Summary
Landtag elections in the Free State of Brunswick (Freistaat Braunschweig) during the Weimar Republic were held at two-year, later three-year, intervals between 1918 and 1930. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.[1][2][3] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. 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]
1918 edit
The 1918 Brunswick state election was held on 22 December 1918 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 58,759 | 27.67 | 17 | |
| Brunswick State Electoral Association | 55,621 | 26.19 | 16 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 51,672 | 24.33 | 14 | |
| German Democratic Party | 46,293 | 21.80 | 13 | |
| Total | 212,345 | 100.00 | 60 | |
| Valid votes | 212,345 | 99.92 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 177 | 0.08 | ||
| Total votes | 212,522 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 283,501 | 74.96 | ||
1920 edit
The 1920 Brunswick state election was held on 16 May 1920 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick State Electoral Association | 86,161 | 37.32 | 23 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 86,123 | 37.31 | 23 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 34,237 | 14.83 | 9 | |
| German Democratic Party | 21,899 | 9.49 | 5 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 2,423 | 1.05 | 0 | |
| Total | 230,843 | 100.00 | 60 | |
| Valid votes | 230,843 | 99.85 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 344 | 0.15 | ||
| Total votes | 231,187 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 301,941 | 76.57 | ||
1922 edit
The 1922 Brunswick state election was held on 22 January 1922 to elect the 60 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick State Electoral Association | 101,004 | 37.97 | 23 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 73,404 | 27.59 | 17 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 52,640 | 19.79 | 12 | |
| German Democratic Party | 28,446 | 10.69 | 6 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 10,518 | 3.95 | 2 | |
| Total | 266,012 | 100.00 | 60 | |
| Valid votes | 266,012 | 99.52 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,296 | 0.48 | ||
| Total votes | 267,308 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 309,552 | 86.35 | ||
1924 edit
The 1924 Brunswick state election was held on 7 December 1924 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 101,004 | 32.50 | 19 | |
| German National People's Party | 73,404 | 23.62 | 10 | |
| German People's Party | 52,640 | 16.94 | 9 | |
| Economic Unity List | 28,446 | 9.15 | 4 | |
| German Democratic Party | 10,518 | 3.38 | 2 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 12,806 | 4.12 | 2 | |
| National Socialist Freedom Movement | 12,328 | 3.97 | 1 | |
| Brunswick-Lower Saxony Party (German-Hanoverian Party) | 10,358 | 3.33 | 1 | |
| Centre Party | 4,690 | 1.51 | 0 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 4,609 | 1.48 | 0 | |
| Total | 310,803 | 100.00 | 48 | |
| Valid votes | 310,803 | 98.43 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,962 | 1.57 | ||
| Total votes | 315,765 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 328,230 | 96.20 | ||
1927 edit
The 1927 Brunswick state election was held on 27 November 1927 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 128,317 | 46.20 | 24 | |
| German People's Party | 39,646 | 14.27 | 8 | |
| German National People's Party | 26,217 | 9.44 | 5 | |
| Reich Party of the German Middle Class | 22,605 | 8.14 | 4 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 12,954 | 4.66 | 2 | |
| Democrats and Farmers' Union (German Democratic Party) | 12,806 | 4.61 | 2 | |
| House and Land Owners | 12,328 | 4.44 | 2 | |
| Nazi Party | 10,358 | 3.73 | 1 | |
| People's Rights Party (Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation) | 4,690 | 1.69 | 0 | |
| Centre Party | 4,609 | 1.66 | 0 | |
| Brunswick-Lower Saxony Party (German-Hanoverian Party) | 3,237 | 1.17 | 0 | |
| Total | 277,767 | 100.00 | 48 | |
| Valid votes | 277,767 | 99.51 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,375 | 0.49 | ||
| Total votes | 279,142 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 336,058 | 83.06 | ||
1930 edit
The 1930 Brunswick state election was held on 14 September 1930 to elect the 40 members of the Landtag.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 125,625 | 40.99 | 17 | |
| Civil Unity List (DNVP–DVP–Z–WP) | 79,684 | 26.00 | 11 | |
| Nazi Party | 67,902 | 22.16 | 9 | |
| Communist Party of Germany | 20,964 | 6.84 | 2 | |
| German State Party | 9,226 | 3.01 | 1 | |
| People's Rights Party (VRP–CSVD) | 2,323 | 0.76 | 0 | |
| Reich Party (National Center) | 727 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| Total | 306,451 | 100.00 | 40 | |
| Valid votes | 306,451 | 98.77 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,815 | 1.23 | ||
| Total votes | 310,266 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 347,581 | 89.26 | ||
References edit
- ^ Rother, Bernd (1990). Die Sozialdemokratie im Land Braunschweig 1918 bis 1933 (in German). Bonn: Verlag J. H. W. Dietz Nachf. p. 280. ISBN 3-8012-4016-9.
- ^ 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.