Bavarian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

German state elections

Landtag elections in the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won, the number of seats allocated to each party and the change in distribution of seats 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.

12 January 1919

Main article: 1919 Bavarian state election


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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bavarian People's Party	1,193,101	34.99	66
	Social Democratic Party	1,124,584	32.98	61
	German People's Party	477,992	14.02	25
	Bavarian Peasants' League	310,165	9.10	16
	Bavarian National-Liberal Party / Bavarian Middle Party [de] / German People's Party in the Palatinate	196,818	5.77	9
	Independent Social Democratic Party	86,254	2.53	3
Others		20,627	0.60	–
Total		3,409,541	100.00	180

Valid votes		3,409,541	99.38
Invalid/blank votes		21,377	0.62
Total votes		3,430,918	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,977,614	86.26
Source: Gonschior

Bavarian branch of the DDP
Bavarian branch of the DVP
Bavarian branch of the DVP

6 June 1920

Main article: 1920 Bavarian state election


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Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Bavarian People's Party	1,168,896	39.39	+4.40	65	−1
	Social Democratic Party	486,528	16.39	−16.59	25	−36
	Bavarian Middle Party [de] / German People's Party	401,936	13.54	−4.24	19	−15
	Independent Social Democratic Party	383,614	12.93	+10.40	20	+17
	German Democratic Party	240,375	8.10	−5.92	12	−13
	Bavarian Peasants' League	234,918	7.92	−1.18	12	−4
	Communist Party of Germany (Spartacus League)	51,602	1.74	New	2	New
Total		2,967,869	100.00	–	155	–

Valid votes		2,967,869	97.44	−1.94
Invalid/blank votes		77,924	2.56	+1.94
Total votes		3,045,793	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,021,399	75.74	−10.52
Source: Gonschior

Bavarian branch of the DNVP

6 April 1924

Main article: 1924 Bavarian state election


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Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Bavarian People's Party	982,348	32.84	−6.55	46	−19
	Social Democratic Party	513,590	17.17	+0.78	23	−2
	Völkischer Block	512,271	17.12	−4.24	23	New
	United National Right (Bavarian Middle Party [de] / German People's Party)	281,707	9.42	-4.12	11	-8
	Communist Party of Germany	247,724	8.28	New	9	+7
	Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League	213,450	7.13	−1.18	10	−2
	German Block (DDP)	94,925	3.17	−5.92	3	−9
	Centre Party	34,772	1.16	New	1	New
	National-Liberal State Party of Bavaria [de]	29,054	0.97	New	1	New
	Kratofiel Civil Servants Group	23,225	0.78	New	1	New
	Christian-Social Party	21,881	0.73	New	1	New
	Independent Social Democratic Party	2,585	0.09	−12.84	0	−23
Others		34,153	1.14	–	–	–
Total		2,991,685	100.00	–	129	–

Valid votes		2,991,685	97.42	−0.02
Invalid/blank votes		79,194	2.58	+0.02
Total votes		3,070,879	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,279,507	71.76	−3.98
Source: Gonschior, Schröder

Bavarian branch of the DNVP
Ran only in the Palatinate
Ran only in the Palatinate

20 May 1928

Main article: 1928 Bavarian state election


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Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Bavarian People's Party	1,045,963	31.57	−1.27	46	±0
	Social Democratic Party	802,951	24.24	+7.07	34	+11
	Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League	382,104	11.53	+4.40	17	+7
	German National People's Party	306,649	9.26	−0.16	13	+2
	National Socialist German Workers' Party	203,115	6.13	New	9	New
	Communist Party of Germany	125,842	3.80	−4.48	5	−4
	German People's Party/National-Liberal Party	109,524	3.31	+2.34	4	+3
	German Democratic People's Party/German Democratic Party of the Palatinate	108,771	3.28	+0.11	0	−3
	Economic Party	105,808	3.19	New	0	New
	Christian People's Service	43,867	1.32	New	0	New
	People's Justice Party (VRP–CSRP–BGK)	43,778	1.32	New	0	New
Others		34,572	1.04	–	–	–
Total		3,312,944	100.00	–	128	–

Valid votes		3,312,944	96.97	−0.45
Invalid/blank votes		103,595	3.03	+0.45
Total votes		3,416,539	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,607,846	74.15	−2,39
Source: Gonschior

24 April 1932

Main article: 1932 Bavarian state election


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Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Bavarian People's Party	1,272,005	32.55	+0.98	45	−1
	National Socialist German Workers' Party	1,270,792	32.52	+26.39	43	+34
	Social Democratic Party	603,693	15.45	−8.79	20	−14
	Communist Party of Germany	259,338	6.64	+2.84	8	+3
	Bavarian Peasants' and Small Businesses' League	252,256	6.46	−5.07	9	−8
	DNVP	127,870	3.27	−5.99	3	−10
	DVP / Wirtschaftspartei	65,947	1.69	−1.62	0	−4
	Christian Social People's Service	42,158	1.08	+0.24	0	±0
Others		13,667	0.35	–	–	–
Total		3,907,726	100.00	–	128	–

Valid votes		3,907,726	99.64	+2.67
Invalid/blank votes		14,157	0.36	−2.67
Total votes		3,921,883	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,963,919	79.01	+4.86
Source: Gonschior

References

Übersicht über die Landtagswahlen 1919 – 1933
"Landtagswahlen Freistaat Bayern 1919–1932".
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. S2CID 147621323.
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