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]
1920
The 1920 Thuringian state election was held on 20 June 1920 to elect 53 members of the Landtag of Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 184,267 | 27.87 | 15 | |
| Thuringian Agricultural League | 136,264 | 20.61 | 11 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 134,581 | 20.35 | 11 | |
| German People's Party | 104,239 | 15.77 | 8 | |
| German Democratic Party | 48,280 | 7.30 | 4 | |
| German National People's Party | 45,405 | 6.87 | 4 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 8,134 | 1.23 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Total | 661,173 | 100.00 | 53 | |
| Source: [3] | ||||
1921
The 1921 Thuringian state election was held on 11 September 1921 to elect 54 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 154,576 | 22.84 | 13 | |
| Thuringian Agricultural League | 128,215 | 18.94 | 10 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 110,990 | 16.40 | 9 | |
| German People's Party | 109,314 | 16.15 | 9 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 73,709 | 10.89 | 6 | |
| German National People's Party | 50,679 | 7.49 | 4 | |
| German Democratic Party | 37,761 | 5.58 | 3 | |
| Centre Party | 7,355 | 1.09 | 0 | |
| Wirtschaftsgruppe | 4,183 | 0.62 | 0 | |
| Total | 676,782 | 100.00 | 54 | |
| Source: [4] | ||||
1924
The 1924 Thuringian state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect 72 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order League (DVP, DNVP, DDP, Z, Thuringian Agricultural League & Wirtschaftler) | 422,246 | 48.02 | 35 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 203,456 | 23.14 | 17 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 162,128 | 18.44 | 13 | |
| National Socialist Freedom Movement | 81,412 | 9.26 | 7 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 6,709 | 0.76 | 0 | |
| Freiwirtschaftsbund | 3,446 | 0.39 | 0 | |
| Total | 879,397 | 100.00 | 72 | |
| Source: [5] | ||||
1927
The 1927 Thuringian state election was held on 30 January 1927 to elect 56 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity List (DVP, DNVP, Z & Thuringian Agricultural League) | 270,568 | 33.68 | 19 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 254,042 | 31.62 | 18 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 113,295 | 14.10 | 8 | |
| Reich Party of the German Middle Class | 75,690 | 9.42 | 5 | |
| Nazi Party | 27,946 | 3.48 | 2 | |
| German Democratic Party | 26,832 | 3.34 | 2 | |
| Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation | 22,077 | 2.75 | 1 | |
| German Völkisch Freedom Party | 9,115 | 1.13 | 1 | |
| Communist Working Group | 3,732 | 0.46 | 0 | |
| Total | 803,297 | 100.00 | 56 | |
| Source: [6] | ||||
1929
The 1929 Thuringian state election was held on 8 December 1929 to elect 53 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 258,042 | 32.30 | 18 | |
| Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party | 131,214 | 16.43 | 9 | |
| Nazi Party | 90,159 | 11.29 | 6 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 85,209 | 10.67 | 6 | |
| Reich Party of the German Middle Class | 76,535 | 9.58 | 6 | |
| German People's Party | 70,567 | 8.83 | 5 | |
| German National People's Party | 31,736 | 3.97 | 2 | |
| German Democratic Party | 23,393 | 2.93 | 1 | |
| Communist Party of Germany (Opposition) | 12,222 | 1.53 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 9,651 | 1.21 | 0 | |
| Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation | 9,631 | 1.21 | 0 | |
| German House and Property Owners' Party | 427 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Total | 798,786 | 100.00 | 53 | |
| Source: [7] | ||||
1932
The 1932 Thuringian state election was held on 31 July 1932 to elect 61 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Party | 395,321 | 42.49 | 26 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 225,791 | 24.27 | 15 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 150,045 | 16.13 | 10 | |
| Thuringian Agricultural League | 77,678 | 8.35 | 6 | |
| German National People's Party | 29,624 | 3.18 | 2 | |
| German State Party | 17,442 | 1.87 | 1 | |
| German People's Party | 16,745 | 1.80 | 1 | |
| Reich Party of the German Middle Class | 10,411 | 1.12 | 0 | |
| Christian Social People's Service | 5,322 | 0.57 | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Germany | 2,067 | 0.22 | 0 | |
| Total | 930,446 | 100.00 | 61 | |
| Source: [8] | ||||
References
- ^ "Landtagswahlen 1920-1932 - Thuringia".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1920". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-29. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1921". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-01-26. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2002-05-08. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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- ^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-01-28. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ 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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