Magdeburg was one of the 35 electoral districts () 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 Magdeburg from Prussian province of Saxony as well as the state of Free State of Anhalt. It was constituency 10 in the numbering scheme.
Electoral system The constituency was created for the January 1919 election. 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.
Results (1919–1933) Vote share Party 1919 1920 1924 I 1924 II 1928 1930 1932 I 1932 II 1933 KPD 1.1 10.1 5.2 7.2 10.0 11.0 13.3 10.5 USPD 3.0 19.2 0.1 SPD 58.3 33.6 32.0 39.2 43.0 37.2 32.3 31.0 27.6 DDP 25.4 13.7 6.9 6.9 4.9 3.4 1.1 0.8 0.6 Centre 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.8 DVP 3.2 14.3 14.4 15.5 14.1 7.4 1.2 2.1 1.2 WP 3.4 3.4 4.9 4.6 0.3 0.2 DNVP 8.6 16.4 23.7 23.3 16.2 7.5 7.5 10.6 10.6 Nazi 4.9 3.0 1.7 19.5 43.8 39.0 47.3 Other 0.2 2.8 1.5 6.3 8.5 0.7 1.2 0.3 Turnout 86.6 84.5 84.7 85.7 84.5 88.3 88.8 85.7 91.7 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Deputies Election Distribution Seats 1919 11 1920 13 May 1924 11 Dec 1924 13 1928 13 1930 14 Jul 1932 15 Nov 1932 15 1933 17 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
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