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Thuringian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

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Landtag elections in the Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1920 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.[1] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Landtag subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state.[2]

Thuringia in the Weimar Republic. In the center in yellow.

1920

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The 1920 Thuringian state election was held on 20 June 1920 to elect 53 members of the Landtag of Thuringia.

PartyVotes%Seats
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany184,26727.8715
Thuringian Agricultural League136,26420.6111
Social Democratic Party of Germany134,58120.3511
German People's Party104,23915.778
German Democratic Party48,2807.304
German National People's Party45,4056.874
Communist Party of Germany8,1341.230
Centre Party30.000
Total661,173100.0053
Source: [3]

1921

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The 1921 Thuringian state election was held on 11 September 1921 to elect 54 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany154,57622.8413
Thuringian Agricultural League128,21518.9410
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany110,99016.409
German People's Party109,31416.159
Communist Party of Germany73,70910.896
German National People's Party50,6797.494
German Democratic Party37,7615.583
Centre Party7,3551.090
Wirtschaftsgruppe4,1830.620
Total676,782100.0054
Source: [4]

1924

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The 1924 Thuringian state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect 72 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Order League (DVP, DNVP, DDP, Z, Thuringian Agricultural League & Wirtschaftler)422,24648.0235
Social Democratic Party of Germany203,45623.1417
Communist Party of Germany162,12818.4413
National Socialist Freedom Movement81,4129.267
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany6,7090.760
Freiwirtschaftsbund3,4460.390
Total879,397100.0072
Source: [5]

1927

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The 1927 Thuringian state election was held on 30 January 1927 to elect 56 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Unity List (DVP, DNVP, Z & Thuringian Agricultural League)270,56833.6819
Social Democratic Party of Germany254,04231.6218
Communist Party of Germany113,29514.108
Reich Party of the German Middle Class75,6909.425
Nazi Party27,9463.482
German Democratic Party26,8323.342
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation22,0772.751
German Völkisch Freedom Party9,1151.131
Communist Working Group3,7320.460
Total803,297100.0056
Source: [6]

1929

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The 1929 Thuringian state election was held on 8 December 1929 to elect 53 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany258,04232.3018
Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party131,21416.439
Nazi Party90,15911.296
Communist Party of Germany85,20910.676
Reich Party of the German Middle Class76,5359.586
German People's Party70,5678.835
German National People's Party31,7363.972
German Democratic Party23,3932.931
Communist Party of Germany (Opposition)12,2221.530
Centre Party9,6511.210
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation9,6311.210
German House and Property Owners' Party4270.050
Total798,786100.0053
Source: [7]

1932

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The 1932 Thuringian state election was held on 31 July 1932 to elect 61 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Nazi Party395,32142.4926
Social Democratic Party of Germany225,79124.2715
Communist Party of Germany150,04516.1310
Thuringian Agricultural League77,6788.356
German National People's Party29,6243.182
German State Party17,4421.871
German People's Party16,7451.801
Reich Party of the German Middle Class10,4111.120
Christian Social People's Service5,3220.570
Socialist Workers' Party of Germany2,0670.220
Total930,446100.0061
Source: [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Landtagswahlen 1920-1932 - Thuringia".
  2. ^ Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.
  3. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1920". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-29. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1921". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-01-26. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2002-05-08. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1927". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-30. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-01-28. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1932". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2002-07-16. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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