1921 Hamburg state election

1921 Hamburg state election

February 20, 1921 (1921-02-20)
All 160 in the Bürgerschaft
Turnout	70.9% 9.65pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Stolten Carl Wilhelm Petersen Franz Heinrich Witthoefft Party SPD DDP DVP Last election 82 seats, 50.5% 33 seats, 20.5% 13 seats, 8.6% Seats won 67 23 23 Seat change 15 10 10 Popular vote 217,774 75,576 74,517 Percentage 40.6% 14.1% 13.9% Swing 9.9% 6.4% 5.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Karl Anton Gutknecht Ernst Thälmann Johannes Hirsch Party DNVP KPD Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund Last election 4 seats, 2.9% Did not run 7 seat, 4.2% Seats won 18 18 5 Seat change 14 18 2 Popular vote 60,446 59,179 18,826 Percentage 11.3% 11.0% 3.5% Swing 8.4% 11.0% 0.7   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Eddelbüttel Leader Dr. J.F.T. Eddelbüttel Paul Bergmann Bernhard Dinkgrefe Party Dr. Eddelbüttel USPD Centre Last election Did not exist 13 seats, 2.5% Did not exist Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 3 11 1 Popular vote 12,049 7,686 6,575 Percentage 3.5% 1.4% 1.2% Swing 3.5% 1.1% 1.2%

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

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party of Germany	217,774	40.6	67	–15
German Democratic Party	75,576	14.1	23	–10
German People's Party	74,517	13.9	23	+10
German National People's Party	60,446	11.3	18	+14
Communist Party of Germany	59,179	11.0	18	New
Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund	18,826	3.5	5	–2
Dr. Eddelbüttel	12,049	2.3	3	New
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	7,686	1.4	2	–11
Centre Party	6,575	1.2	1	New
Funke	1,328	0.3	1	New
Albert Martens Hamburg	1,106	0.2	0	New
Exekutivbeamte der Polizeibehörde Hamburg	1,071	0.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	2,166	–	–	–
Total	538,299	100	160	0
Registered voters/turnout	759,283	70.9	–
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic

Literature

• Prof. Dr. Sköllin (1921). Statistische Mittteilung über den hamburgischen Staat, Nr. 11 - Die Bürgerschaftswahl am 20. Februar 1921. Direktor des Statistischen Landesamtes