German federal election, May 1924

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The German federal election of May 1924 was a Weimar Republic parliamentary vote marked by gains for right-wing and extremist parties amid ongoing political and economic instability following hyperinflation.

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German federal election, May 1924 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Weimar Republic election ⓘ
federal election ⓘ
affectedBy Treaty of Versailles reparations ⓘ
occupation of the Ruhr ⓘ
recent hyperinflation of 1923 ⓘ
characteristic rise of right-wing and extremist parties ⓘ
chronology first of two German federal elections in 1924 ⓘ
context early years of Weimar Republic ⓘ
post-hyperinflation stabilization phase ⓘ
post–World War I Germany ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
date 4 May 1924 ⓘ
electoralBody German Reich electorate ⓘ
electoralCycle early Reichstag election ⓘ
electorate German citizens with universal suffrage ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary democracy ⓘ
historicalSignificance indicator of waning support for Weimar democracy ⓘ
step in long-term rise of anti-democratic forces in Germany ⓘ
impact increased instability of Weimar parliamentary politics ⓘ
pressure on moderate parties to form broad coalitions ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalBasis Weimar Constitution ⓘ
legislativeTerm 2nd Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
location Weimar Republic ⓘ
majorIssue aftermath of hyperinflation crisis ⓘ
economic reconstruction ⓘ
political instability in Weimar Republic ⓘ
reparations and Ruhr occupation ⓘ
nextElection German federal election, December 1924 ⓘ
notableFor electoral gains of nationalist and völkisch parties ⓘ
weakening of pro-republican center parties ⓘ
officeContested members of the Reichstag ⓘ
parliamentElected Reichstag ⓘ
partOf history of elections in Germany ⓘ
history of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
politicalEnvironment polarization between left and right ⓘ
weak coalition governments ⓘ
previousElection German federal election, 1920 ⓘ
reasonForEarlyElection collapse of previous coalition government ⓘ
resultedIn fragmented party system ⓘ
strengthening of anti-republican parties ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
totalSeats 472 ⓘ
turnout high voter turnout ⓘ
typeOfElectorate multi-party system ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Reichstag of the Weimar Republic → notableElection → German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ
Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic → hasPart → German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ
German federal election, December 1924 → follows → German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ
German federal election, June 1920 → nextElection → German federal election, May 1924 ⓘ