Mecklenburg-Schwerin Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic

Landtag elections in the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Freistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 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 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]

Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Weimar Republic. At the top center in dark green.

1919

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The 1919 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 26 January 1919 to elect the 64 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany145,10747.8932
German Democratic Party82,57127.2517
German National People's Party39,70913.1110
Mecklenburg Village League (German Landbund)15,4525.102
German People's Party13,1274.332
Reich Party of the German Middle Class7,0092.311
Total302,975100.0064
Source: [3]

1920

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The 1920 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 13 June 1920 to elect the 64 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany127,61239.9226
German National People's Party70,70822.1214
German People's Party49,07515.3510
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany24,4557.655
Mecklenburg Village League (German Landbund)24,3467.625
German Democratic Party22,2106.954
Communist Party of Germany1,2440.390
Total319,650100.0064
Source: [4]

1921

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The 1921 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 13 March 1921 to elect the 67 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany137,97141.7428
German National People's Party73,44222.2215
German People's Party57,81317.4912
Mecklenburg Village League (Agricultural League)19,4525.884
Communist Party of Germany15,3284.643
German Democratic Party14,1274.273
Reich Party of the German Middle Class9,7872.962
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany2,6350.800
Total330,555100.0067
Source: [5]

1924

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The 1924 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 17 February 1924 to elect the 64 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
German National People's Party95,17628.9319
Social Democratic Party of Germany74,92422.7715
German Völkisch Freedom Party63,51119.3013
Communist Party of Germany44,76513.619
German People's Party23,9627.285
German Democratic Party11,7383.572
Reich Party of the German Middle Class5,1221.561
Land Party4,5531.380
Working Group of the Republican Party2,7210.830
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany2,5210.770
Total328,993100.0064
Source: [6]

1926

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The 1926 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 6 June 1926 to elect the 50 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany111,40439.9020
German National People's Party63,23722.6512
German Völkisch Freedom Party26,1609.375
German People's Party23,4308.394
Communist Party of Germany18,4636.613
Reich Party of the German Middle Class16,1465.783
German Democratic Party8,4753.042
Group for People's Welfare7,2872.611
Nazi Party4,6071.650
Total279,209100.0050
Source: [7]

1927

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The 1927 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 22 May 1927 to elect the 52 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany126,74340.7421
German National People's Party68,34021.9711
Reich Party of the German Middle Class33,24910.696
German People's Party24,6097.914
German Völkisch Freedom Party17,7345.703
Communist Party of Germany15,7465.063
Group for People's Welfare10,0033.222
German Democratic Party9,0582.912
Nazi Party5,6111.800
Total311,093100.0052
Source: [8]

1929

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The 1929 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 23 June 1929 to elect the 51 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Unity List of National Mecklenburgers
(DNVP, WP, DVP, German Völkisch Freedom Movement & Landvolkpartei)
140,15144.5823
Social Democratic Party of Germany120,57038.3520
Communist Party of Germany16,4515.233
Nazi Party12,7214.052
German Democratic Party8,9622.851
Mecklenburg Farmers' Party8,0872.571
Group for People's Welfare7,4612.371
Total314,403100.0051
Source: [9]

1932

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The 1932 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 5 June 1932 to elect the 59 members of the Landtag.

PartyVotes%Seats
Nazi Party177,07648.9830
Social Democratic Party of Germany108,36129.9718
German National People's Party32,8839.095
Communist Party of Germany26,8917.444
German Democratic Party7,8892.181
German People's Party7,4992.071
Socialist Workers' Party of Germany9570.260
Total361,556100.0059
Source: [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Landtagswahlen 1919-1932 - Mecklenburg-Schwerin".
  2. ^ 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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