1930 German federal election

1930 German federal election
14 September 1930 (1930-09-14)
All 577 seats in the Reichstag
289 seats needed for a majority
Registered42,982,912 ( 4.3%)
Turnout82.0% (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 5.3 pp 15.7 pp 2.5 pp
  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 0.3 pp 7.2 pp 4.2 pp
Government before election

First Brüning cabinet
Z–DDP–DVP–WP–BVP–KVP

 Government after election

First Brüning cabinet
Z–DDP–DVP–WP–BVP–KVP

A federal election was held in Germany on 14 September 1930 to elect the fifth Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. 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. The Communists also increased their parliamentary representation, gaining 23 seats and becoming the third-largest party in the Reichstag.

The government of Chancellor Heinrich Brüning of the Centre Party lost its majority in the Reichstag as a result of the election. With President Paul von Hindenburg's support, his new cabinet became the first of the three presidential cabinets that governed through presidential emergency decrees rather than the pariliament.

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