Thuringian Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

Landtag elections in the State of Thuringia (German: Land Thüringen) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1920 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

States of the Weimar Republic – Thuringia in yellow at centre

1920

The 1920 Thuringian state election was held on 20 June 1920 to elect 53 members of the Landtag of Thuringia.

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	184,267	27.87	15
	Thuringian Agricultural League	136,264	20.61	11
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	134,581	20.35	11
	German People's Party	104,239	15.77	8
	German Democratic Party	48,280	7.30	4
	German National People's Party	45,405	6.87	4
	Communist Party of Germany	8,134	1.23	0
	Centre Party	3	0.00	0
Total		661,173	100.00	53
Registered voters/turnout		803,529	–
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[3] Elections in Germany[1]

1921

The 1921 Thuringian state election was held on 11 September 1921 to elect 54 members of the Landtag.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	154,576	22.84	13	+2
	Thuringian Agricultural League	128,215	18.94	10	–1
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	110,990	16.40	9	–6
	German People's Party	109,314	16.15	9	+1
	Communist Party of Germany	73,709	10.89	6	+6
	German National People's Party	50,679	7.49	4	0
	German Democratic Party	37,761	5.58	3	–1
	Centre Party	7,355	1.09	0	0
	Wirtschaftsgruppe	4,183	0.62	0	New
Total		676,782	100.00	54	+1
Valid votes		676,782	99.62
Invalid/blank votes		2,552	0.38
Total votes		679,334	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		937,634	72.45
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[4] Elections in Germany[1]

1924

The 1924 Thuringian state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect 72 members of the Landtag.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Order League	422,246	48.02	35	New
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	203,456	23.14	17	+4
	Communist Party of Germany	162,128	18.44	13	+7
	National Socialist Freedom Movement	81,412	9.26	7	New
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	6,709	0.76	0	–9
	Freiwirtschaftsbund	3,446	0.39	0	New
Total		879,397	100.00	72	+18
Valid votes		879,397	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		3,557	0.40
Total votes		882,954	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		987,670	89.40
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[5] Elections in Germany[1]

1927

The 1927 Thuringian state election was held on 30 January 1927 to elect 56 members of the Landtag.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity List	270,568	33.68	19	New
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	254,042	31.62	18	+1
	Communist Party of Germany	113,295	14.10	8	–5
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	75,690	9.42	5	New
	Nazi Party	27,946	3.48	2	New
	German Democratic Party	26,832	3.34	2	New
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	22,077	2.75	1	New
	German Völkisch Freedom Party	9,115	1.13	1	New
	Communist Working Group	3,732	0.46	0	New
Total		803,297	100.00	56	–16
Valid votes		803,297	99.06
Invalid/blank votes		7,638	0.94
Total votes		810,935	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,035,859	78.29
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[6] Elections in Germany[1]

1929

The 1929 Thuringian state election was held on 8 December 1929 to elect 53 members of the Landtag. After the election, as the price for joining the coalition government of the Land (state) of Thuringia, the Nazi Party NSDAP received the state ministries of the Interior and Education. On 23 January 1930, Wilhelm Frick was appointed to these ministries, becoming the first Nazi to hold a ministerial-level post at any level in Germany.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	258,042	32.30	18	0
	Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party	131,214	16.43	9	New
	Nazi Party	90,159	11.29	6	+4
	Communist Party of Germany	85,209	10.67	6	–2
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	76,535	9.58	6	+1
	German People's Party	70,567	8.83	5	New
	German National People's Party	31,736	3.97	2	New
	German Democratic Party	23,393	2.93	1	–1
	Communist Party of Germany (Opposition)	12,222	1.53	0	New
	Centre Party	9,651	1.21	0	New
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	9,631	1.21	0	New
	German House and Property Owners' Party	427	0.05	0	New
Total		798,786	100.00	53	–3
Valid votes		798,786	98.98
Invalid/blank votes		8,200	1.02
Total votes		806,986	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,078,129	74.85
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[7] Elections in Germany[1]

1932

The 1932 Thuringian state election was held on 31 July 1932 to elect 61 members of the Landtag.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nazi Party	395,321	42.49	26	+20
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	225,791	24.27	15	–3
	Communist Party of Germany	150,045	16.13	10	+4
	Thuringian Agricultural League	77,678	8.35	6	New
	German National People's Party	29,624	3.18	2	0
	German State Party	17,442	1.87	1	New
	German People's Party	16,745	1.80	1	–4
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	10,411	1.12	0	–6
	Christian Social People's Service	5,322	0.57	0	New
	Socialist Workers' Party of Germany	2,067	0.22	0	New
Total		930,446	100.00	61	+8
Valid votes		930,446	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		18,514	1.95
Total votes		948,960	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,114,887	85.12
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic,[8] Elections in Germany[1]