December 1924 German federal election

December 1924 German federal election

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All 493 seats in the Reichstag 247 seats needed for a majority
Registered	38,987,324 ( 1.6%)
Turnout	78.8% ( 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
Results by electoral constituency Results by district and independent city Results for each party
Government before election Second Marx cabinet Z–DVP–DDP Government after election First Luther cabinet DVP–DNVP–Z–DDP–BVP

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A federal election for the third Reichstag of the Weimar Republic was held in Germany on 7 December 1924.^[1] 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.