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
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.