German election, December 1924
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of 7 December 1924 was a parliamentary election in Weimar Republic
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of 7 December 1924 was a parliamentary election in Weimar Republic
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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) |
26.0% | +5.5% | 131 | +31 |
| 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) |
20.5% | +1.0% | 103 | +8 |
| 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... (Z) |
13.6% | +0.2% | 69 | +4 |
| 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) |
10.1% | +0.9% | 51 | +6 |
| 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) |
8.9% | -3.7% | 45 | -17 |
| German Democratic Party (DDP) | 6.3% | +0.6% | 32 | +4 |
| 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) |
3.7% | +0.5% | 19 | +3 |
| National Socialist Freedom Movement National Socialist Freedom Movement The National Socialist Freedom Movement , or NSFB) or National Socialist Freedom Party was a German political party created in April 1924 in the aftermath of the Munich Putsch. Adolf Hitler and many Nazi Party leaders were jailed after the attempted coup and the Nazi party was outlawed in what... (NSFB) (Combined list of the Deutschvölkische Freiheitspartei (DVFP) and the Nazi Party (NSDAP)) |
3.0% | -3.6% | 14 | -18 |
| Economic Party of the German Middle Class Reich Party of the German Middle Class The Reich Party of the German Middle Class , known from 1920-25 as the Economic Party of the German Middle Classes , was a liberal German political party during the Weimar Republic. It was commonly known as the Wirtschaftspartei or WP.... (WP) |
2.3% | +0.6% | 12 | +5 |
| League of Farmers | 1.6% | -0.4% | 8 | -2 |
| 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.... |
1.0% | +0.3% | 5 | +2 |
| German-Hanoverian Party (DHP) | 0.9% | -0.2% | 4 | -1 |
| Other | 2.1% | -0.6% | 0 | +/-0 |
| Total | 100.0% | 493 | +21 | |