December 1924 German federal election

December 1924 German federal election

7 December 1924 (1924-12-07)
All 493 seats in the Reichstag 247 seats needed for a majority
Registered	38,987,324 1.6%
Turnout	30,705,026 (78.8%) 1.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   75x75px 150x150px Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx Party SPD DNVP Centre Leader since 1919 1924 1923 Last election 20.5%, 100 seats 19.5%, 95 seats 13.4%, 65 seats Seats won 131 103 69 Seat change 31 8 4 Popular vote 7,881,041 6,205,802 4,118,849 Percentage 26.0% 20.5% 13.6% Swing 5.5 pp 1.0 pp 0.2 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   150x150px 150x150px Leader Gustav Stresemann Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow Erich Koch-Weser Party DVP KPD DDP Leader since 1919 1924 1924 Last election 9.2%, 45 seats 12.6%, 62 seats 5.7%, 28 seats Seats won 51 45 32 Seat change 6 17 4 Popular vote 3,049,064 2,709,086 1,919,829 Percentage 10.1% 9.0% 6.3% Swing 0.9 pp 3.6 pp 0.6 pp
350px Electoral results by constituencies
Chancellor before election Wilhelm Marx Centre Chancellor after election Wilhelm Marx Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 7 December 1924, the second that year after the Reichstag had been dissolved on 20 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, receiving an increased share of the vote and winning 131 of the 493 seats. Voter turnout was 78.8%.