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MAP OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC AND NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS, 1919-1933
(All figures are precentages of the popular vote, with the parties that participated in coalition governments after each election in boldface.)
|
Year |
KPD |
USPD |
SPD |
DDP |
Center (+BVP) |
DVP |
Splinter parties |
DNVP |
NSDAP |
Voter turn-out |
|
1919 |
--- |
7.7 |
37.9 |
18.6 |
19.7 |
4.4 |
1.6 |
10.3 |
-- |
83.0 |
|
1920 |
2.1 |
17.9 |
21.7 |
8.3 |
1 |
13.9 |
3.3 |
15.1 |
-- |
79.2 |
|
1924I |
12.6 |
dissolved |
20.5 |
5.7 |
16.6 |
9.2 |
8.6 |
19.5 |
6.5 |
77.4 |
|
1924II |
9.0 |
26.0 |
6.3 |
17.4 |
10.1 |
7.5 |
20.5 |
3.0 |
78.8 |
|
|
1928 |
10.6 |
29.8 |
4.9 |
15.2 |
8.7 |
13.9 |
14.2 |
2.6 |
75.6 |
|
|
1930 |
13.1 |
24.5 |
3.8 |
14.8 |
4.7 |
13.8 |
7.0 |
18.3 |
82.0 |
|
|
1932I |
14.5 |
21.6 |
1.0 |
16.2 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
6.2 |
37.4 |
84.1 |
|
|
1932II |
16.9 |
20.4 |
1.0 |
15.3 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
8.9 |
33.1 |
80.6 |
|
|
1933 |
12.3 |
18.3 |
0.9 |
13.9 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
8.0 |
43.9 |
88.8 |
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KPD=Communist Party of Germany (which boycotted the first election)
- USPD=Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (dissolved in 1922)
-
SPD=Social Democratic Party of Germany
-
DDP=German Democratic Party (left liberal)
-
Center=the (predominantly Catholic) Center Party, combined with its regional ally, the Bavarian People’s Party
-
DVP=German People’s Party (successor of the National Liberal Party)
-
Splinter parties=special interest parties for farmers, homeowners, Hanoverian separatists, etc.
-
DNVP=German Nationalist People’s Party (monarchist and vehemently nationalistic)
-
NSDAP=National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Source: J. Falter, Th. Lindenberger, and S. Schumann, Wahlen und Abstimmungen in der Weimarer Republik (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1986), pp. 41-45.
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