Bavarian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

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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]

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Bavaria in the Weimar Republic. At the bottom center in bright green. Deutsches Reich 1925 b.png
Bavaria in the Weimar Republic. At the bottom center in bright green.

12 January 1919

PartyVotes%Seats
Bavarian People's Party 1,193,10134.9966
Social Democratic Party 1,124,58432.9861
German Democratic Party [lower-alpha 1] 477,99214.0225
Bavarian Peasants' League 310,1659.1016
Bavarian National-Liberal Party [lower-alpha 2] and Bavarian Center Party  [ de ] [lower-alpha 3] 196,8185.779
Independent Social Democratic Party 86,2542.533
Others20,6270.60–
Total3,409,541100.00180
Valid votes3,409,54199.38
Invalid/blank votes21,3770.62
Total votes3,430,918100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,977,61486.26
Source: Gonschior [4]
  1. ↑ Ran as “German People's Party”
  2. ↑ Bavarian branch of the DVP
  3. ↑ Bavarian branch of the DNVP

6 June 1920

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Bavarian People's Party 1,168,89639.39+4.4065−1
Social Democratic Party 486,52816.39−16.5925−36
Bavarian Center Party  [ de ] [lower-alpha 1] –German People's Party 401,93613.54−4.2419−15
Independent Social Democratic Party 383,61412.93+10.4020+17
German Democratic Party 240,3758.10−5.9212−13
Bavarian Peasants' League 234,9187.92−1.1812−4
Communist Party of Germany (Spartacus League)51,6021.74New2New
Total2,967,869100.00–155–
Valid votes2,967,86997.44−1.94
Invalid/blank votes77,9242.56+1.94
Total votes3,045,793100.00–
Registered voters/turnout4,021,39975.74−10.52
Source: Gonschior [5]
  1. ↑ Bavarian branch of the DNVP

6 April 1924

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Bavarian People's Party 982,34832.84−6.5546−19
Social Democratic Party 513,59017.17+0.7823−2
Völkischer Block 512,27117.12−4.2423New
United National Right (DNVP)281,7079.42New11 [lower-alpha 1] New
Communist Party of Germany 247,7248.28New9+7
Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League 213,4507.13−1.1810−2
German Block (DDP)94,9253.17−5.923−9
Zentrum [lower-alpha 2] 34,7721.16New1New
National-Liberal People's Party (DVP)29,0540.97New1 [lower-alpha 1] New
Kratofiel Civil Servants Group23,2250.78New1New
Christian-Social Party 21,8810.73New1New
Independent Social Democratic Party 2,5850.09−12.840−23
Others34,1531.14–––
Total2,991,685100.00–129–
Valid votes2,991,68597.42−0.02
Invalid/blank votes79,1942.58+0.02
Total votes3,070,879100.00–
Registered voters/turnout4,279,50771.76−3.98
Source: Gonschior, [6] Schröder [7]
  1. 1 2 The common DNVP-DVP list won 19 seats in the previous election
  2. ↑ Ran only in the Palatinate

20 May 1928

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Bavarian People's Party 1,045,96331.57−1.2746±0
Social Democratic Party 802,95124.24+7.0734+11
Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League 382,10411.53+4.4017+7
National Liberal Party & Bavarian Centre Party (DNVP)306,6499.26−0.1613+2
Nazi Party 203,1156.13New9New
Communist Party of Germany 125,8423.80−4.485−4
National-Liberal People's Party (DVP)109,5243.31+2.344+3
German Democratic People's Party & DDP 108,7713.28+0.110−3
Reich Party of the German Middle Class 105,8083.19New0New
Christian People's Service 43,8671.32New0New
Civil Rights Party (RVA–CSRP–BGK)43,7781.32New0New
Others34,5721.04–––
Total3,312,944100.00–128–
Valid votes3,312,94496.97−0.45
Invalid/blank votes103,5953.03+0.45
Total votes3,416,539100.00–
Registered voters/turnout4,607,84674.15−2,39
Source: Gonschior [8]

    24 April 1932

    PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
    Bavarian People's Party 1,272,00532.55+0.9845−1
    Nazi Party 1,270,79232.52+26.3943+34
    Social Democratic Party 603,69315.45−8.7920−14
    Communist Party of Germany 259,3386.64+2.848+3
    Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League 252,2566.46−5.079−8
    National Liberal Party & Bavarian Centre Party (DNVP)127,8703.27−5.993−10
    National-Liberal People's Party (DVP)65,9471.69−1.620−4
    Christian Social People's Service 42,1581.08+0.240±0
    Others13,6670.35–––
    Total3,907,726100.00–128–
    Valid votes3,907,72699.64+2.67
    Invalid/blank votes14,1570.36−2.67
    Total votes3,921,883100.00–
    Registered voters/turnout4,963,91979.01+4.86
    Source: Gonschior [9]

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