Germany Election Results 1928

That year they polled just 810 000 votes or 2 5 of the vote.

Germany election results 1928. The social democratic party of germany spd remained the largest party in the reichstag after winning 153 of the 491 seats. Regions dnvp dvp zentrum spd kpd bvp. Several articles in several parts of the basic law for the federal republic of germany govern elections and establish constitutional requirements such as the secret ballot and requirement that all elections be conducted in a free and fair manner.

Elections in germany include elections to the bundestag germany s federal parliament the landtags of the various states and local elections. Federal electionswere held in germany on 20 may 1928 1 the social democratic party of germany spd remained the largest party in the reichstagafter winning 153 of the 491 seats 2 voter turnout was 75 6. Federal elections were held in germany on 20 may 1928.

Bvp bavarian people s party. In 1929 the american stock market crashed. Ddp deutsche demokratische partei.

Its members played a major role in drawing up the. Some regional elections especially in farming areas in 1928 but overall there was little mass support before 1930. Voter turnout was 75 6.

Instead of a left of center socialist government the president of the german republic hindenburg selected heinrich brüning of the catholic center party to form a government. Kpd communist party. Brüning did not have the majority parliamentary support needed to rule.

See the deutsche allgemeine zeitung may 9 1928 number 213 214 for a list of all the parties entered in the election together with an account of the meeting of the reichswahlausschuss. The only two parties to gain significantly were the spd which received almost a third of the vote and the communist party of germany kpd. But they gained ground.