Anhalt Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

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Landtag elections in the Free State of Anhalt (Freistaat Anhalt) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1918 and 1932. 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. 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.

1918

The 1918 Anhalt state election was held on 15 December 1918 to elect the 36 members of the Constituent National Assembly.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	93,170	58.03	22
	German Democratic Party	54,668	34.05	12
	German National People's Party & Landbund (Deutschland) [de]	9,525	5.93	2
	German Middle Class Party	3,204	2.00	0
Total		160,567	100.00	36

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1920

The 1920 Anhalt state election was held on 6 June 1920 to elect the 36 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	61,671	35.77	13
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	31,540	18.30	6
	German National People's Party and Landbund (Deutschland) [de]	29,051	16.85	6
	German Democratic Party	27,013	15.67	6
	German People's Party	23,115	13.41	5
Total		172,390	100.00	36

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1924

The first 1924 Anhalt state election was held on 22 June 1924 to elect the 36 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	64,943	37.03	13
	German People's Party	28,029	15.98	6
	German National People's Party	21,400	12.20	4
	Communist Party of Germany	16,714	9.53	4
	Agricultural League	14,681	8.37	3
	Völkisch-sozialer Freiheitsblock (German Völkisch Freedom Party)	7,189	4.10	2
	German Democratic Party	6,188	3.53	1
	Homeowners and Business	5,917	3.37	1
	Homeowners (Town and Country)	3,601	2.05	1
	Land Reform	3,005	1.71	1
	Centre Party	2,009	1.15	0
	German Farmers Federation	892	0.51	0
	German Social Party	802	0.46	0
Total		175,370	100.00	36

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The second 1924 Anhalt state election was held on 9 November 1924 to elect the 36 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	78,675	40.95	15
	People's Community (DVP, DNVP, Agricultural League, Homeowners and Business, Homeowners (Town and Country) & German Farmers Federation	74,638	38.85	14
	German Democratic Party	14,009	7.29	3
	Communist Party of Germany	11,232	5.85	2
	Nationale Freiheitspartei (German Völkisch Freedom Party)	7,958	4.14	1
	Tenant Protection and Land Reform	3,210	1.67	1
	Centre Party	2,408	1.25	0
Total		192,130	100.00	36

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1928

The 1928 Anhalt state election was held on 20 May 1928 to elect the 36 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	84,507	42.45	15
	German People's Party	30,867	15.51	6
	Agricultural League	21,721	10.91	4
	Communist Party of Germany	14,957	7.51	3
	German National People's Party	13,317	6.69	2
	German Democratic Party	8,444	4.24	2
	Anhalt House and Property	8,269	4.15	2
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	6,779	3.41	1
	Nazi Party	4,117	2.07	1
	Centre Party	2,288	1.15	0
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	1,932	0.97	0
	Tenant & Lease Protection and Land Reform	1,073	0.54	0
	Left Communists	781	0.39	0
Total		199,052	100.00	36

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1932

The 1932 Anhalt state election was held on 24 April 1932 to elect the 36 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nazi Party	89,652	40.88	15
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	75,137	34.27	12
	Communist Party of Germany	20,424	9.31	3
	German National People's Party	12,835	5.85	2
	German People's Party	8,198	3.74	2
	Anhalt House and Property	6,371	2.91	1
	German State Party	3,226	1.47	1
	Centre Party	2,630	1.20	0
	Socialist Workers' Party of Germany	806	0.37	0
Total		219,279	100.00	36

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References

"Landtagswahlen 1919-1932 – Anhalt".
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.
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Gonschior, Andreas. "Der Freistaat Anhalt Landtagswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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