1928 German federal election

Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 May 1928. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 153 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 75.6%.

1928 German federal election
20 May 1928 (1928-05-20)
All 491 seats in the Reichstag
246 seats needed for a majority
Registered41,224,678 ( 5.7%)
Turnout75.6% ( 3.2pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hermann Müller
Otto Wels
Arthur Crispien		 Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx
Party SPD DnVp Centre
Last election 26.0%, 131 seats 20.5%, 103 seats 13.6%, 69 seats
Seats won 153 73 61
Seat change 22 30 8
Popular vote 9,152,979 4,381,563 3,712,152
Percentage 29.8% 14.3% 12.1%
Swing 3.8pp 6.2pp 1.5pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ernst Thälmann
& Philipp Dengel		 Gustav Stresemann Erich Koch-Weser
Party KPD DVP DDP
Last election 8.9%, 45 seats 10.1%, 51 seats 6.3%, 32 seats
Seats won 54 45 25
Seat change 9 6 7
Popular vote 3,264,793 2,679,703 1,479,374
Percentage 10.6% 8.7% 4.8%
Swing 1.7pp 1.4pp 1.5pp
Government before election

Fourth Marx cabinet
Z–DNVP–DVP–BVP

 Government after election

Second Müller cabinet
SPD–DVP–DDP–Z–BVP

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