Bavarian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic
Landtag elections in the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won, the number of seats allocated to each party and the change in distribution of seats are presented in the tables below.[1][2] 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.[3]
12 January 1919
3 61 25 66 16 9 | ||||
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
Bavarian People's Party | 1,193,101 | 34.99 | 66 | |
Social Democratic Party | 1,124,584 | 32.98 | 61 | |
German People's Party[a] | 477,992 | 14.02 | 25 | |
Bavarian Peasants' League | 310,165 | 9.10 | 16 | |
Bavarian National-Liberal Party[b] / Bavarian Middle Party [de] / German People's Party in the Palatinate[c] | 196,818 | 5.77 | 9 | |
Independent Social Democratic Party | 86,254 | 2.53 | 3 | |
Others | 20,627 | 0.60 | – | |
Total | 3,409,541 | 100.00 | 180 | |
Valid votes | 3,409,541 | 99.38 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 21,377 | 0.62 | ||
Total votes | 3,430,918 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,977,614 | 86.26 | ||
Source: Gonschior[4] |
6 June 1920
2 20 25 12 65 12 19 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
Bavarian People's Party | 1,168,896 | 39.39 | +4.40 | 65 | −1 | |
Social Democratic Party | 486,528 | 16.39 | −16.59 | 25 | −36 | |
Bavarian Middle Party [de][a] / German People's Party | 401,936 | 13.54 | −4.24 | 19 | −15 | |
Independent Social Democratic Party | 383,614 | 12.93 | +10.40 | 20 | +17 | |
German Democratic Party | 240,375 | 8.10 | −5.92 | 12 | −13 | |
Bavarian Peasants' League | 234,918 | 7.92 | −1.18 | 12 | −4 | |
Communist Party of Germany (Spartacus League) | 51,602 | 1.74 | New | 2 | New | |
Total | 2,967,869 | 100.00 | – | 155 | – | |
Valid votes | 2,967,869 | 97.44 | −1.94 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,924 | 2.56 | +1.94 | |||
Total votes | 3,045,793 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,021,399 | 75.74 | −10.52 | |||
Source: Gonschior[5] |
6 April 1924
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bavarian People's Party | 982,348 | 32.84 | −6.55 | 46 | −19 | |
Social Democratic Party | 513,590 | 17.17 | +0.78 | 23 | −2 | |
Völkischer Block | 512,271 | 17.12 | −4.24 | 23 | New | |
United National Right (Bavarian Middle Party [de][a] / German People's Party[b]) | 281,707 | 9.42 | -4.12 | 11 | -8 | |
Communist Party of Germany | 247,724 | 8.28 | New | 9 | +7 | |
Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League | 213,450 | 7.13 | −1.18 | 10 | −2 | |
German Block (DDP) | 94,925 | 3.17 | −5.92 | 3 | −9 | |
Centre Party[c] | 34,772 | 1.16 | New | 1 | New | |
National-Liberal State Party of Bavaria [de] | 29,054 | 0.97 | New | 1 | New | |
Kratofiel Civil Servants Group | 23,225 | 0.78 | New | 1 | New | |
Christian-Social Party | 21,881 | 0.73 | New | 1 | New | |
Independent Social Democratic Party | 2,585 | 0.09 | −12.84 | 0 | −23 | |
Others | 34,153 | 1.14 | – | – | – | |
Total | 2,991,685 | 100.00 | – | 129 | – | |
Valid votes | 2,991,685 | 97.42 | −0.02 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 79,194 | 2.58 | +0.02 | |||
Total votes | 3,070,879 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,279,507 | 71.76 | −3.98 | |||
Source: Gonschior,[6] Schröder[7] |
20 May 1928
5 34 17 46 4 13 9 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
Bavarian People's Party | 1,045,963 | 31.57 | −1.27 | 46 | ±0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 802,951 | 24.24 | +7.07 | 34 | +11 | |
Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League | 382,104 | 11.53 | +4.40 | 17 | +7 | |
German National People's Party | 306,649 | 9.26 | −0.16 | 13 | +2 | |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | 203,115 | 6.13 | New | 9 | New | |
Communist Party of Germany | 125,842 | 3.80 | −4.48 | 5 | −4 | |
German People's Party/National-Liberal Party | 109,524 | 3.31 | +2.34 | 4 | +3 | |
German Democratic People's Party/German Democratic Party of the Palatinate | 108,771 | 3.28 | +0.11 | 0 | −3 | |
Economic Party | 105,808 | 3.19 | New | 0 | New | |
Christian People's Service | 43,867 | 1.32 | New | 0 | New | |
People's Justice Party (VRP–CSRP–BGK) | 43,778 | 1.32 | New | 0 | New | |
Others | 34,572 | 1.04 | – | – | – | |
Total | 3,312,944 | 100.00 | – | 128 | – | |
Valid votes | 3,312,944 | 96.97 | −0.45 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 103,595 | 3.03 | +0.45 | |||
Total votes | 3,416,539 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,607,846 | 74.15 | −2,39 | |||
Source: Gonschior[8] |
24 April 1932
8 20 9 45 3 43 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
Bavarian People's Party | 1,272,005 | 32.55 | +0.98 | 45 | −1 | |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | 1,270,792 | 32.52 | +26.39 | 43 | +34 | |
Social Democratic Party | 603,693 | 15.45 | −8.79 | 20 | −14 | |
Communist Party of Germany | 259,338 | 6.64 | +2.84 | 8 | +3 | |
Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League | 252,256 | 6.46 | −5.07 | 9 | −8 | |
DNVP | 127,870 | 3.27 | −5.99 | 3 | −10 | |
DVP / Wirtschaftspartei | 65,947 | 1.69 | −1.62 | 0 | −4 | |
Christian Social People's Service | 42,158 | 1.08 | +0.24 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 13,667 | 0.35 | – | – | – | |
Total | 3,907,726 | 100.00 | – | 128 | – | |
Valid votes | 3,907,726 | 99.64 | +2.67 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 14,157 | 0.36 | −2.67 | |||
Total votes | 3,921,883 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,963,919 | 79.01 | +4.86 | |||
Source: Gonschior[9] |
References
- ^ Übersicht über die Landtagswahlen 1919 – 1933
- ^ "Landtagswahlen Freistaat Bayern 1919–1932".
- ^ 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. S2CID 147621323.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Bayern Landtagswahl 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-15. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Bayern Landtagswahl 1920". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-15. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Bayern Landtagswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-15. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Schröder, Valentin. "Landtagswahlen Freistaat Bayern". Wahlen in Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2005-02-23. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Bayern Landtagswahl 1928". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-16. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Bayern Landtagswahl 1932". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-16. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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