German federal election, 1930

German federal election, 1930

← 1928 14 September 1930 July 1932 →
All 577 seats in the Reichstag 289 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.0%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Wels Adolf Hitler Ernst Thälmann Party SPD NSDAP KPD Leader since 1919 28 July 1921 October 1925 Last election 153 seats, 29.8% 12 seats, 2.6% 54 seats, 10.6% Seats won 143 107 77 Seat change 10 95 23 Popular vote 8,575,244 6,379,672 4,590,160 Percentage 24.53% 18.25% 13.13% Swing 5.23% 15.69% 2.51%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ludwig Kaas Alfred Hugenberg Ernst Scholz Party Centre DNVP DVP Leader since September 1928 1928 1929 Last election 61 seats, 12.1% 73 seats, 14.2% 45 seats, 8.7% Seats won 68 41 30 Seat change 7 32 15 Popular vote 4,127,000 2,457,686 1,577,365 Percentage 11.81% 7.03% 4.51% Swing 0.26% 7.22% 3.97%
Seats in the Reichstag after 1930 federal election.
Chancellor before election Heinrich Brüning Centre Elected Chancellor None (Brüning remained unelected Chancellor)

Heinrich Brüning
Centre

None (Brüning remained unelected Chancellor)

The German federal election occurred on 14 September 1930.

Despite losing 10 seats, the Social Democratic Party of Germany remained the largest party in the Reichstag, winning 143 of the 577 seats, whilst the Nazi Party dramatically increased its number of seats from 12 to 107.

The two major parties of the Weimar Coalition, SPD and Zentrum (Centre Party) had no high gains or losses – in contrast to their partner DVP, but the two results of the elections seen as dramatic were: NSDAP reaching more than 100 seats, and big gains for the Communists (an additional 23 seats).