Brunswick Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

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Landtag elections in the Free State of Brunswick (Freistaat Braunschweig) during the Weimar Republic were held at two-year, later three-year, intervals between 1918 and 1930. 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] [2] [3] 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. [4]

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Brunswick in the Weimar Republic. In the center in light brown
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Brunswick Landtag building in Braunschweig

1918

The 1918 Brunswick state election was held on 22 December 1918 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 58,75927.6717
Brunswick State Electoral Association 55,62126.1916
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 51,67224.3314
German Democratic Party 46,29321.8013
Total212,345100.0060
Valid votes212,34599.92
Invalid/blank votes1770.08
Total votes212,522100.00
Registered voters/turnout283,50174.96

1920

The 1920 Brunswick state election was held on 16 May 1920 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Brunswick State Electoral Association 86,16137.3223
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 86,12337.3123
Social Democratic Party of Germany 34,23714.839
German Democratic Party 21,8999.495
Communist Party of Germany 2,4231.050
Total230,843100.0060
Valid votes230,84399.85
Invalid/blank votes3440.15
Total votes231,187100.00
Registered voters/turnout301,94176.57

1922

The 1922 Brunswick state election was held on 22 January 1922 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Brunswick State Electoral Association 101,00437.9723
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 73,40427.5917
Social Democratic Party of Germany 52,64019.7912
German Democratic Party 28,44610.696
Communist Party of Germany 10,5183.952
Total266,012100.0060
Valid votes266,01299.52
Invalid/blank votes1,2960.48
Total votes267,308100.00
Registered voters/turnout309,55286.35

1924

The 1924 Brunswick state election was held on 7 December 1924 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 101,00432.5019
German National People's Party 73,40423.6210
German People's Party 52,64016.949
Economic Unity List 28,4469.154
German Democratic Party 10,5183.382
Communist Party of Germany 12,8064.122
National Socialist Freedom Movement 12,3283.971
Brunswick-Lower Saxony Party (German-Hanoverian Party)10,3583.331
Centre Party 4,6901.510
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 4,6091.480
Total310,803100.0048
Valid votes310,80398.43
Invalid/blank votes4,9621.57
Total votes315,765100.00
Registered voters/turnout328,23096.20

1927

The 1927 Brunswick state election was held on 27 November 1927 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 128,31746.2024
German People's Party 39,64614.278
German National People's Party 26,2179.445
Reich Party of the German Middle Class 22,6058.144
Communist Party of Germany 12,9544.662
Democrats and Farmers' Union (German Democratic Party)12,8064.612
House and Land Owners 12,3284.442
Nazi Party 10,3583.731
People's Rights Party (Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation)4,6901.690
Centre Party 4,6091.660
Brunswick-Lower Saxony Party (German-Hanoverian Party)3,2371.170
Total277,767100.0048
Valid votes277,76799.51
Invalid/blank votes1,3750.49
Total votes279,142100.00
Registered voters/turnout336,05883.06

1930

The 1930 Brunswick state election was held on 14 September 1930 to elect the 40 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 125,62540.9917
Civil Unity List (DNVPDVPZWP)79,68426.0011
Nazi Party 67,90222.169
Communist Party of Germany 20,9646.842
German State Party 9,2263.011
People's Rights Party (VRPCSVD)2,3230.760
Reich Party (National Center)7270.240
Total306,451100.0040
Valid votes306,45198.77
Invalid/blank votes3,8151.23
Total votes310,266100.00
Registered voters/turnout347,58189.26

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References

  1. Übersicht über die Landtagswahlen 1918 – 1933 (in German)
  2. Weimarer Republik 1918-1933: Landtagswahlen Freistaat Braunschweig (in German)
  3. Rother, Bernd (1990). Die Sozialdemokratie im Land Braunschweig 1918 bis 1933 (in German). Bonn: Verlag J. H. W. Dietz Nachf. p. 280. ISBN   3-8012-4016-9.
  4. Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. American Political Science Association. 30 (2): 351–352.