German federal election, 1930

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The German federal election of 1930 was a pivotal Weimar Republic parliamentary election marked by the dramatic rise of extremist parties, especially the Nazi Party, amid deep economic and political crisis.

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instanceOf Weimar Republic election
federal election
parliamentary election
BVPSeatsWon 19
BVPVoteShare about 3.0%
CentrePartySeatsWon 68
CentrePartyVoteShare about 11.8%
chancellorAtTime Heinrich Brüning
country Germany
date 14 September 1930
DNVPSeatsWon 41
DNVPVoteShare about 7.0%
DVPSeatsWon 30
DVPVoteShare about 4.5%
electoralSystem proportional representation
governmentAfterElection Brüning cabinet
headOfStateAtTime Paul von Hindenburg
historicalContext Great Depression
historicalPeriod Weimar Republic
KPDSeatsWon 77
KPDVoteShare about 13.1%
largestPartyBySeats Social Democratic Party of Germany
legislativeBodyElected Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
surface form: Reichstag
location Weimar Republic
mainIssue economic crisis
mass unemployment
political instability
majorParty Bavarian People’s Party
surface form: Bavarian People's Party

Centre Party (Germany)
surface form: Centre Party

Communist Party of Germany
German National People’s Party
surface form: German National People's Party

German People's Party
Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany
nextElection German federal election, July 1932
notableFor dramatic gains of the Nazi Party
rise of extremist parties
NSDAPPreviousSeats 12
NSDAPPreviousVoteShare about 2.6%
NSDAPSeatChange +95
NSDAPSeatsWon 107
NSDAPVoteShare about 18.3%
NSDAPVoteShareChange +about 15.7 percentage points
numberOfSeatsContested 577
previousElection German federal election, 1928
resultedIn strengthening of anti-democratic forces in the Reichstag
weakened parliamentary support for Weimar coalition parties
secondLargestPartyBySeats Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
SPDSeatsWon 143
SPDVoteShare about 24.5%
usedEmergencyDecreesUnder Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
voterTurnout about 82%

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German federal election, July 1932 previousElection German federal election, 1930
Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic hasPart German federal election, 1930
this entity surface form: German federal election, September 1930
German federal election, 1928 nextElection German federal election, 1930