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	Vote percentage (change)		Seats (change)
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)	24.5%	-5.3%	143	-10
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)	18.3%	+15.7%	107	+95
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)	13.1%	+2.5%	77	+23
Centre Party (Z)	11.8%	-0.3%	68	+7
German National People's Party (DNVP)	7.0%	-7.3%	41	-32
German People's Party (DVP)	4.5%	-4.2%	30	-15
Business Party of the German Middle Classes	3.9%	-0.6%	23	+/-0
German Democratic Party (DStP)	3.8%	-1.0%	20	-5
Christian-National Farmers and Country Party	3.1%	+1.2%	19	+10
Bavarian People's Party (BVP)	3.0%	-0.1%	19	+2
Christian Socialist People's Service (CSVD)	2.5%	-	14	-
German Farmers Party (DBP)	1.0%	-0.6%	6	-2
Conservative People's Party (KVP)	0.8%	-	4	-
Right-Wing People's Party	0.8%	-0.8%	0	-2
League of Farmers	0.6%	-0.1%	3	+/- 0
German-Hannoveranian Party (DHP)	0.4%	-0.2%	3	-1
Other	0.9%	-0.8%	0	+/-0
Total	100.0%		577	+86