German federal election, 1930

German federal election, 1930

14 September 1930

All 577 seats in the Reichstag 289 seats needed for a majority Turnout 82.0%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels Adolf Hitler Ernst Thälmann Party SPD NSDAP KPD Leader since 1919 28 July 1921 October 1925 Last election 153 seats, 29.8% 12 seats, 2.6% 54 seats, 10.6% Seats won 143 107 77 Seat change 10 95 23 Popular vote 8,575,244 6,379,672 4,590,160 Percentage 24.53% 18.25% 13.13% Swing 5.27% 17.65% 2.53%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ludwig Kaas Alfred Hugenberg Ernst Scholz Party Centre DNVP DVP Leader since September 1928 1928 1929 Last election 61 seats, 12.1% 73 seats, 14.2% 45 seats, 8.7% Seats won 68 41 30 Seat change 7 32 15 Popular vote 4,127,000 2,457,686 1,577,365 Percentage 11.81% 7.03% 4.51% Swing 0.29% 7.17% 3.19%

Chancellor before election Heinrich Brüning Centre Elected Chancellor None (Brüning remained unelected Chancellor)

Reichstag composition

The German federal election occurred on 14 September 1930.^[1]

Despite losing 10 seats, the Social Democratic Party of Germany remained the largest party in the Reichstag, winning 143 of the 577 seats, whilst the Nazi Party dramatically increased its number of seats from 12 to 107.^[2]

The two major parties of the Weimar Coalition, SPD and Zentrum (Centre Party) had no high gains or losses – in contrast to their partner DVP, but the two results of the elections seen as dramatic were: NSDAP reaching more than 100 seats, and big gains for the Communists (an additional 23 seats).

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	8,575,244	24.53	143	–10
National Socialist German Workers Party	6,379,672	18.25	107	+95
Communist Party of Germany	4,590,160	13.13	77	+23
Centre Party	4,127,000	11.81	68	+7
German National People's Party	2,457,686	7.03	41	–32
German People's Party	1,577,365	4.51	30	–15
German State Party	1,322,034	3.78	20	–5
Reich Party of the German Middle Class	1,361,762	3.90	23	0
Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party	1,108,043	3.17	19	+10
Bavarian People's Party	1,058,637	3.03	19	+2
Christian Social People's Service	868,269	2.48	14	New
German Farmers' Party	339,434	0.97	6	–2
Conservative People's Party	290,579	0.83	4	New
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation/Christian Social Reich Party	271,291	0.78	0	–2
Agricultural League	193,926	0.55	3	0
German-Hanoverian Party	144,286	0.41	3	–1
Christian Social Peoples Community	81,550	0.23	0	New
Polish People's Party	72,913	0.21	0	0
Schmalix Greater German List	26,707	0.08	0	New
House and Property Owners	25,530	0.07	0	0
Conservative People's Party/German-Hanoverian Party	22,218	0.06	0	–
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	11,690	0.03	0	0
Freibund des Handwerks, Kleinhandels und Gewerbes	9,531	0.03	0	New
Radical German State Party	8,841	0.03	0	New
Deutsche Einheitspartei für wahre Volkswirtschaft	6,915	0.02	0	New
Kriegsbeschädigten- und Hinterbliebenenpartei der deutschen Mannschaft einschließlich der Abgefundenen	6,704	0.02	0	New
Deutsche Kulturpartei der geistigen Berufe, Angestellten und Beamten	6,181	0.02	0	New
Handel, Handwerk, Hausbesitz	3,644	0.01	0	New
Schleswig Club	1,785	0.01	0	0
Menschheitspartei und neue Volksgemeinschaft	1,626	0.0	0	New
Evangelical voters	1,326	0.0	0	New
Party against Alcohol	1,171	0.0	0	New
Workers Party for Creative Workers	907	0.0	0	New
Prussian-Lithunanian People's Party	666	0.0	0	New
Renter and People's Reich Party	653	0.0	0	New
People's Party of the Lusatian Sorbs	288	0.0	0	New
Friesland	237	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	268,028	–	–	–
Total	35,224,499	100.00	577	+86
Registered voters/turnout	42,982,912	82.0	–	–
Source: Gonschior.de

Popular Vote
SPD			24.53%
NSDAP			18.25%
KPD			13.13%
Zentrum			11.80%
DNVP			7.03%
DVP			4.51%
WP			3.90%
DStP (DDP)			3.78%
CNBL			3.17%
BVP			3.03%
CSVD			2.48%
Other			4.38%

Reichstag seats
SPD			24.78%
NSDAP			18.54%
KPD			13.34%
Zentrum			11.79%
DNVP			7.11%
DVP			5.20%
WP			3.99%
DStP (DDP)			3.47%
BVP			3.29%
CNBL			3.29%
CSVD			2.43%
Other			2.77%

The Gallagher Index result was 1.33

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p790