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Germany May 1924 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Germany won 100 of 472 seats with 20.4% of the vote; 77.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

  • Social Democratic Party of Germany100
  • German National People's Party95
  • Centre Party65
  • Communist Party of Germany62
  • German People's Party45
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party32
  • German Democratic Party28
  • Bavarian People's Party16
  • Economic Party7
  • German-Hanoverian Party5
  • Farmers and Wine Growers Association4
  • German Social Party4
  • Bavarian Peasants' League3
  • Hessian Farmers' Federation2
  • Rural Federation Thuringia2
  • Baden Rural Federation1
  • Unnamed party with one seat1

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democratic Party of Germany10020.46,008,905
German National People's Party9519.45,696,475
Centre Party6513.33,914,379
Communist Party of Germany6212.63,693,280
German People's Party459.22,694,381
National Socialist German Workers' Party326.51,918,329
German Democratic Party285.61,655,129
Bavarian People's Party163.2946,648
Economic Party71.7486,039
German Social Party41.1337,958
German-Hanoverian Party51.1311,546
Farmers and Wine Growers Association40.8238,590
The other parties and groups
PartySeats%Votes
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany00.8235,145
Bavarian Peasants' League30.6168,996
Rural Federation Thuringia20.5143,572
Hessian Farmers' Federation20.387,672
Baden Rural Federation10.271,387
Unnamed party with one seat10.133,718
Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 6,008,905
  • German National People's Party 5,696,475
  • Centre Party 3,914,379
  • Communist Party of Germany 3,693,280
  • German People's Party 2,694,381
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party 1,918,329
  • German Democratic Party 1,655,129
  • Bavarian People's Party 946,648
  • Economic Party 486,039
  • German Social Party 337,958
  • German-Hanoverian Party 311,546
  • Farmers and Wine Growers Association 238,590
  • Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 235,145
  • Bavarian Peasants' League 168,996
  • Rural Federation Thuringia 143,572
  • Hessian Farmers' Federation 87,672
  • Baden Rural Federation 71,387
  • Unnamed party with one seat 33,718

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

Share of the vote

Turnout

77.4% of the 38,374,983 registered voters cast a ballot (29,709,380 ballots). 29,281,798 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Germany20.4% of votes21.2% of seats
  • German National People's Party19.4% of votes20.1% of seats
  • Centre Party13.3% of votes13.8% of seats
  • Communist Party of Germany12.6% of votes13.1% of seats
  • German People's Party9.2% of votes9.5% of seats
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party6.5% of votes6.8% of seats
  • German Democratic Party5.6% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Bavarian People's Party3.2% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Economic Party1.7% of votes1.5% of seats
  • German-Hanoverian Party1.1% of votes1.1% of seats
  • German Social Party1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Farmers and Wine Growers Association0.8% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.6 by votes and 7.1 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Germany led German National People's Party by 1.0 point of the vote. How these are computed.

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