Westphalia South (electoral district)

18 Westphalia South
Westfalen-Süd
Former electoral constituency
for the Reichstag
Location within the Weimar Republic
StatePrussia
ProvinceWestphalia
Electorate1,335,534 (1919)
1,740,515 (1933)
Major settlementsDortmund, Bochum, Hagen, Herne, Wanne-Eickel, Witten, Wattenscheid, Castrop-Rauxel, Hamm, Lünen, Siegen, Lüdenscheid, Iserlohn
Former constituency
Created1919
Abolished1938

Westphalia South 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 Regierungsbezirke Arnsberg, the southern part of the province of Westphalia, within the Free State of Prussia. It was constituency 18 in the numbering scheme.[1]

  1. ^ "Voters and Elections in the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933". GESIS. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.