Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic

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The Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic were a series of parliamentary elections held between 1919 and 1933 that shaped Germany’s fragile interwar democracy and ultimately paved the way for the Nazi seizure of power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election series ⓘ
affectedBy Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
presidential emergency decrees ⓘ
characterizedBy coalition governments ⓘ
multi-party system ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
context Great Depression ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
aftermath of World War I ⓘ
hyperinflation in the early 1920s ⓘ
country Weimar Republic ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
elects Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
endTime 1933 ⓘ
followedBy Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
hasPart German federal election, 1919 ⓘ
German federal election, December 1924 ⓘ
German federal election, July 1932 ⓘ
German federal election, June 1920 ⓘ
German federal election, March 1933 ⓘ
German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ
German federal election, May 1928 ⓘ
German federal election, November 1932 ⓘ
German federal election, September 1930 ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to the failure of Weimar democracy ⓘ
paved the way for the Nazi dictatorship ⓘ
legalBasis Weimar Constitution ⓘ
location Germany ⓘ
mainOppositionParties Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party
majorParties Centre Party (Germany) ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
German National People's Party ⓘ
German People's Party ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
minimumVotingAge 20 ⓘ
partOf political history of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
precededBy elections to the Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
resultedIn frequent changes of government ⓘ
increased use of presidential cabinets ⓘ
weak parliamentary majorities ⓘ
significantEvent collapse of centrist coalitions ⓘ
decline of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
fragmentation of the party system ⓘ
growth of extremist parties ⓘ
rise of the Nazi Party ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Catholic Centre Party → participatedIn → Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
German National People’s Party → participatedIn → Weimar Republic elections ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
Reichstag of the Weimar Republic → notableElection → German federal election, 1919 ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
German Democratic Party → participatedIn → Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
Free Conservative Party → participatesIn → Reichstag elections ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, May 1924 → legislativeTerm → 2nd Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, December 1924 → partOf → Weimar Republic electoral history ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, 1928 → electoralType → Reichstag election ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
DDP → participatedIn → Reichstag elections ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic
National Socialist Freedom Movement → participatedIn → Weimar Republic elections ⓘ
linked to: Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic