State elections were held in the Free State of Prussia on 7 December 1924 to elect all 450 members of the Landtag of Prussia. The results left the seat count of the governing coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Centre Party, and German Democratic Party almost flat, with most movement happening amongst the opposition. The German National People's Party made significant gains, nearly surpassing the SPD as the largest party. Most of the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) had merged back into the SPD in 1922, leaving behind only a small rump party that did not receive enough votes to return any members to the Landtag. The German People's Party lost a portion of the gains it had made in the previous election. The National Socialist Freedom Party, a disguised rebirth of the Nazi Party formed after it was banned following the Beer Hall Putsch, won 2.5% of the vote and 11 seats.

Results Party Votes % Swing Seats +/– Social Democratic Party (SPD) 4,575,645 24.89 –1.37 114 0 German National People's Party (DNVP) 4,355,674 23.70 +5.62 109 +34 Centre Party 3,229,740 17.57 +0.33 81 0 German People's Party (DVP) 1,797,589 9.78 –4.40 45 –13 List of Communists (KPD) 1,767,932 9.62 +2.21 44 +13 German Democratic Party (DDP) 1,083,523 5.90 –0.07 27 +1 National Socialist Freedom Party (NSFP) 454,886 2.47 New 11 New Economic Party of the German Middle Classes (WP) 454,409 2.47 +1.29 11 +7 German-Hanoverian Party 259,506 1.41 –1.27 6 –5 German Social Party and Reichsbund for Revaluation 111,939 0.61 New 0 New National Minorities of Germany (NMD) 87,891 0.48 +0.38 2 +2 Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) 67,871 0.37 –6.21 0 –28 German Revaluation and Construction Party 41,280 0.22 New 0 New Christian Social National Community of Germany 37,679 0.20 New 0 New Party for People's Welfare (Tenant Protection and Land Rights) 27,582 0.15 New 0 New Revaluation and Reconstruction Party 13,616 0.07 New 0 New Free Economic Union F.F.F. (Freiland-Freigeld) 13,523 0.07 New 0 New Invalid/blank votes 337,562 1.80 – – – Total 18,380,285 100 – 450 +22 Registered voters/turnout 23,819,471 78.58 +1.18 – – Gonschior.de

Results by constituency Constituency SPD DNVP Z DVP KPD DDP NSFP WP DHP NMD 1. East Prussia 20.8 39.1 8.0 9.0 8.1 4.0 6.2 1.0 – 0.6 2. Berlin 32.5 21.9 4.1 4.9 19.3 10.1 1.6 3.4 – 0.3 3. Potsdam II 26.7 27.7 3.5 8.5 11.6 12.5 2.9 3.8 – 0.1 4. Potsdam I 30.4 31.3 2.5 7.8 12.2 6.2 2.8 5.1 – 0.1 5. Frankfurt an der Oder 27.9 38.2 6.3 10.9 4.4 4.7 3.2 2.2 – 0.7 6. Pomerania 24.6 49.1 1.0 6.5 5.8 3.8 4.2 3.9 – 0.1 7. Breslau 31.9 28.8 19.2 7.7 3.1 4.6 1.4 1.4 – 0.1 8. Liegnitz 32.8 28.9 9.0 8.3 3.3 8.0 1.4 5.0 – 0.3 9. Oppeln 6.7 21.7 40.9 2.8 12.1 2.3 1.5 3.0 – 7.8 10. Magdeburg 38.6 25.1 2.1 13.4 5.2 7.2 3.1 4.8 – 0.0 11. Merseburg 18.7 29.6 1.4 12.1 22.9 6.9 4.4 3.5 – – 12. Erfurt 21.7 22.1 13.9 12.3 13.4 5.2 5.2 6.3 – – 13. Schleswig-Holstein 30.5 33.6 – 15.1 6.9 9.0 2.7 0.6 – 0.7 14. Weser-Ems 30.5 16.4 28.4 14.5 3.0 6.2 4.7 – 4.4 – 15. Hanover East 28.2 20.9 1.4 11.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 – 24.7 0.1 16. Hanover South 34.9 15.9 6.6 13.4 4.7 4.7 3.0 – 16.4 0.1 17. Westphalia North 20.3 15.3 41.7 8.8 6.7 3.0 1.1 1.0 – 0.4 18. Westphalia South 24.6 12.5 27.3 12.1 12.2 6.0 1.1 1.7 – 0.7 19. Hesse-Nassau 31.9 18.6 17.5 12.6 5.6 8.5 2.4 2.3 – – 20. Köln-Aachen 15.4 7.1 51.2 7.9 8.8 3.6 0.6 4.9 – 0.0 21. Koblenz-Trier 10.6 9.9 60.8 7.7 4.2 3.3 0.5 3.0 – – 22. Düsseldorf East 15.4 15.3 24.5 11.6 20.9 4.5 1.6 4.3 – 0.2 23. Düsseldorf West 13.9 11.3 43.1 9.5 12.5 3.4 0.9 3.9 – 0.5 Note: shaded boxes indicate the party that won the most votes in the constituency.

See also Elections in the Free State of Prussia Weimar Republic

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