German federal election, 1928

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The German federal election of 1928 was a Weimar Republic parliamentary election in which the Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party amid growing political fragmentation and economic uncertainty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Weimar Republic ⓘ
federal election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
abbreviationOfFifthLargestParty DVP ⓘ
abbreviationOfFourthLargestParty KPD ⓘ
abbreviationOfLargestParty SPD ⓘ
abbreviationOfParty NSDAP ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party
abbreviationOfSecondLargestParty DNVP ⓘ
abbreviationOfSixthLargestParty BVP ⓘ
coalitionPartners Centre Party ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
German People's Party ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electoralType Reichstag election ⓘ
fifthLargestParty German People's Party ⓘ
fifthLargestPartySeatsWon 45 ⓘ
fifthLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 8.7 ⓘ
fourthLargestParty Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
fourthLargestPartySeatsWon 54 ⓘ
fourthLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 10.6 ⓘ
hasDate 1928-05-20 ⓘ
historicalSignificance last Weimar election before the onset of the Great Depression ⓘ
marked peak strength of moderate democratic parties in Weimar Germany ⓘ
largestParty Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
largestPartyLeader Otto Wels ⓘ
largestPartySeatsWon 153 ⓘ
largestPartyVoteSharePercentage 29.8 ⓘ
legislatureElected Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Weimar Republic ⓘ
mainIssue economic uncertainty ⓘ
reparations and war debts ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
nextElection German federal election, 1930 ⓘ
NSDAPSeatsWon 12 ⓘ
NSDAPVoteSharePercentage 2.6 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 491 ⓘ
partyParticipating Bavarian People's Party ⓘ
Centre Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
German National People's Party ⓘ
German People's Party ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
politicalContext growing political fragmentation ⓘ
previousElection German federal election, 1924 ⓘ
resultingChancellor Hermann Müller ⓘ
resultingGovernmentType grand coalition ⓘ
secondLargestParty German National People's Party ⓘ
secondLargestPartySeatsWon 73 ⓘ
secondLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 14.2 ⓘ
sixthLargestParty Bavarian People's Party ⓘ
sixthLargestPartySeatsWon 19 ⓘ
sixthLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 3.1 ⓘ
thirdLargestParty Centre Party ⓘ
thirdLargestPartySeatsWon 62 ⓘ
thirdLargestPartyVoteSharePercentage 12.1 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 75.6 ⓘ

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Reichstag of the Weimar Republic → notableElection → German federal election, 1928 ⓘ
Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic → hasPart → German federal election, May 1928 ⓘ
linked to: German federal election, 1928
German federal election, December 1924 → precedes → German federal election, 1928 ⓘ
German federal election, 1930 → previousElection → German federal election, 1928 ⓘ