December 1924 German Federal Election

7 December 1924 · The Weimar Republic · 493 seats, 247 for a majority

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.

Chancellor before

Wilhelm Marx

Centre

Chancellor after

Hans Luther

Independent

Largest force

SPD

131 of 493 seats

Turnout

78.8%

The result

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SPD

Hermann Müller · 26.0% of votes · +31 seats

131

seats

DNVP

20.5% of votes · +8 seats

103

seats

Centre

13.6% of votes · +4 seats

seats

DVP

Gustav Stresemann · 10.1% of votes · +6 seats

seats

KPD

Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow · 8.9% of votes · -17 seats

seats

DDP

Erich Koch-Weser · 6.3% of votes · +4 seats

seats


SPD	Hermann Müller	131	+31	7.881.041	26.0%	+5.5
DNVP	—	103	+8	6.205.802	20.5%	+1.0
Centre	—	69	+4	4.118.849	13.6%	+0.2
DVP	Gustav Stresemann	51	+6	3.049.064	10.1%	+0.9
KPD	Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow	45	-17	2.709.086	8.9%	-3.7
DDP	Erich Koch-Weser	32	+4	1.919.829	6.3%	+0.6

62 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.