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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
location Weimar Republic ⓘ
mainIssue economic crisis ⓘ
mass unemployment ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
majorParty Bavarian People's Party ⓘ
Centre Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
German National People's Party ⓘ
German People's Party ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi 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 National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi 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, September 1930 ⓘ
linked to: German federal election, 1930
German federal election, 1928 → nextElection → German federal election, 1930 ⓘ