| Centre | 32,964 | men | 49,154 | women |
| Social Democrats | 36,295 | “ | 24,134 | “ |
| People’s Party | 17,768 | “ | 15,944 | “ |
| Independents | 18,245 | “ | 8,973 | “ |
| Democrats | 6,554 | “ | 4,677 | “ |
| German Nationals | 3,190 | “ | 3,422 | “ |
In Spandau 23,294 men voted and 23,359 women. Out of every 100 men and 100 women the different parties receive the following proportion:
| Independents | 35.4 | men | 32.6 | women |
| Social Democrats | 21.3 | “ | 19.3 | “ |
| German Nationals | 12.8 | “ | 16.7 | “ |
| People’s Party | 12.5 | “ | 14.5 | “ |
| Democrats | 8.3 | “ | 7.5 | “ |
| Communists | 6.3 | “ | 4.2 | “ |
| Centre | 3.2 | “ | 5.0 | “ |
| Other parties | .2 | “ | .2 | “ |
Thus in the two districts women voted more for the Centre and the parties of the Right.
Of the total vote cast for the Independent Socialist Party 33 per cent were women. In the Social Democratic party the proportion rose to 40 per cent. For the parties of the Right the percentage was 52. Whereas of the Centre women comprised 60 per cent.
The newspapers of the Left noted bitterly this irony of history, that it is precisely the parties that have always been against woman suffrage that are most strongly supported by women.
II.—The application of the automatic system has had several interesting results.
Throughout Germany there were cast 26,017,590 votes. This gave the Reichstag 466 members. The votes and the seats were distributed as follows:
| Parties | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Social Democrats | 5,614,456 | 112 |
| Centre | 3,540,830 | 68 |
| Democrats | 2,202,394 | 45 |
| German Nationals | 3,736,778 | 66 |
| People’s Party | 3,606,316 | 62 |
| Independents | 4,895,317 | 81 |
| Communists | 441,995 | 2 |
| Bavarian Peasants’ Union | 218,884 | 4 |
| Guelphs | 319,100 | 5 |
| Christian Federalists | 1,171,722 | 21 |