German election, 1930

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The 6th German federal election of 14 September 1930, under the Weimar Republic. The number of seats increased from the last election in 1928 (491) to 577 seats, however, the SDP, who remained the largest party saw their share decrease. The Nazi Party on the other hand increased their seats from 12 to 107.

Party	Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)	143
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)	107
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)	77
Centre Party	68
DNVP (Conservatives)	41
DVP (National Liberals)	30
RPDM (Business Party)	23
German Democratic Party (Left-wing Liberals)	20
Bavarian People's Party (BVP)	19
Deutsche Bauernpartei (Farmers)	6
Christlich-Sozialer Volksdienst (Protestants)	4
Konservative Volkspartei (Conservatives)	4
Bund der Landwirte (Farmers)	3
German-Hannoveranian Party (DHP - Hanover regionalists)	3
Other	29
Totals	577