Cologne–Aachen 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 Regierungsbezirke of Cologne and Aachen from the Rhine Province within the Free State of Prussia. It was constituency 20 in the numbering scheme.
Electoral system The constituency was created for the 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 14.2 8.8 10.4 14.5 17.5 19.3 14.2 USPD 0.6 8.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 SPD 25.5 20.0 10.2 15.4 18.5 14.2 14.6 14.7 12.0 DDP 7.6 4.1 2.8 3.6 3.2 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 Centre 59.7 51.9 48.5 51.2 42.0 36.4 40.5 39.3 35.9 DVP 3.4 9.0 7.8 8.0 8.5 4.9 1.2 2.3 1.4 WP 3.0 3.2 4.4 4.7 0.8 0.4 DNVP 3.2 4.0 7.3 7.1 7.2 3.0 3.7 5.2 5.7 Nazi 1.5 0.6 1.1 14.5 20.2 17.4 30.0 Other 2.8 4.1 1.7 4.6 4.9 1.1 1.1 0.4 Turnout 79.7 70.0 70.1 69.4 66.4 78.2 80.7 74.3 85.1 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Deputies Election Distribution Seats 1919 13 1920 11 May 1924 12 Dec 1924 12 1928 13 1930 18 Jul 1932 18 Nov 1932 16 1933 19 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
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