1930 German federal election

1930 German federal election

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All 577 seats in the Reichstag 289 seats needed for a majority
Registered	42,982,912 ( 4.3%)
Turnout	82.0% (6.4pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels & Arthur Crispien Adolf Hitler Ernst Thälmann Party SPD NSDAP KPD Last election 29.8%, 153 seats 2.6%, 12 seats 10.6%, 54 seats Seats won 143 107 77 Seat change 10 95 23 Popular vote 8,575,244 6,379,672 4,590,160 Percentage 24.5% 18.3% 13.1% Swing 5.3pp 15.7pp 2.5pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ludwig Kaas Alfred Hugenberg Ernst Scholz Party Centre DNVP DVP Last election 12.1%, 61 seats 14.2%, 73 seats 8.7%, 45 seats Seats won 68 41 30 Seat change 7 32 15 Popular vote 4,127,000 2,457,686 1,577,365 Percentage 11.8% 7.0% 4.5% Swing 0.3pp 7.2pp 4.2pp
Results by electoral constituency Results by district and independent city Results for each party
Government before election First Brüning cabinet Z–DDP–DVP–WP–BVP–KVP Government after election First Brüning cabinet Z–DDP–DVP–WP–BVP–KVP

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 14 September 1930.^[1][2] Despite losing ten seats, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) remained the largest party in the Reichstag, winning 143 of the 577 seats, while the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dramatically increased its number of seats from 12 to 107.^[3] The Communists also increased their parliamentary representation, gaining 23 seats and becoming the third-largest party in the Reichstag.