People's Day election in Gdansk, 1923
The election for the 2nd People's Day in the Free City of Danzig on November 18, 1923 confirmed the previous Senate.
initial situation
After the proclamation of the Free City of Danzig on November 15, 1920, the Constituent Assembly elected the first Senate on December 6, 1920 . A bourgeois coalition of DNVP , Center DDP and the liberal Free Economic Association had formed. The Social Democrats were in opposition. At the head of the Senate was Heinrich Sahm , the former mayor , who was not party to the party . This Senate Sahm I had to endure the economic crisis of 1922/23. With the creation of the Danzig Gulden , hyperinflation ended and the conflicts with Poland were limited by international treaties.
A central theme of the election campaign was the (ruling party) DNVP's criticism of the liberal trade senator Julius Jewelowski . This was accused (with clear anti-Semitic tones; Jewelowski was a Jew) too much indulgence towards Poland .
The vote
| Election for the 2nd People's Day on November 18, 1923 | be right | Seats | ||
| at all | vH | overh | vH | |
| Eligible voters | 202,599 | 52.76 | ||
| Voters | 165.311 | |||
| voter turnout | 81.60 | |||
| invalid votes | 517 | 0.31 | ||
| valid votes | 164,794 | 99.69 | 120 | |
| from that: | ||||
| German National Party | 44,459 | 26.98 | 33 | 27.50 |
| Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Gdansk | 39,755 | 24.12 | 30th | 25.00 |
| Center Party | 21,114 | 12.81 | 15th | 12.50 |
| Communist Party | 14,982 | 9.09 | 11 | 9.17 |
| German Party for Progress and Economy | 11.009 | 6.68 | 8th | 6.67 |
| German Social Party | 10.301 | 6.25 | 7th | 5.83 |
| German-Danzig People's Party | 7,406 | 4.49 | 6th | 5.00 |
| Polish party | 7.212 | 4.38 | 5 | 4.17 |
| Free association of officials, employees and workers | 4,782 | 2.90 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Association of fishermen, smokers, small businesses and artisans |
1,810 | 1.10 | 1 | 0.83 |
| Tenant and business party | 1,686 | 1.02 | 1 | 0.83 |
| National, Christian-social equalization party | 278 | 0.17 | - | - |
Post-election development
Mathematically, the government was confirmed by the election result. The conflict over Jewelowski remained. The DNVP stuck to their rejection of re-election. The liberal German Party for Progress and Economy stood behind Jewelowski and left the ruling coalition. The new coalition of DNVP, the Center and the German-Danzig People's Party only had 55 of the 120 seats in the People's Day. The German Party for Progress and Economy tolerated the Senate. The German Social Party, a predecessor of the NSDAP , also voted for Senate Sahm II , but was not used mathematically.
