1928 German federal election

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 3.8 pp 6.2 pp 1.5 pp
  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 1.7 pp 1.4 pp 1.5 pp
Government before election

Fourth Marx cabinet
Z–DNVP–DVP–BVP

Government after election

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

A federal election was held in Germany on 20 May 1928 to elect the fourth Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. It resulted in a significant shift to the left, with gains for the socialists and communists and losses for the nationalists. The centre-right government of Wilhelm Marx was replaced by a centre-left grand coalition government led by Hermann Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

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