The 1925 Baden state election was held on 25 October 1925 to elect the 72 members of the Landtag of the Republic of Baden.
Background Minister of the Interior Adam Remmele lifted the ban on the Nazi Party in 1925, stating that they were political irrelevant. Robert Heinrich Wagner was appointed as the Nazi Gauleiter of Gau Baden, the only person to hold that position, on 25 March 1925, and served until 1945.
Baden was 58.5% Catholic, 38.7% Protestant, and 2.9% were members of another religion. The Centre Party and Social Democratic Party (SPD) placed first and second respectively in Baden in the 1928 federal election.
Campaign The German National People's Party (DNVP) and Agricultural League formed a right-wing Rechtsblock coalition.
Results PartyVotes%Seats+/–Centre Party283,41436.828–6Social Democratic Party of Germany160,49820.816–4German National People's Party93,75012.28 +1German People's Party72,8879.57 +2German Democratic Party66,6528.76–1Communist Party of Germany47,3436.14 +1Reich Party of the German Middle Class22,8562.93 +2Nazi Party8,9171.20NewGerman Völkisch Freedom Party6,4200.80NewDeutsche Aufwertungs- und Aufbaupartei4,1760.50NewBadischer Pächter- und Kleinbauernverband2,9790.40NewInvalid/blank votes9,608–––Total779,50010072–14Registered voters/turnout1,439,23554.2––Source: Elections in Germany
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