German federal election, December 1924

7 December 1924 (1924-12-07)

All 493 seats in the Reichstag
247 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

78.8%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Otto Wels	Kuno von Westarp	Wilhelm Marx
Party	SPD	DNVP	Centre
Leader since	1919	1924	1923
Last election	100 seats	95 seats	65 seats
Seats won	131	103	69
Seat change	31	8	4
Popular vote	7,881,041	6,205,802	4,118,849
Percentage	26.0%	20.5%	13.6%
Swing	5.5%	1.0%	0.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Gustav Stresemann	?	Erich Koch-Weser
Party	DVP	KPD	DDP
Leader since	1919	?	1924
Last election	45 seats	62 seats	28 seats
Seats won	51	45	32
Seat change	6	17	4
Popular vote	3,049,064	2,709,086	1,919,829
Percentage	10.1%	9.0%	6.3%
Swing	0.9%	3.6%	0.6%

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Leader	Heinrich Held
Party	BVP	NSFP
Leader since	1924
Last election	16 seats	32 seats
Seats won	19	14
Seat change	3	18
Popular vote	1,134,035	907,242
Percentage	3.7%	3.0%
Swing	0.5%	3.5%

Distribution of seats

Chancellor before election

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

Resulting Chancellor

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 7 December 1924, the second that year.^[1] The Reichstag had been dissolved on 20 October 1924. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag with an increased share of the vote, winning 131 of the 493 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 78.8%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	7,881,041	26.0	131	+31
German National People's Party	6,205,802	20.5	103	+8
Centre Party	4,118,849	13.6	69	+4
German People's Party	3,049,064	10.1	51	+6
Communist Party of Germany	2,709,086	9.0	45	−17
German Democratic Party	1,919,829	6.3	32	+4
Bavarian People's Party	1,134,035	3.7	19	+3
National Socialist Freedom Movement	907,242	3.0	14	−18
Agricultural League	500,525	1.6	8	−2
Economic Party of the German Middle Class	692,963	2.3	12	+5
Bavarian Peasant's and Middle Class Party	312,442	1.0	5	New
German-Hanoverian Party	261,549	0.9	4	−1
German Social Party–Reichsbund für Aufwertung	159,115	0.5	0	New
Independent Social Democratic Party	98,842	0.3	0	0
Deutsche Aufwertungs- und Aufbaupartei	81,944	0.3	0	New
Polish People's Party	81,700	0.3	0	0
Wendish People's Party	5,585	0.0	0	0
Schleswig Club	5,134	0.0	0	0
Masurian Union	542	0.0	0	0
Christian Social People's Community	41,530	0.1	0	0
Free Economy Union FFF	38,923	0.1	0	0
Aufwertungs- und Wiederaufbaupartei (RWV 23)	33,656	0.1	0	New
Party for People's Welfare	32,496	0.1	0	New
Haeusserbund	9,747	0.0	0	0
German Christian People's Party	4,322	0.0	0	New
Deutschvölkische Reichspartei	3,405	0.0	0	New
Aufwertungs- und Wiederaufbaupartei	478	0.0	0	New
Tenants' Party	246	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	414,934	–	–	–
Total	30,705,026	100	493	+21
Registered voters/turnout	38,987,324	78.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Gonschior.de

Popular Vote

SPD			26.02%
DNVP			20.48%
Zentrum			13.51%
DVP			10.07%
KPD			8.95%
DDP			6.34%
BVP			3.74%
NSFP			3.00%
WP			2.29%
Other			5.61%

Reichstag seats

SPD			26.57%
DNVP			20.89%
Zentrum			14.00%
DVP			10.34%
KPD			9.13%
DDP			6.49%
BVP			3.85%
NSFP			2.84%
WP			2.43%
Other			3.45%

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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