Snap federal elections were held in Germany on 7 December 1924,^[1][2] the second that year after the Reichstag had been dissolved on 20 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, receiving an increased share of the vote and winning 131 of the 493 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was 78.8%.^[4]

Quick Facts All 493 seats in the Reichstag 247 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

December 1924 German federal election

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All 493 seats in the Reichstag 247 seats needed for a majority
Registered	38,987,324 ( 1.6%)
Turnout	78.8% ( 1.4pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Kuno von Westarp Wilhelm Marx Party SPD DnVp Centre Last election 20.5%, 100 seats 19.5%, 95 seats 13.4%, 65 seats Seats won 131 103 69 Seat change 31 8 4 Popular vote 7,881,041 6,205,802 4,118,849 Percentage 26.0% 20.5% 13.6% Swing 5.5pp 1.0pp 0.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gustav Stresemann Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow Erich Koch-Weser Party DVP KPD DDP Last election 9.2%, 45 seats 12.6%, 62 seats 5.7%, 28 seats Seats won 51 45 32 Seat change 6 17 4 Popular vote 3,049,064 2,709,086 1,919,829 Percentage 10.1% 8.9% 6.3% Swing 0.9pp 3.7pp 0.6pp
Results by constituency Results by district and independent city
Government before election Second Marx cabinet Z–DVP–DDP Government after election First Luther cabinet DVP–DNVP–Z–DDP–BVP

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The National Socialist Freedom Movement received 6.5% in the previous election, but party unity broke down afterwards. Julius Streicher and Hermann Esser left to form their own party while Adalbert Volck and Ludolf Haase advocated abstaining from the election or voting for other nationalist parties.^[5] The NSFM was attacked as anti-Catholic by the Centre Party and anti-Christian by the German National People's Party (DNVP).^[6]

Catholics accounted for 17% of NSFM's vote.^[7]