1920 German Federal Election
6 June 1920 · The Weimar Republic · 459 seats, 230 for a majority
Federal elections were held in Germany on 6 June 1920 to elect the first Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. It succeeded the Weimar National Assembly elected in January 1919, which had drafted and ratified the Weimar Constitution.
Chancellor before
Hermann Müller
SPD
Chancellor after
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Centre
Largest force
SPD
103 of 459 seats
Turnout
79.2%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | — | 103 | -62 | 6.179.991 | 21.9% | -16.0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 103 | +5 | 75.593 | 14.8% | — | |
| USPD | — | 83 | +61 | 4.971.220 | 17.6% | +10.0 | |
| DNVP | — | 71 | +27 | 4.249.100 | 15.1% | +4.8 | |
| DVP | Gustav Stresemann | 65 | +46 | 3.919.446 | 13.9% | +9.5 | |
| German National People's Party | — | 65 | 0 | 70.841 | 13.8% | — | |
| German People's Party | — | 65 | 0 | 36.560 | 7.2% | — | |
| Centre Party | Karl Trimborn | 64 | +4 | 205.237 | 40.1% | -6.1 | |
| DDP | Carl Wilhelm Petersen | 39 | -36 | 2.333.741 | 8.3% | -10.3 | |
| German Democratic Party | — | 39 | +1 | 11.874 | 2.3% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 4 | 0 | 37.120 | 7.3% | — |