Election to the city council of Berlin in 1920

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in percent

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.4

17.2

16.9

11.4

7.1

4.2

3.7

1.1

USPD

SPD

DVP

DNVP

DDP

WVgg

Z

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

-16

+5.4

-14.5

+12.4

+0.9

-7.5

+4.2

-2.0

+1.1

USPD

SPD

DVP

DNVP

DDP

WVgg

Z

Otherwise.

     

A total of 93 seats

• USPD : 48
• SPD : 17
• DDP : 4
• DVP : 15
• DNVP : 9

The election for the city council of Berlin 1920 took place on June 20, 1920 and was the first election for the city ​​council of Greater Berlin . The election was made necessary by the Greater Berlin Act , through which numerous suburbs were incorporated into Berlin with effect from October 1, 1920. The turnout was 64.7%. The winner of the election was the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) under Hermann Weyl with 38.4% and 48 seats. Second place went to the SPD under Hugo Heimann and the third to the German People's Party (DVP) under Wilhelm Caspari .

Other parties were the German National People's Party (DNVP), the German Democratic Party (DDP), the German Center Party , the Reich Party of German Medium-Sized Enterprises (WVgg), the list of “non-party women’s association” and the conservative individual candidate Karl Steiniger .

A coalition of USPD and SPD was formed under Hermann Weyl.

Result

Result of the election to the city council of Berlin in 1920

Party (abbreviation)		Result			Seats
		be right	%	+/-	number	+/-
	USPD	370.090	38.4	+ 5.4	48	+ 1
	SPD	141,745	17.2	- 14.5	17th	- 29
	DVP	125,267	16.9	+ 12.4	15th	+ 9
	DNVP	90.065	11.4	+ 0.9	9	- 7th
	DDP	50,604	7.1	- 7.5	4th	- 17th
	WVgg		4.2	-	-	-
	Z	33,565	3.7	- 2.0	-	- 8th
	Karl Steiniger		1.0	-	-	-
	Non-party women’s association		0.1	-	-	-
	other				-	-
Valid votes		841,603	100.0		93	- 51
Invalid votes		5,543	0.7	+ 0.5
Voter and turnout		847.146	65.2	+ 7.6
Eligible voters		1,300,177	100.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ p. 60, election to the city council of Berlin on June 20, 1920 (PDF; 135 kB), Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg
2. ↑ http://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/wpBerlin.htm