Elections in the Free State of Prussia
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The Free State of Prussia held elections to the Landtag
between 1918 and 1933. Until the 1930s these elections gave a plurality to the SPD, but this was handed to the NSDAP or Nazi party in the 1930s, generally in line with the rest of Germany
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Preußischer Landtag
Preußischer Landtag or Prussian Landtag was the Landtag of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was implemented in 1849 after the dissolution of the Prussian National Assembly, building on the tradition of the Prussian estates that had existed from the 14th century in various forms and states in Teutonic...
between 1918 and 1933. Until the 1930s these elections gave a plurality to the SPD, but this was handed to the NSDAP or Nazi party in the 1930s, generally in line with the rest of Germany
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
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Year | 1919 | 1921 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1933 | ||||||
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Party | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats |
SPD | 36.4 | 145 | 25.9 | 109 | 24.9 | 114 | 29.0 | 137 | 21.2 | 94 | 16.6 | 80 |
Zentrum | 22.3 | 94 | 17.9 | 76 | 17.6 | 81 | 15.2 | 71 | 15.3 | 67 | 14.1 | 68 |
DDP/DStP | 16.2 | 65 | 5.9 | 26 | 5.9 | 27 | 4.4 | 21 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 |
DNVP | 11.2 | 48 | 18.0 | 76 | 23.7 | 109 | 17.4 | 82 | 6.9 | 31 | 8.9 | 43 |
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... |
7.4 | 24 | 6.4 | 27 | ||||||||
DVP | 5.7 | 23 | 14.0 | 59 | 9.8 | 45 | 8.5 | 40 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 |
DHP | 0.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 |
SHBLD Schleswig-Holsteinische Bauern- und Landarbeiterdemokratie Schleswig-Holsteinische Bauern- und Landarbeiterdemokratie was a regional agrarian political party based in Schleswig-Holstein during the Weimar Republic... |
0.4 | 1 | ||||||||||
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... |
7.5 | 31 | 9.6 | 44 | 11.9 | 56 | 12.3 | 57 | 13.2 | 63 | ||
WP | 1.2 | 4 | 2.4 | 11 | 4.5 | 21 | ||||||
Polen | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | ||||||||
NSFP | 2.5 | 11 | ||||||||||
NSDAP | 1.8 | 6 | 36.3 | 162 | 43.2 | 211 | ||||||
CNBL | 1.5 | 8 | ||||||||||
VRP Reichspartei für Volksrecht und Aufwertung Reichspartei für Volksrecht und Aufwertung was a German political party active in the Weimar Republic.... |
1.2 | 2 | ||||||||||
DVFP | 1.1 | 2 | ||||||||||
CSVD | 1.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | ||||||||