German election, 1920
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Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
's second elections
Elections in Germany
The following information deals with elections in Germany, including elections to the Bundestag , the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.-Election system:...
were held on 6 June 1920.
Results
| Party | Vote percentage (change) | Seats (change) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... (SPD) |
21.7% | -16.2% | 102 | -61 |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of left wing members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany... (USPD) |
17.9% | +10.3% | 84 | +62 |
| German National People's Party German National People's Party The German National People's Party was a national conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the NSDAP it was the main nationalist party in Weimar Germany composed of nationalists, reactionary monarchists, völkisch, and antisemitic elements, and... (DNVP) |
15.1% | +4.8% | 71 | +27 |
| German People's Party German People's Party The German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:... (DVP) |
13.9% | +9.5% | 65 | +46 |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Germany) The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Formed in 1870, it battled the Kulturkampf which the Prussian government launched to reduce the power of the Catholic Church... (Zentrum) |
13.6% | -6.1% | 64 | -27 |
| German Democratic Party (DDP) | 8.3% | -10.3% | 39 | -36 |
| Bavarian People's Party Bavarian People's Party The Bavarian People's Party was the Bavarian branch of the Centre Party, which broke off from the rest of the party in 1919 to pursue a more conservative, more Catholic, more Bavarian particularist course... (BVP) |
4.4% | - | 21 | - |
| Communist Party of Germany Communist Party of Germany The Communist Party of Germany was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933, and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period until it was banned in 1956... (KPD) |
2.1% | - | 4 | - |
| German-Hanoverian Party (DHP) | 1.1% | +0.8% | 5 | +4 |
| Bavarian Peasants' League Bavarian Peasants' League The Bavarian Peasants' League was an agrarian political party in Bavaria, Germany, from 1870-1933. It has also been known in English as the Bavarian Farmers' League.... (BB) |
0.8% | -0.1% | 4 | +/-0 |
| Other | 1.1% | +0.3% | 0 | +/-0 |
| Total | 100.0% | 459 | +38 | |