1921 Hamburg state election explained

Election Name:1921 Hamburg state election
Percentage1:40.6%
Image1:File:Otto Stolten..jpg
Percentage2:14.1%
Seats2:23
Turnout:70.9% 9.65pp
Party2:DDP
Colour2:FFCC00
Seats1:67
Type:parliamentary
Party1:SPD
Colour1:E2001A
Seats For Election:All 160 in the Bürgerschaft
Next Election:1924 Hamburg state election
Country:Hamburg
Ongoing:no
Leader1:Otto Stolten
Party3:DVP
Colour3:000000
Leader3:Franz Heinrich Witthoefft
Leader2:Carl Wilhelm Petersen
Party4:DNVP
Leader4:Karl Anton Gutknecht
Colour4:63B8FF
Party5:KPD
Percentage4:11.3%
Percentage3:13.9%
Seats4:18
Seats3:23
Colour6:D3D3D3
Party6:Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund
Percentage6:3.5%
Seats6:5
Leader6:Johannes Hirsch
Party Name:no
Next Year:1924
Previous Election:1919 Hamburg state election
Previous Year:1919
Image4:File:GutknechtKarlAnton.jpg
Image6:File:Johannes Hirsch (cropped).jpg
Image3:File:Franz Heinrich Witthoeft.jpg
Seat Change1: 15
Seat Change2: 10
Swing2: 6.4%
Seat Change3: 10
Popular Vote3:74,517
Popular Vote1:217,774
Popular Vote2:75,576
Swing1: 9.9%
Swing3: 5.3%
Colour5:8B0000
Image5:File:Ernst_Thälmann_1932.jpg
Leader5:Ernst Thälmann
Seats5:18
Popular Vote5:59,179
Percentage5:11.0%
Swing5: 11.0%
Seat Change5: 18
Last Election5:Did not run
Last Election6:7 seat, 4.2%
Last Election1:82 seats, 50.5%
Last Election2:33 seats, 20.5%
Last Election3:13 seats, 8.6%
Last Election4:4 seats, 2.9%
Popular Vote6:18,826
Seat Change6: 2
Seat Change4: 14
Popular Vote4:60,446
Party7:Dr. Eddelbüttel
Leader7:Dr. J.F.T. Eddelbüttel
Seats7:3
Seat Change7: 3
Colour7:D3D3D3
Popular Vote7:12,049
Percentage7:3.5%
Swing7: 3.5%
Last Election7:Did not exist
Swing4: 8.4%
Swing6: 0.7
Leader8:Paul Bergmann
Party8:USPD
Colour8:C40000
Last Election8:13 seats, 2.5%
Seats8:2
Seat Change8: 11
Popular Vote8:7,686
Swing8: 1.1%
Percentage8:1.4%
Party9:Centre
Colour9:000000
Leader9:Bernhard Dinkgrefe
Image9:File:Bernhard_Dinkgrefe.jpg
Last Election9:Did not exist
Seats9:1
Popular Vote9:6,575
Percentage9:1.2%
Swing9: 1.2%
Seat Change9: 1
Image8:File:BergmannPaul.jpg
Image7: Eddelbüttel

The 1921 Hamburg state election was held on 20 February 1921 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party of Germany217,77440.667–15
German Democratic Party75,57614.123–10
German People's Party74,51713.923+10
German National People's Party60,44611.318+14
Communist Party of Germany59,17911.018New
Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund18,8263.55–2
Dr. Eddelbüttel12,0492.33New
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany7,6861.42–11
Centre Party6,5751.21New
Funke1,3280.31New
Albert Martens Hamburg1,1060.20New
Exekutivbeamte der Polizeibehörde Hamburg1,0710.20New
Invalid/blank votes2,166
Total538,2991001600
Registered voters/turnout759,28370.9
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gonschior. Andreas. Die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Bürgerschaftswahl 1921. live. 15 May 2021. Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. https://web.archive.org/web/20010308123714/http://www.gonschior.de:80/weimar/Hamburg/LT2.html . 2001-03-08 .