Prussian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic information
Overview of the electoral process in the Free State of Prussia
Prussia in the Weimar Republic shown in light blue.Chart of election results.
The Free State of Prussia held elections to its Landtag between 1919 and 1933.[1] From 1919 through 1928, these elections gave a plurality to the SPD. In 1932 and 1933, the NSDAP (Nazi Party) won pluralities, generally in line with the rest of Germany.[2][3] The Landtag subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state.[4]
Year
1919
1921
1924
1928
1932
1933
Party
%
Seats
%
Seats
%
Seats
%
Seats
%
Seats
%
Seats
SPD
36.4
145
25.9
109
24.9
114
29.0
137
21.2
94
16.6
80
Zentrum
22.3
94
17.9
76
17.6
81
15.2
71
15.3
67
14.1
68
DDP/DStP
16.2
65
5.9
26
5.9
27
4.4
21
1.5
2
0.7
3
DNVP
11.2
48
18.0
76
23.7
109
17.4
82
6.9
31
8.9
43
USPD
7.4
24
6.4
27
DVP
5.7
23
14.0
59
9.8
45
8.5
40
1.5
7
1.0
3
DHP
0.5
2
2.4
11
1.4
6
1.0
4
0.3
1
0.2
2
SHBLD
0.4
1
KPD
7.5
31
9.6
44
11.9
56
12.3
57
13.2
63
WP
1.2
4
2.4
11
4.5
21
Polen
0.4
2
0.4
2
NSFP
2.5
11
NSDAP
1.8
6
36.3
162
43.2
211
CNBL
1.5
8
VRP
1.2
2
DVFP
1.1
2
CSVD
1.2
2
0.9
3
Total seats
402
421
450
450
423
476
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
1946
1950
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2011
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1919
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1921
1924
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1927
1929
1932
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1918
1919
1920
1923
1927
1928
1932
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1946
1950
1990
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2014
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2015
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Anhalt
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Reuss-Gera state election
1919
Reuss-Greiz state election
1919
Saxe-Altenburg state election
1919
Saxe-Meiningen state election
1919
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach state election
1919
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt state election
1919
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen state election
1919
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^"Landtagswahlen Freistaat Preußen 1919–1933".
^Orlow, Dietrich (2009). Weimar Prussia, 1918-1925: The Unlikely Rock of Democracy. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780822984962.
^Craig, Gordon A. (1984). The End of Prussia. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299097349.
^Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263. S2CID 147621323.
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