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Germany 1930 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Germany won 143 of 577 seats with 24.5% of the vote; 82.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

  • Social Democratic Party of Germany143
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party107
  • Communist Party of Germany77
  • Centre Party68
  • German National People's Party41
  • German People's Party30
  • Economic Party23
  • German Democratic Party20
  • Bavarian People's Party19
  • Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party19
  • Christian Social People's Service14
  • Bavarian Peasants' League5
  • Conservative Peoples' Party4
  • Farmers and Wine Growers Association3
  • German-Hanoverian Party3
  • German Farmers' Party1

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democratic Party of Germany14324.58,577,738
National Socialist German Workers' Party10718.36,383,107
Communist Party of Germany7713.14,592,090
Centre Party6811.64,067,910
German National People's Party417.02,458,246
German People's Party304.91,698,236
Economic Party233.91,362,353
German Democratic Party203.41,202,385
Bavarian People's Party193.21,119,141
Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party192.8985,649
Christian Social People's Service142.5868,807
Conservative Peoples' Party40.8290,604
The other parties and groups
PartySeats%Votes
Bavarian Peasants' League50.8281,995
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation00.8271,291
Farmers and Wine Growers Association30.5180,919
German-Hanoverian Party30.5166,573
German Farmers' Party10.257,572
Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany 8,577,738
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party 6,383,107
  • Communist Party of Germany 4,592,090
  • Centre Party 4,067,910
  • German National People's Party 2,458,246
  • German People's Party 1,698,236
  • Economic Party 1,362,353
  • German Democratic Party 1,202,385
  • Bavarian People's Party 1,119,141
  • Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party 985,649
  • Christian Social People's Service 868,807
  • Conservative Peoples' Party 290,604
  • Bavarian Peasants' League 281,995
  • Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation 271,291
  • Farmers and Wine Growers Association 180,919
  • German-Hanoverian Party 166,573
  • German Farmers' Party 57,572

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

82.0% of the 42,957,675 registered voters cast a ballot (35,225,758 ballots). 34,970,857 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Germany24.5% of votes24.8% of seats
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party18.3% of votes18.5% of seats
  • Communist Party of Germany13.1% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Centre Party11.6% of votes11.8% of seats
  • German National People's Party7.0% of votes7.1% of seats
  • German People's Party4.9% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Economic Party3.9% of votes4.0% of seats
  • German Democratic Party3.4% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Bavarian People's Party3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party2.8% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Christian Social People's Service2.5% of votes2.4% of seats
  • Bavarian Peasants' League0.8% of votes0.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.3 by votes and 7.1 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Germany led National Socialist German Workers' Party by 6.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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