| 25 Lower Bavaria–Upper Palatinate Niederbayern–Oberpfalz | |
|---|---|
| Former electoral constituency for theReichstag | |
 Location within theWeimar Republic | |
| State | Bavaria |
| Electorate | 714,616 (1919) 868,837 (1933) |
| Major settlements | Regensburg,Passau,Landshut |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
Lower Bavaria–Upper Palatinate was one of the 35electoral districts (German:Wahlkreise) used to elect members to theReichstag during theWeimar Republic. It sent members to the Reichstag in nine democratic elections between 1919 and 1933. It existed nominally in theshow elections to theNazi Reichstag until 1938.
It comprised theRegierungsbezirkeLower Bavaria andUpper Palatinate within theFree State of Bavaria. It was constituency 25 in the numbering scheme.[1]
The constituency was created for the1919 election.[2] Under theproportional representation electoral system of the Weimar Republic, voters cast a vote forparty 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]
| Party | 1919 | 1920 | 1924 I | 1924 II | 1928 | 1930 | 1932 I | 1932 II | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPD | 2.1 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 5.2 | ||
| USPD | 0.5 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||
| SPD | 25.8 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 12.7 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 9.4 | |
| DDP | 5.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
| Centre | 1.4 | |||||||||
| BVP | 49.7 | 56.9 | 49.6 | 48.5 | 43.7 | 43.6 | 48.0 | 47.1 | 37.6 | |
| BB | 18.5 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 18.0 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 5.8 | |
| DVP | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||
| DNVP | 2.9 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |||
| Nazi | 10.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 12.0 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 39.2 | |||
| Other | 0.0 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 77.6 | 70.1 | 58.5 | 74.1 | 72.0 | 73.5 | 73.9 | 69.9 | 82.9 | |
| Source:Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||||||
| Election | Distribution | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 9 | |
| 1920 | 5 | |
| May 1924 | 5 | |
| Dec 1924 | 7 | |
| 1928 | 7 | |
| 1930 | 8 | |
| Jul 1932 | 9 | |
| Nov 1932 | 7 | |
| 1933 | 9 | |
| Source:Wahlen in Deutschland | ||