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German federal election, May 1924

German federal election, May 1924
Weimar Republic
← 1920 4 May 1924 (1924-05-04) December 1924 →

All 472 seats in the Reichstag
237 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 77.4%
  First party Second party Third party
  Otto Wels.jpg Oskar Hergt.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R18733, Konstantin Fehrenbach.jpg
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 Decrease2 Increase24 Increase1
Popular vote 6,008,905 5,696,475 3,914,379
Percentage 20.5% 19.5% 13.4%
Swing Decrease1.2% Increase4.4% Decrease0.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg
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 Increase58 Decrease20 Increase32
Popular vote 3,693,280 2,694,381 1,918,329
Percentage 12.6% 9.2% 6.5%
Swing Increase10.5% Decrease4.7% Increase6.5%

  Seventh party Eighth party
  Heinrich held 102 01176crop.png
Leader  ? Heinrich Held
Party DDP BVP
Leader since  ? 1918
Last election 39 seats 20 seats
Seats won 28 16
Seat change Decrease11 Decrease4
Popular vote 1,655,129 946,648
Percentage 5.7% 3.2%
Swing Decrease2.6% Decrease1.0%

Chancellor before election

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

Resulting Chancellor

Wilhelm Marx
Centre


Wilhelm Marx
Centre

Wilhelm Marx
Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 4 May 1924. 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. Voter turnout was 77.4%.


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