1921 Prussian state election
Kingdom of Prussia
20 February 1921

406 of the 428 seats in the Landtag of Prussia
215 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.40% (Increase 2.61)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
SPD 26.26% 114 −31
DNVP 18.08% 75 +27
Centre 17.24% 81 −12
DVP 14.18% 58 +35
KPD 7.41% 31 New
USPD 6.58% 28 +4
DDP 6.19% 26 −39
DHP 2.68% 11 +9
WP 1.18% 4 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Top: results by constituency. Bottom: winning party in each constituency.
Minister-President before Minister-President after
Otto Braun
SPD
Otto Braun
SPD

State elections were held in the Free State of Prussia on 20 February 1921 to elect 406 of the 428 members of the Landtag of Prussia.[1] The governing coalition of the Social Democratic Party, Centre Party, and German Democratic Party suffered major losses, losing one-third of its collective voteshare from 1919, but retained a narrow majority. The right-liberal German People's Party (DVP) and reactionary nationalist German National People's Party (DNVP) made the largest gains, with the DNVP becoming the second largest party by voteshare. The Communist Party of Germany contested its first Prussian election, winning 31 seats.

No election was held on the constituency of Oppeln due to the Upper Silesia plebiscite, which was held one month after the state elections. The delegation of 22 deputies which had been elected in Oppeln in 1919 continued in office until a 1922 by-election.[2] The discrepancy between these results meant that the Centre Party held more seats in the Landtag than the DNVP after the 1921 election, despite winning fewer votes.

Results

Party Votes  % Swing Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 4,295,30526.26–10.12114–31
German National People's Party (DNVP) 2,957,78418.08+6.8675+27
Centre Party (Zentrum) 2,819,98917.24–4.9881–12
German People's Party (DVP) 2,319,28114.18+8.4958+35
United Communist Party of Germany (VKPD) 1,211,7497.41New31[lower-alpha 1]New
Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) 1,076,4986.58–0.8428+4
German Democratic Party (DDP)
German Democratic Party (DDP)
Landbund
1,013,239
976,032
37,207
6.19
5.97
0.23
–10.01
–10.23
New
26
26
0
–39
–39
New
German-Hanoverian Party and Schleswig-Holstein State Party
German-Hanoverian Party (DHP)
Schleswig-Holstein State Party (SHLP)
United Lower Saxon State Party
Landeskultur
438,548
410,312
27,907
227
102
2.68
2.51
0.17
0.00
0.00
+2.19
+2.02
–0.19
New
New
11
11
0
0
0
+8
+9
–1
New
New
Economic Party of the German Middle Classes (WP) 192,7801.18New4New
Christian People's Party (CVP) 14,1400.09New0New
Polish Party 12,0810.07New0New
Schleswiger Association 4,7200.03New0New
Christian Social People's Party 9820.01New0New
Factionless Party
Factionless Party
List of Merchants and Wandering Tradesmen
934
906
28
0.01
0.01
0.00
New
New
New
0
0
0
New
New
New
Non-partisan 540.00New0New
Invalid/blank votes 212,9871.29
Total 16,357,755100428+27
Registered voters/turnout 21,410,14877.40+2.61
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No election took place in constituency #9 (Oppeln); for this purpose, members of this constituency elected in the 1919 election retained their seats.

Popular Vote
SPD
26.26%
DNVP
18.08%
Zentrum
17.24%
DVP
14.18%
VKPD
7.41%
USPD
6.58%
DDP
6.19%
DHP
2.68%
WP
1.18%
Other
0.20%
Landtag seats
SPD
26.64%
Zentrum
18.93%
DNVP
17.52%
DVP
13.55%
VKPD
7.24%
USPD
6.54%
DDP
6.07%
DHP
2.57%
WP
0.93%

Results by constituency

Constituency SPD DNVP Z DVP VKPD USPD DDP DHP WP
1. East Prussia 24.0 31.0 9.6 14.7 7.0 5.7 5.7 1.0
2. Berlin 22.7 17.4 3.9 12.5 11.6 20.3 6.8 4.8
3. Potsdam II 21.6 20.4 3.0 19.8 7.2 13.3 9.6 5.1
4. Potsdam I 27.3 23.8 2.0 16.3 8.3 12.4 6.3 3.6
5. Frankfurt an der Oder 31.9 32.3 6.1 13.0 2.8 6.2 6.5 1.3
6. Pomerania 29.4 42.5 0.7 14.1 3.3 4.7 3.3 2.1
7. Breslau 39.9 21.5 19.6 8.4 2.5 0.9 5.6 1.6
8. Liegnitz 39.7 22.8 8.8 11.8 2.6 1.9 9.4 3.0
9. Oppeln [lower-alpha 2]
10. Magdeburg 41.3 18.1 1.8 15.5 3.9 7.6 11.4 0.4
11. Merseburg 10.6 22.9 1.2 14.4 29.8 11.3 9.9
12. Erfurt 11.0 11.6 14.3 14.3 11.1 17.8 6.9
13. Schleswig-Holstein 37.1 20.9 0.8 18.2 6.0 3.2 8.8
14. Weser-Ems 19.1 8.5 [lower-alpha 3] 17.8 2.4 5.3 9.2 37.6
15. Hanover East 32.5 9.6 14.4 3.8 4.1 4.6 31.1
16. Hanover South 40.8 7.7 18.7 3.5 2.1 4.6 22.7
17. Westphalia North 22.2 10.2 45.5 10.6 5.5 2.6 3.4
18. Westphalia South 25.0 8.1 29.4 15.6 9.5 7.3 5.1
19. Hesse-Nassau 31.7 15.9 17.8 16.6 4.2 4.2 8.7 0.8
20. Köln-Aachen 19.4 5.8 55.6 9.2 5.4 1.0 3.6
21. Koblenz-Trier 11.5 5.5 63.7 11.2 2.3 0.5 2.8
22. Düsseldorf East 14.5 14.1 26.9 14.1 16.6 9.2 4.7
23. Düsseldorf West 14.3 8.0 47.1 13.5 10.0 3.8 3.2

1922 Oppeln by-election

Party Votes  % Seats[lower-alpha 4] +/–[lower-alpha 4]
Centre Party (Zentrum) 207,50338.1176–5
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 80,86114.85109–5
German National People's Party (DNVP) 79,31214.5776+1
Polish Party 51,6389.482+2
German People's Party (DVP) 42,3297.7759+1
United Communist Party of Germany (VKPD) 41,5977.64310
German Social Party (DSP) 22,9814.220New
German Democratic Party (DDP) 15,1522.78260
Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) 1,1880.2227–1
Economic Party (WP) 9150.1740
German-Hanoverian Party and Schleswig-Holstein State Party
German-Hanoverian Party (DHP)
Schleswig-Holstein State Party (SHLP)
532
401
131
0.10
0.07
0.02
11
11
0
0
0
0
Upper Silesian Catholic People's Party 2460.050New
Schleswiger Association 1340.0200
Christian People's Party (CVP) 360.0100
Christian Social People's Party 300.0100
Factionless Party 10.0000
Invalid/blank votes 19,2680.16
Total 544,455100421–7
Registered voters/turnout 834,80565.22
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Popular Vote
Zentrum
38.11%
SPD
14.85%
DNVP
14.57%
Polish
9.48%
DVP
7.77%
VKPD
7.64%
Other
7.58%

See also

Notes

  1. Including one member who was elected for the USPD in the constituency of Upper Silesia in 1919, but by 1921 had changed party affiliation to the VKPD.
  2. Due to the Upper Silesia plebiscite, no election was held in Oppeln.
  3. Zentrum ran in a joint list with the DHP in constituencies #14 (Weser-Ems), #15 (Hanover East), and #16 (Hanover South).
  4. 1 2 Seat tally and seat change correspond to total representation in Landtag. The results of the by-election were combined with the earlier Landtag election, and the seats up for election in Oppeln were distributed to create overall proportionality.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "Der Freistaat Preußen Landtagswahl 1921/22". Gonschior.de.
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