| 17 Westphalia North Westfalen-Nord | |
|---|---|
| Former electoral constituency for the Reichstag | |
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| State | Prussia |
| Province | Westphalia |
| Electorate | 1,146,989 (1919) 1,705,654 (1933) |
| Major settlements | Gelsenkirchen, Bielefeld, Münster, Bottrop, Gladbeck, Recklinghausen, Herford |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1919 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
Westphalia North was one of the 35 electoral districts (German: Wahlkreise) used to elect members to the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic. It sent members to the Reichstag in nine democratic elections between 1919 and 1933. It existed nominally in the show elections to the Nazi Reichstag until 1938.
It comprised the contemporary Regierungsbezirke of Münster and Minden from the Prussian province of Westphalia, the Grafschaft Schaumburg district from the province of Hesse-Nassau, and the small states of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe. It was constituency 17 in the numbering scheme.[1]
- ^ "Voters and Elections in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933". GESIS. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.