German federal election, May 1924

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 4 May 1924. The Reichstag had been dissolved on 13 March 1924. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 472 seats. Voter turnout was 77.4%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	6,008,905	20.5	100	–2
German National People's Party	5,696,475	19.5	95	+24
Centre Party	3,914,379	13.4	65	+1
Communist Party of Germany	3,693,280	12.6	62	+58
German People's Party	2,694,381	9.2	45	–20
National Socialist Freedom Movement	1,918,329	6.5	32	New
German Democratic Party	1,655,129	5.7	28	–11
Bavarian People's Party	946,648	3.2	16	–4
Agricultural League	574,939	2.0	10	New
Economic Party of the German Middle Class	500,820	1.7	7	New
German Social Party	333,427	1.1	4	+4
German-Hanoverian Party	319,792	1.1	5	0
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	235,145	0.8	0	–84
Bavarian Peasants' League	192,786	0.7	3	–1
Christian Social People's Community of Germany	124,451	0.4	0	New
Polish People's Party	100,260	0.3	0	New
National Freedom Party	62,071	0.2	0	New
Bund der Geusen	59,222	0.2	0	New
Party of Tenants	45,920	0.2	0	New
Republican Party of Germany	45,722	0.2	0	New
German Workers' Party	36,291	0.1	0	New
Free Econony Union FFF	36,013	0.1	0	New
Socialist League	26,418	0.1	0	New
Haeusserbund	24,451	0.1	0	New
Wendish People's Party	10,827	0.0	0	0
Völkischer Block	9,561	0.0	0	New
Schleswig Club	7,620	0.0	0	0
Bavarian Middle Class League - Südgau	5,659	0.0	0	New
Independent Economy Group	1,848	0.0	0	New
Masurian Union	1,029	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	427,582	–	–	–
Total	29,709,380	100	472	+13
Registered voters/turnout	38,374,983	77.42	–	–
Source: Gonschior.de