December 1924 German federal election

German federal election, December 1924

7 December 1924 (1924-12-07)
All 493 seats in the Reichstag 247 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels Kuno von Westarp Constantin Fehrenbach Party SPD DnVp Centre Leader since 1919 1924 1923 Last election 100 seats 95 seats 65 seats Seats won 131 103 69 Seat change 31 8 4 Popular vote 7,881,041 6,205,802 4,118,849 Percentage 26.0% 20.5% 13.6% Swing 5.5% 1.0% 0.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gustav Stresemann ? Erich Koch-Weser Party DVp KPD DDP Leader since 1919 ? 1924 Last election 45 seats 62 seats 28 seats Seats won 51 45 32 Seat change 6 17 4 Popular vote 3,049,064 2,709,086 1,919,829 Percentage 10.1% 9.0% 6.3% Swing 0.9% 3.6% 0.6%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Heinrich Held Party BVP NsFp Leader since 1924 Last election 16 seats 32 seats Seats won 19 14 Seat change 3 18 Popular vote 1,134,035 907,242 Percentage 3.7% 3.0% Swing 0.5% 3.5%
Chancellor before election Wilhelm Marx Centre Resulting Chancellor Wilhelm Marx Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 7 December 1924, the second that year. The Reichstag had been dissolved on 20 October 1924. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 131 of the 493 seats. Voter turnout was 78.8%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	7,881,041	26.0	131	+31
German National People's Party	6,205,802	20.5	103	+8
Centre Party	4,118,849	13.6	69	+4
German People's Party	3,049,064	10.1	51	+6
Communist Party of Germany	2,709,086	9.0	45	−17
German Democratic Party	1,919,829	6.3	32	+4
Bavarian People's Party	1,134,035	3.7	19	+3
National Socialist Freedom Movement	907,242	3.0	14	−18
Agricultural League	500,525	1.6	8	−2
Economic Party of the German Middle Class	692,963	2.3	12	+5
Bavarian Peasant's and Middle Class Party	312,442	1.0	5	New
German-Hanoverian Party	261,549	0.9	4	−1
Deutschsoziale Partei und Reichsbund für Aufwertung	159,115	0.5	0	New
Independent Social Democratic Party	98,842	0.3	0	0
Deutsche Aufwertungs- und Aufbaupartei	81,944	0.3	0	New
Polish People's Party	81,700	0.3	0	0
Wendish People's Party	5,585	0.0	0	0
Schleswig Club	5,134	0.0	0	0
Masurian Union	542	0.0	0	0
Christian Social People's Community	41,530	0.1	0	0
Free Econony Union FFF	38,923	0.1	0	0
Aufwertungs- und Wiederaufbaupartei (RWV 23)	33,656	0.1	0	New
Party for People's Welfare	32,496	0.1	0	New
Haeusserbund	9,747	0.0	0	0
German Christian People's Party	4,322	0.0	0	New
Deutschvölkische Reichspartei	3,405	0.0	0	New
Aufwertungs- und Wiederaufbaupartei	478	0.0	0	New
Tenants' Party	246	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	414,934	–	–	–
Total	30,705,026	100	493	+21
Registered voters/turnout	38,987,324	78.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Gonschior.de

Popular Vote SPD   26.02% DNVP   20.48% Zentrum   13.51% DVP   10.07% KPD   8.95% DDP   6.34% BVP   3.74% NSFP   3.00% WP   2.29% Other   5.61%

Reichstag seats SPD   26.57% DNVP   20.89% Zentrum   14.00% DVP   10.34% KPD   9.13% DDP   6.49% BVP   3.85% NSFP   2.84% WP   2.43% Other   3.45%