Württemberg Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

This table shows the historical election results for the Landtag

Landtag

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in the Free People's State of Württemberg

Free People's State of Württemberg

The Free People's State of Württemberg was a state of Germany during the Weimar Republic in Württemberg.-1918 revolution:As Germany underwent violent revolution near the end of World War I, the Kingdom of Württemberg was transformed from a monarchy to a democratic republic without bloodshed; its...

, a part of the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

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. This was the successor state of the former Kingdom of Württemberg

Kingdom of Württemberg

The Kingdom of Württemberg was a state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which came into existence in 1495...

in southwestern Germany, between the end of the German Empire

German Empire

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(1871–1918) and start of the Nazi regime in 1933.

The table is an important indicator of the swings in political opinion in this part of Germany between the second and third Reichs, a period when parliamentary democracy came to have real political meaning in Germany. Württemberg is now a part of the modern land (federal state) of Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

.

In the table below, "Sitze" means the parliamentary seats won in the elections.

Jahr	SPD	Demokra- tische Volks- partei	Zentrum	WBP ab 1924: DNVP/WBP 1932: DNVP	WBB	USPD 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...	WBWB	Deutsche Volks- partei	KPD 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...	VSB	CSVD	NSDAP
1919	34,5 % 52 Sitze	25,0 % 38 Sitze	20,8 % 31 Sitze	7,4 % 11 Sitze	5,8 % 10 Sitze	3,1 % 4 Sitze	2,7 % 4 Sitze	-	-	-	-	-
1920	16,1 % 17 Sitze	14,7 % 15 Sitze	22,5 % 23 Sitze	9,3 % 10 Sitze	17,7 % 18 Sitze	13,3 % 14 Sitze	-	3,4 % 4 Sitze	-	-	-	-
1924	16,0 % 13 Sitze	10,6 % 9 Sitze	20,9 % 17 Sitze	10,4 % 8 Sitze	-	-	20,2 % 17 Sitze	4,6 % 3 Sitze	11,7 % 10 Sitze	4,0 % 3 Sitze	-	-
1928	23,8 % 22 Sitze	10,1 % 8 Sitze	19,6 % 17 Sitze	5,7 % 4 Sitze	-	-	18,1 % 16 Sitze	5,2 % 4 Sitze	7,4 % 6 Sitze	-	3,9 % 3 Sitze	-
1932	16,6 % 14 Sitze	4,8 % 4 Sitze	20,5 % 17 Sitze	4,3 % 3 Sitze	-	-	10,7 % 9 Sitze	-	9,4 % 7 Sitze	-	4,2 % 3 Sitze	26,4 % 23 Sitze

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