1921 Hamburg state election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1921 Hamburg state election
| percentage1 = 40.6%
| image1 = File:Otto Stolten..jpg
| percentage2 = 14.1%
| seats2 = 23
| turnout = 70.9% {{decrease}} 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
| election_date = {{Start date|1921|02|20}}
| 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 = {{decrease}} 15
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 10
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 6.4%
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 10
| popular_vote3 = 74,517
| popular_vote1 = 217,774
| popular_vote2 = 75,576
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 9.9%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 5.3%
| colour5 = 8B0000
| image5 = File:Ernst_Thälmann_1932.jpg
| leader5 = Ernst Thälmann
| seats5 = 18
| popular_vote5 = 59,179
| percentage5 = 11.0%
| swing5 = {{increase}} 11.0%
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 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 = {{decrease}} 2
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 14
| popular_vote4 = 60,446
| party7 = Dr. Eddelbüttel
| leader7 = Dr. J.F.T. Eddelbüttel
| seats7 = 3
| seat_change7 = {{increase}} 3
| colour7 = D3D3D3
| popular_vote7 = 12,049
| percentage7 = 3.5%
| swing7 = {{increase}} 3.5%
| last_election7 = Did not exist
| swing4 = {{increase}} 8.4%
| swing6 = {{decrease}} 0.7
| leader8 = Paul Bergmann
| party8 = USPD
| colour8 = C40000
| last_election8 = 13 seats, 2.5%
| seats8 = 2
| seat_change8 = {{decrease}} 11
| popular_vote8 = 7,686
| swing8 = {{decrease}} 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 = {{increase}} 1.2%
| seat_change9 = {{increase}} 1
| image8 = File:BergmannPaul.jpg
| image2 = File:PetersenCarlWilhelm.jpg
| image7 =
}}The 1921 Hamburg state election was held on 20 February 1921 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.{{Cite web|last=Gonschior|first=Andreas|title=Die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Bürgerschaftswahl 1921|url=http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Hamburg/LT2.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2021|website=Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010308123714/http://www.gonschior.de:80/weimar/Hamburg/LT2.html |archive-date=2001-03-08 }}
Results
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
!Party !Votes !% !Seats !+/– |
align="left" |Social Democratic Party of Germany
|217,774 |40.6 |67 |–15 |
align="left" |German Democratic Party
|75,576 |14.1 |23 |–10 |
align="left" |German People's Party
|74,517 |13.9 |23 | +10 |
align="left" |German National People's Party
|60,446 |11.3 |18 | +14 |
align="left" |Communist Party of Germany
|59,179 |11.0 |18 |New |
align="left" |Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund
|18,826 |3.5 |5 |–2 |
align="left" |Dr. Eddelbüttel
|12,049 |2.3 |3 |New |
align="left" |Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
|7,686 |1.4 |2 |–11 |
align="left" |Centre Party
|6,575 |1.2 |1 |New |
align="left" |Funke
|1,328 |0.3 |1 |New |
align="left" |Albert Martens Hamburg
|1,106 |0.2 |0 |New |
align="left" |Exekutivbeamte der Polizeibehörde Hamburg
|1,071 |0.2 |0 |New |
align="left" |Invalid/blank votes
|2,166 |– |– |– |
align="left" |Total
|538,299 |100 |160 |0 |
align="left" |Registered voters/turnout
|759,283 |70.9 |– | |
colspan="5" align="left" |Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic |
References
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Literature
- Prof. Dr. Sköllin (1921). Statistische Mittteilung über den hamburgischen Staat, Nr. 11 - Die Bürgerschaftswahl am 20. Februar 1921. Direktor des Statistischen Landesamtes
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