People's Day election in Gdansk 1927
The election for the 3rd People's Day in the Free City of Danzig on November 13, 1927 confirmed the previous Senate if the Social Democrats won.
initial situation
The first Senate of the Free City of Danzig , elected on December 6, 1920, was the senate of a bourgeois coalition of DNVP , Zentrum , DDP and the likewise liberal Free Economic Association under the non-party Heinrich Sahm . In the election for the 2nd People's Day on November 18, 1923 , the coalition was confirmed and the Senate Sahm I was confirmed.
The rejection of the state budget in 1925 by Vice President Ernst Ziehm led to a government crisis. As the new Senate Sahm II on August 19, 1925, a minority senate from the SPD , the center and the German Liberal Party (this had been formed in 1925 from the "Free Association of Officials, Employees and Workers" and the "German Party for Progress and Economy ( Since 1920 the name of the Free Economic Association) formed) This government was tolerated by the Poles and the now non-attached MP Wilhelm Rahn .
Politics in the electoral period was ultimately determined by the economic crisis and the conflicts with Poland. The Senate had succeeded in getting the League of Nations to approve the loan of the League of Nations and thus averted bankruptcy and secured the stability of the Danzig guilder . In May 1927 the district elections took place, which led to strong gains for the SPD and losses for the DNVP.
In August 1927 the Liberals left the government for electoral reasons and split. The “National Liberal Party of the Free City of Danzig” was newly founded. Almost 20 parties ran for the People's Day election. The bourgeois parties, however, were able to limit party fragmentation a little by means of lists .
The main point of contention in the election campaign was the understanding policy with Poland. The parties received support during the election campaign from well-known speakers from the Reich. So were Eduard Stadler and Hans Luther for the National Liberals, Ernst Thalmann for the KPD and Carl Severing on for the SPD.
The vote
| November 13, 1927, election for the 3rd People's Day | be right | Seats | ||
| at all | vH | overh | vH | |
| Eligible voters | 214,641 | 55.90 | ||
| Voters | 183.363 | |||
| voter turnout | 85.43 | |||
| invalid votes | 527 | 0.29 | ||
| valid votes | 182,836 | 99.71 | 120 | |
| from that: | ||||
| Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Gdansk | 61,779 | 33.79 | 42 | 35.00 |
| German National People's Party | 35,826 | 19.59 | 25th | 20.83 |
| Center Party | 26.096 | 14.27 | 18th | 15.00 |
| Communist Party | 11,700 | 6.40 | 8th | 6.67 |
| National Liberal Citizens' Party | 8,331 | 4.56 | 5 | 4.17 |
| German-Danzig People's Party | 8,010 | 4.38 | 5 | 4.17 |
| German Liberal Party | 6,204 | 3.39 | 4th | 3.33 |
| Polish party | 5,764 | 3.15 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Civil working group | 4,227 | 2.31 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Tenant and creditor party | 3,577 | 1.96 | 2 | 1.67 |
| Economic list | 2,225 | 1.22 | 1 | 0.83 |
| German Social Party | 2.130 | 1.16 | 1 | 0.83 |
| Fishing party | 1,858 | 1.02 | 1 | 0.83 |
| United lists of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Hitler) and the |
1,483 | 0.81 | 1 | 0.83 |
| Gdansk Homeowners Party | 1,392 | 0.76 | 1 | 0.83 |
| German middle class and workers' party | 1.005 | 0.55 | - | - |
| Gdansk economic bloc | 583 | 0.32 | - | - |
| General pensioners party | 578 | 0.32 | - | - |
| Employee group | 68 | 0.04 | - | - |
Post-election development
In the People's Day election, there were shifts towards the SPD. Despite the Hansa-Bank affair, the center was able to maintain the results. The parties of the previous minority government now had a majority. Without prejudice to some personnel changes, the SPD, the Center and the Liberals continued to form the Senate.
The coalition broke up in 1930 over the question of housing management and financing laws.
