German federal election, 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%
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]
Results [ edit ]
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
Arbeiter-Partei für das arbeitende und schaffende Volk
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%
References [ edit ]