December 1924 German federal election

December 1924 German federal election
7 December 1924 (1924-12-07)
All 493 seats in the Reichstag
247 seats needed for a majority
Registered38,987,324 ( 1.6%)
Turnout78.8% ( 1.4pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hermann Müller
Otto Wels
Arthur Crispien		 Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx
Party SPD DNVP Centre
Last election 20.5%, 100 seats 19.5%, 95 seats 13.4%, 65 seats
Seats won 131 103 69
Seat change 31 8 4
Popular vote 7,881,041 6,205,802 4,118,849
Percentage 26.0% 20.5% 13.6%
Swing 5.5 pp 1.0 pp 0.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gustav Stresemann Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow Erich Koch-Weser
Party DVP KPD DDP
Last election 9.2%, 45 seats 12.6%, 62 seats 5.7%, 28 seats
Seats won 51 45 32
Seat change 6 17 4
Popular vote 3,049,064 2,709,086 1,919,829
Percentage 10.1% 8.9% 6.3%
Swing 0.9 pp 3.7 pp 0.6 pp
Government before election

Second Marx cabinet
Z–DVP–DDP

 Government after election

First Luther cabinet
DVP–DNVP–Z–DDP–BVP

A federal election for the third Reichstag of the Weimar Republic was held in Germany on 7 December 1924. The parties of the far left and far right suffered significant losses in the voting, while the moderate left Social Democratic Party (SPD) made the greatest gains and remained the strongest party in the Reichstag. The negotiations for a ruling coalition nevertheless led to a shift to the right. The new government of the independent Hans Luther, a five-party centre-right coalition without the SPD, included the monarchist German National People's Party (DNVP) for the first time.

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