAdministrative districts of Mittelfranken, Oberfranken and Unterfranken27PfalzPalatinate administrative district28Dresden-BautzenDistrict authorities of Dresden and Bautzen29LeipzigLeipzig District Authority30Chemnitz-ZwickauDistrict authorities of and 31/32WürttembergFree People's State of Württemberg and Administrative District of Sigmaringen33BadenRepublic of Baden34Hessen-DarmstadtPeople's State of Hesse35MecklenburgFreistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hansestadt Lübeck36ThüringenLand Thüringen, , the of the Kassel administrative district37Hamburg, Bremen, StadeFreie andnd Hansestadt Hamburg, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Regierungsbezirk Stade38Elsaß-LothringenReichsland Elsaß-Lothringen

Constituencies and constituency associations (1920) This classification was valid for the Reichstag election of 1920.

Constituencies No.NameArea1OstpreußenProvince of Ostpreußen2BerlinBerlin within its 1919 borders3Potsdam IIFrom the , the districts of and , as well as the cities of Charlottenburg, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Berlin-Schöneberg and Neukölln4Potsdam IPotsdam administrative district excluding the districts and cities belonging to electoral district 35Frankfurt/OderRegierungsbezirk Frankfurt, Provinz Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen Administrative district of Frankfurt, province of Posen–West Prussia6PommernProvince of Pommern7MecklenburgFreistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hansestadt Lübeck8BreslauBreslau administrative district9LiegnitzLiegnitz administrative district10OppelnProvince of Oberschlesien11MagdeburgAdministrative district of Magdeburg, Freistaat Anhalt12Merseburg13ThüringenLand Thüringen, , the of the Kassel administrative district14Schleswig-HolsteinProvince of Schleswig-Holstein, in Freistaat Oldenburg the region15HamburgFreie und Hansestadt Hamburg16Weser-EmsAdministrative districts of and , the Free State of Oldenburg, and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen17Ost-HannoverAdministrative districts of Stade and Lüneburg18Süd-Hannover – BraunschweigAdministrative districts of Hannover and , Freistaat Braunschweig19Westfalen-NordAdministrative districts of Münster and Minden, Freistaat Lippe, Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe, the district of from the province of Hesse-Nassau, and the district of Pyrmont from the Free State of Waldeck20Westfalen-SüdArnsberg administrative district21Hessen-NassauProvince of Hessen-Nassau excluding the districts of Schmalkalden and Grafschaft Schaumburg, the Rhine Province, Wetzlar district, Trier administrative district in the Free State of Oldenburg.22Hessen-DarmstadtPeople's State of Hesse23Köln-AachenAdministrative districts of Cologne and 24Koblenz-TrierKoblenz administrative district excluding the Wetzlar district, Trier administrative district, and the Birkenfeldregion of the Free State of Oldenburg25Düsseldorf-OstFrom the administrative district of Düsseldorf, the cities and districts of Düsseldorf, Essen, Barmen, Elberfeld, Solingen, Remscheid, , Mettmann.26Düsseldorf-WestFrom the administrative district of Düsseldorf, the cities and districts of Neuss, Krefeld, München-Gladbach, Rheydt, Oberhausen, , Duisburg, Hamborn, Mülheim an der Ruhr, , , , Kleve, , , 27Oberbayern-SchwabenAdministrative districts of Oberbayern and Schwaben28Administrative districts of Niederbayern and Oberpfalz29FrankenAdministrative districts of Mittelfranken, Oberfranken and Unterfranken30PfalzPfalz administrative district31Dresden-BautzenDistrict authorities of Dresden and Bautzen32LeipzigDistrict authority of Leipzig33Chemnitz-ZwickauDistrict authorities of and 34WürttembergFree People's State of Württemberg and Administrative District of Sigmaringen35BadenRepublik Baden

Constituency associations Nr.NameAssociated constituenciesIEast Prussia1 East PrussiaIIBrandenburg I2 Berlin, 3 Potsdam IIIIIBrandenburg II4 Potsdam I, 5 Frankfurt/OderIVPomerania -Mecklenburg6 Pomerania, 7 MecklenburgVLower Silesia8 Breslau, 9 LiegnitzVIUpper Silesia10 OppelnVIISaxony-Thuringia11 Magdeburg, 12 Merseburg, 13 ThuringiaVIIISchleswig-Holstein – Hamburg14 Schleswig-Holstein, 15 HamburgIXLower Saxony16 Weser-Ems, 17 East Hanover, 18 South Hanover – BrunswickXWestphalia19 Westphalia-North, 20 Westphalia-SouthXIHesse21 Hesse-Nassau, 22 Hesse-DarmstadtXIIRhineland-South23 Cologne-Aachen, 24 Koblenz-TrierXIIIRhineland-North25 Düsseldorf-East 26 Düsseldorf-WestXIVSoutheast Bavaria27 Upper Bavaria-Swabia, 28 Lower Bavaria-Upper PalatinateXVNorthwest Bavaria29 francs, 30 PalatinateXVISaxony31 Dresden-Bautzen, 32 Leipzig, 33 Chemnitz-ZwickauXVIIWürttemberg-Baden34 Württemberg, 35 Baden

Constituencies and constituency associations (1924–1933)

These divisions were valid for the Reichstag elections of 1924 (May), 1924 (December), 1928, 1930 (September), 1932 (July), 1932 (November) and 1933 (March).

Constituencies