German election, 1928

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The 5th German federal election of May 20, 1928, under the Weimar Republic. As with the previous election in 1924, the SDP gained a plurality of the seats but failed to gain a majority. Their number did, however, increase.

Party	Vote percentage (change)		Seats (change)
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)	29.8%	+3.8%	153	+22
German National People's Party (DNVP)	14.3%	-6.2%	73	-30
Centre Party (Z)	12.1%	-1.5%	61	-8
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)	10.6%	+1.7%	54	+9
German People's Party (DVP)	8.7%	-1.4%	45	-6
German Democratic Party (DDP)	4.8%	-1.5%	25	-7
Business Party of the German Middle Classes	4.5%	+2.2%	23	+11
Bavarian People's Party (BVP)	3.1%	-0.6%	17	-2
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)	2.6%	-0.4%	12	-2
Christian-National Farmers and Country Party	1.9%	-	9	-
Right-Wing People's Party	1.6%	-	2	-
German Farmers Party (DBP)	1.6%	-	8	-
League of Farmers	0.7%	-0.9%	3	-1
German-Hannoveranian Party (DHP)	0.6%	-0.3%	4	+/-0
Saxonian Country	0.4%	-	2	-
Other	2.7%	-0.4%	0	+/-0
Total	100.0%		491	-2