These elections, to be sure, did not have the dramatic interest which attended the reichstag elections of december, 1924. Besides, a referendum to repeal prohibition was proposed. Germanys election results in charts and maps afd to be first rightwing nationalist party since the nazis to enter german parliament official count gives ms merkels cducsu bloc 33% of the vote. Parallels many voters in the eastern part of the country supported the farright alternative for germany party. It was the only major german party to welcome the u. Institution in order to make sense of the election results and the shift in power in one. It is the first time a farright party has entered the bundestag, or the lower house, in more than half a century. Republican secretary of commerce herbert hoover defeated the democratic nominee, governor al smith of new york. German election results highlight old divides between east and west. American presidential election, 1928 results of the american presidential election, 1928.
United states presidential election of 1928 united. The largest vote ever cast for a reichstag membership was recorded at this electionabout thirtyeight million people, or. Home 2020 election results election info weblog forum wiki search email login site info store note. The centre had held its ground since 1928, and made a small gain of 0. Unemployment and the radicalisation of the german electorate 19281933. The elections which were held throughout germany on may 20, 1928, are of considerable interest and importance not only to germany but also to the rest of the world. In a europe roiled by a high unemployment rate, stagnating growth and. Why the german election is a big deal germany is europes largest economy and the backbone of the european unionand merkel is one of the worlds most powerful leaders. The election of donald trump an untested populist who promised more by way of dismantling than of building up other than the wall came fast on the heels of britains disruptive brexit. General elections were held in may 1924, december 1924 and in 1928. In 1924 the nazis were part of a racialist grouping, but from 1928 onwards they campaigned on their own.
The afd has seen a lastminute surge in the polls as the last day of angela merkels election campaign draws to a close. From my own background, had i been transplanted in weimar germany and grew up there, the likely choices for me would boil down to kpd, spd, and ndsap. Also, labor unions were forcing up wage rates, and a spiraling rise in wages and prices appeared. The 1926 new york state election was held on november 2, 1926, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a u. Opinion germanys boring election is a victory for the. German election results are more complicated than the. There were lacking, however, the overpowering issues and the. German election results as it happened afd to be first rightwing nationalist party since the nazis to enter german parliament official count gives ms merkels cducsu bloc 33% of the vote. German chancellor angela merkel, left, delivers a speech as parliamentary faction leader volker lauder, center, and eu commissioner guenther oettiner, right, applaud after the parliament election at the headquarters of the christian democratic union cdu in. Results are presented by first vote, where 299 local representatives are directly elected to the bundestag. The elections of 1928, 1930, and the two held in 1932 showed that the people of weimar germany were willing to do so but not in the overwhelming numbers that hitler might have anticipated. Nsdap nationalsozialistische deutsche arbeiterpartei. Population, electeurs inscrits, suffrages exprimes, nombre. A spokesman said there would be no change in policy toward.
The voiceover is in german, but then i think thats allowable as this is after all a german election. Hoover was the last republican to win a presidential election until 1952 after president calvin coolidge declined to seek reelection, hoover emerged as. Adolf hitler, an austrianborn corporal in the german army during world war i. The number of different groups made it difficult for any single party to gain a majority in parliament in the weimar republic. Overnight, the nazi party went from the smallest to the second largest political party in germany. The weimar republic had been established with the somewhat reluctantly granted approval of the ohl army high command in november 1918. In the book, published in 1925, he maintained that conflict between the races was the catalyst. The german elections were a disturbing win for the farright.
A guide to understanding the german election, angela. The 1928 united states presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 6, 1928. German agriculture reached its prewar level in 1928 and remained stagnate, despite protective tariffs. The outcome of the election could trigger a flight to safety, which would ironically mean a bid for german government bonds. With rising unemployment and no obvious sign that weimar was going to get out of the downward spiral, hitler sold to the german people his simple idea. Berlin might be over 4,000 miles away from washington dc but sundays election in germany and forthcoming negotiations over a future coalition. Election results in germany marxists internet archive. The 1933 election result, as well as 191920 results from the polish border, should be taken with a grain of salt.
After major election losses in 1928 when it was part of the government, it moved to the right under its new leader alfred hugenberg, an industrialist and media tycoon. Small farright party afd is big winner, enters bundestag for the first time. The majority of this material was created in response to the presidential election and the two reichstag elections. Elections in germany include elections to the bundestag germanys federal parliament, the landtags of the various states, and local elections several articles in several parts of the basic law for the federal republic of germany govern elections and establish constitutional requirements such as the secret ballot, and requirement that all elections be conducted in a free and fair manner. The federal returning officer the federal returning officer. Berlin compared with donald trumps victory, the brexit vote or even marine le pens presidential bid in france, the results of germanys sept. The march 5 th 1933 election held in nazi germany was the last election to be held under hitlers rule. The development and character of the nazi political machine, 1928. The party rebuilds, 192429 hitlers rise to power 19191933. The 1932 german elections ephemera collection comprises printed publications including leaflets, broadsides, periodical issues and periodical issue reprints issued on behalf of or in opposition to several political parties seeking representation in the german political system. Pages in category elections in the weimar republic the following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. The german governments own response to the election results has been unequivocal.
Weimar elections 1928 to 1932 history learning site. The map above shows where national socialist german workers party nazi support was the highest in the election of march 3rd, 1933. Contradicting results from different regional aggregations, in peter nijkamp ed. Germanys election results in charts and maps financial. Governments, parties and elections in weimar germany. German election results as it happened financial times.
All the modern methods of appealing to the voters were tried by the numerous political parties. Chancellor angela merkel won the german election sunday, but weakened support for merkels conservative alliance with only about a 33% share of the vote. With germanys election around the corner, whats putins. Germany election results live updates world news the. The social democratic party of germany spd remained the largest party in the reichstag after winning 153 of the 491 seats. Facts on the eu member states in the runup to the european elections. Hitler may well have expected the election to have resulted in an overwhelming nazi victory but he was wrong. German election, 1928 project gutenberg selfpublishing. Merkel holds onto leadership but farright wins first seats since ww2 angela merkel has held onto her german leadership but a. The only two parties to gain significantly were the spd, which received almost a third of the vote, and the communist party of germany kpd, which completed a thorough victory of the.
While the partys economic policies are less clearcut, it seems to. This liberal, middleclass party might have been the main base for a secure parliamentary system, if liberalism had had deeper roots in germany. Senator, the chief judge and an associate judge of the new york court of appeals, as well as all members of the new york state assembly and the new york state senate. The german elections were a disturbing win for the far. United states presidential election of 1928, american presidential election held on november 6, 1928, in which republican herbert hoover defeated democrat alfred e. In the 1928 elections, the nazis received only about 2% of the vote. Where germans voted for the nazis in 1933 brilliant maps. Unemployment and the radicalisation of the german electorate. Chancellor angela merkel has won a fourth term in office, but the real winner of the german election on september 24 was the alternative for.
All over the eu citizens took part in the european parliament elections from the 23 rd to 26 th of may. In september 1928 germany had 650,000 unemployed, and by 1929 three million had lost their jobs. One new party in contention in this years election is the rightwing alternative for germany, or afd, which has polled between 8 percent and. The social democratic party of germany spd remained the largest party in the reichstag after. The consensus throughout the german election campaign was that this vote was boring in the best possible way. The handout 1932 election results provides two tables of data showing the. The results of this election came as a rude shock to the leaders of germanys. It would turn out to be the last somewhat free, multiparty german election held across all of germany until december 2nd, 1990, after german reunification. The elections that were held in weimar germany from 1928 to 1932 were invariably held against the shadow of the economic depression that haunted europe. Detailed nationallevel presidential election results for 1928. The direction in which the european union is heading in is the subject of political debates all over europe at the moment. Federal elections were held in germany on 20 may 1928.