German federal election, May 1924

4 May 1924 (1924-05-04)

All 472 seats in the Reichstag 237 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	77.4%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Otto Wels	Oskar Hergt	Constantin Fehrenbach
Party	SPD	DNVP	Centre
Leader since	1919	1919	1923
Last election	102 seats	71 seats	64 seats
Seats won	100	95	65
Seat change	2	24	1
Popular vote	6,008,905	5,696,475	3,914,379
Percentage	20.5%	19.5%	13.4%
Swing	1.2%	4.4%	0.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	?	Gustav Stresemann	?
Party	KPD	DVP	NSFP
Leader since	?	1919	?
Last election	4 seats	65 seats	new party
Seats won	62	45	32
Seat change	58	20	32
Popular vote	3,693,280	2,694,381	1,918,329
Percentage	12.6%	9.2%	6.5%
Swing	10.5%	4.7%	6.5%

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Leader	?	Heinrich Held
Party	DDP	BVP
Leader since	?	1918
Last election	39 seats	20 seats
Seats won	28	16
Seat change	11	4
Popular vote	1,655,129	946,648
Percentage	5.7%	3.2%
Swing	2.6%	1.0%

Chancellor before election

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

Resulting Chancellor

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 4 May 1924.^[1] The Reichstag had been dissolved on 13 March 1924. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 472 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 77.4%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	6,008,905	20.5	100	−2
German National People's Party	5,696,475	19.5	95	+24
Centre Party	3,914,379	13.4	65	+1
Communist Party of Germany	3,693,280	12.6	62	+58
German People's Party	2,694,381	9.2	45	−20
National Socialist Freedom Movement	1,918,329	6.5	32	New
German Democratic Party	1,655,129	5.7	28	−11
Bavarian People's Party	946,648	3.2	16	−4
Agricultural League	574,939	2.0	10	New
Economic Party of the German Middle Class	500,820	1.7	7	New
German Social Party	333,427	1.1	4	+4
German-Hanoverian Party	319,792	1.1	5	0
Independent Social Democratic Party	235,145	0.8	0	−84
Bavarian Peasants' League	192,786	0.7	3	−1
Christian Social People's Community	124,451	0.4	0	New
Polish People's Party	100,260	0.3	0	New
National Freedom Party	62,071	0.2	0	New
Bund der Geusen	59,222	0.2	0	New
Party of Tenants	45,920	0.2	0	New
Republican Party of Germany	45,722	0.2	0	New
German Workers' Party	36,291	0.1	0	New
Free Econony Union FFF	36,013	0.1	0	New
Socialist League	26,418	0.1	0	New
Haeusserbund	24,451	0.1	0	New
Wendish People's Party	10,827	0.0	0	0
Völkischer Block	9,561	0.0	0	New
Schleswig Club	7,620	0.0	0	0
Bavarian Middle Class League – Südgau	5,659	0.0	0	New
Independent Economy Group	1,848	0.0	0	New
Masurian Union	1,029	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	427,582	–	–	–
Total	29,709,380	100	472	+13
Registered voters/turnout	38,374,983	77.42	–	–
Source: Gonschior.de

Popular Vote

SPD			20.52%
DNVP			19.45%
Zentrum			13.37%
KPD			12.61%
DVP			9.20%
NSFP			6.55%
DDP			5.65%
BVP			3.23%
Landliste			1.96%
WP			1.69%
Other			5.75%

Reichstag seats

SPD			21.19%
DNVP			20.13%
Zentrum			13.77%
KPD			13.14%
DVP			9.53%
NSFP			6.78%
DDP			5.93%
BVP			3.39%
Landliste			2.19%
WP			1.48%
Other			6.80%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p790
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p777

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