Landtag elections in the Free People's State of Württemberg () during the Weimar Republic were held on five occasions between 1919 and 1932. The percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the table below. The table is an important indicator of the swings in political opinion in this part of Germany between the German Empire and Nazi Germany, a period when parliamentary democracy came to have real political meaning in Germany.

On 31 March 1933, the sitting Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi-controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag. The Landtag subsequently was formally abolished as a result of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German federal system with a unitary state. Württemberg is now a part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

+Results of Württemberg Landtag elections 1919 to 1932 Party / Date SPD DDP Centre DNVP / WBP WBB USPD WBWB DVP KPD VSB CSVD NSDAP 12 January 1919 34.4 %52 seats 25.0 %38 seats 20.8 %31 seats 7.4 %11 seats 5.8 %10 seats 3.1 %4 seats 2.7 %4 seats - - - - - 6 June 1920 16.1 %17 seats 14.7 %15 seats 22.5 %23 seats 9.3 %10 seats 17.7 %18 seats 13.3 %14 seats - 3.4 %4 seats - - - - 4 May1924 16.0 %13 seats 10.6 %9seats 20.9 %17 seats 10.4 %8seats - - 20.2 %17 seats 4.6 %3 seats 11.7 %10 seats 4.0 %3 seats - - 20 May 1928 23.8 %22 seats 10.1 %8seats 19.6 %17 seats 5.7 %4seats - - 18.1 %16 seats 5.2 %4 seats 7.4 %6 seats - 3.9 %3 seats - 24 April 1932 16.6 %14 seats 4.8 %4seats 20.5 %17 seats 4.3 %3seats - - 10.7 %9seats - 9.4 %7 seats - 4.2 %3 seats 26.4 %23 seats

1919 The election was held on 12 January 1919 to elect the 150 members of the Württemberg state constituent assembly.

PartyVotes%SeatsSocial Democratic Party (SPD)452,69934.452German Democratic Party (DDP)328,68925.038Centre Party273,20020.831Württemberg Citizens' Party (WBP)97,8407.411Württemberg Agrarian League (WBB)76,0985.810Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD)40,6343.14Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League (WBWB)35,2852.74Others9,7890.70Invalid/blank votes2,817––Total1,317,051100150Registered voters/turnout1,449,21690.9–

1920 The election was held on 6 June 1920 to elect the 101 members of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–Centre Party247,11322.523–8Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League (WBWB)193,67117.718 +14Social Democratic Party (SPD)176,00916.117–35German Democratic Party (DDP)161,59514.715–23Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD)145,23313.214 +10Württemberg Citizens' Party (WBP)102,3199.310–1German People's Party (DVP)37,1993.44NewCommunist Party (KPD)33,1473.00NewInvalid/blank votes41,090–––Total1,137,376100101–49Registered voters/turnout1,475,19677.1––

1924 The election was held on 4 May 1924 to elect the 80 members of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–Centre Party248,74820.917–6Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League (WBWB)240,45320.217 -1Social Democratic Party (SPD)190,28516.013–4Communist Party (KPD)138,68311.710 +10German Democratic Party (DDP)125,54510.69–6Patriotic-Nationalist Right-Wing Bloc124,20710.48NewGerman People's Party (DVP)55,0964.63–1Völkisch-Social Bloc (VSB)47,3014.03NewOthers19,4391.60–Invalid/blank votes11,947–––Total1,201,70410080–21Registered voters/turnout1,533,23678.4––

1928 The election was held on 20 May 1928 to elect the 80 members of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–Social Democratic Party (SPD)267,07723.822 +9Centre Party219,84619.6170Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League (WBWB)202,48118.116–1German Democratic Party (DDP)113,19610.18–1Communist Party (KPD)82,5257.46–4German National People's Party (DNVP)64,1315.74NewGerman People's Party (DVP)57,7585.24 +1Christian Social People's Service (CSVD)43,4403.93NewReich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation (VRP)37,0983.30NewNazi Party (NSDAP)20,3421.80NewReich Party of the German Middle Class (WP)12,2261.10NewOthers9730.10–Invalid/blank votes30,811–––Total1,151,904100800Registered voters/turnout1,653,21669.7––

On 6 June 1929, the Württemberg state court declared the provisions of the electoral law on seat distribution unconstitutional, and seats were redistributed as follows:

PartySeatsSocial Democratic Party 21Centre Party16Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League 15German Democratic Party8Communist Party6German National People's Party4German People's Party4Christian Social People's Service3Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation2Nazi Party1

1932 The election was held on 24 April 1932 to elect the 80 members of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–Nazi Party (NSDAP)328,32026.423 +22Centre Party254,68020.5170Social Democratic Party(SPD)206,57416.614–8Württemberg Small Farmers' and Winegrowers' League (WBWB)133,54510.79–7Communist Party (KPD)116,6529.47 +1German Democratic Party (DDP)59,6774.84–4German National People's Party (DNVP)53,4154.33–1Christian Social People's Service (CSVD)52,3554.230German People's Party (DVP)19,3121.60–4Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation (VRP)16,3441.300Others3,9020.30NewInvalid/blank votes5,365–––Total1,250,141100800Registered voters/turnout1,775,15470.4––

See also Free People's State of Württemberg History of Württemberg Weimar Republic March 1933 German federal election

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