State election in Bavaria 1924
The third election to the Bavarian State Parliament took place on April 6 and May 4, 1924. Together with the election, a referendum was held on April 6 to reform the constitution of the Free State of Bavaria .
Result
| Political party | Share of votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Bavarian People's Party | 32.84% | 46 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 17.17% | 23 |
| Völkischer Block ( NSDAP / DVFP ) | 17.12% | 23 |
| United national rights "VNR" ( DNVP , DVP Pfalz) | 9.42% | 11 |
| Communist Party of Germany | 8.28% | 9 |
| Farmers' and Mittelstandsbundes | 7.13% | 10 |
| German Bloc in Bavaria (DDP) | 3.17% | 3 |
| Center (Palatinate) | 1.16% | 1 |
| National Liberal State Party in Bavaria | 0.97% | 1 |
| Kratofiel Official Group | 0.78% | 1 |
| Christian Social Party | 0.73% | 1 |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 0.09% | |
| Others | 1.14% |
The big minus for the "other" in the diagram (−22.7) compared to 1920 can be explained in particular by two factors:
- The Bayerische Mittelpartei / German People's Party with 13.54% no longer competes in this formation. See also National Liberal Reich Party for the VNR.
- The membership of the Independent Social Democratic Party with 12.93% has split several times: see The return of the right wing of the party to the SPD in 1922
consequences
The election campaign was shaped by the Hitler trial . As a result, the extremists won on both sides of the political spectrum: the "Völkische Bloc" made up of the NSDAP and DVFP received 23 seats, and the KPD was able to increase the number of its seats from 2 to 9. The BVP shrank from 65 to 46 seats.
The chairman of the BVP parliamentary group Heinrich Held was elected Prime Minister.
Referendum
Together with the first election day on April 6, 1924, the referendum took place on a far-reaching constitutional amendment. The draft provided for the introduction of a Bavarian President and a second, professionally structured parliamentary chamber. This change had already been proposed by the BVP in the previous state parliament, but had missed the necessary two-thirds majority. In the referendum, with a participation of 70.1%, a majority of 49.3% of those who voted voted against the proposal, 45.4% supported it and 5.3% of the votes cast were invalid.
See also
- List of members of the Bavarian Parliament (Weimar Republic, 3rd electoral period)
- On the VB ( Völkischer Block in Bayern ) article at historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de: VBl
source
- State election 1924 on gonschior.de
- State election in Bavaria 1924 in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
