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Landtag elections in the Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1920 and 1932. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below.^[1] 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.^[2]

1920

The 1920 Thuringian state election was held on 20 June 1920 to elect 53 members of the Landtag of Thuringia.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	184,267	27.87	15
	Thuringian Agricultural League	136,264	20.61	11
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	134,581	20.35	11
	German People's Party	104,239	15.77	8
	German Democratic Party	48,280	7.30	4
	German National People's Party	45,405	6.87	4
	Communist Party of Germany	8,134	1.23	0
	Centre Party	3	0.00	0
Total		661,173	100.00	53

Source: ^[3]

1921

The 1921 Thuringian state election was held on 11 September 1921 to elect 54 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	154,576	22.84	13
	Thuringian Agricultural League	128,215	18.94	10
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	110,990	16.40	9
	German People's Party	109,314	16.15	9
	Communist Party of Germany	73,709	10.89	6
	German National People's Party	50,679	7.49	4
	German Democratic Party	37,761	5.58	3
	Centre Party	7,355	1.09	0
	Wirtschaftsgruppe	4,183	0.62	0
Total		676,782	100.00	54

Source: ^[4]

1924

The 1924 Thuringian state election was held on 10 February 1924 to elect 72 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Order League (DVP, DNVP, DDP, Z, Thuringian Agricultural League & Wirtschaftler)	422,246	48.02	35
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	203,456	23.14	17
	Communist Party of Germany	162,128	18.44	13
	National Socialist Freedom Movement	81,412	9.26	7
	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany	6,709	0.76	0
	Freiwirtschaftsbund	3,446	0.39	0
Total		879,397	100.00	72

Source: ^[5]

1927

The 1927 Thuringian state election was held on 30 January 1927 to elect 56 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Unity List (DVP, DNVP, Z & Thuringian Agricultural League)	270,568	33.68	19
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	254,042	31.62	18
	Communist Party of Germany	113,295	14.10	8
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	75,690	9.42	5
	Nazi Party	27,946	3.48	2
	German Democratic Party	26,832	3.34	2
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	22,077	2.75	1
	German Völkisch Freedom Party	9,115	1.13	1
	Communist Working Group	3,732	0.46	0
Total		803,297	100.00	56

Source: ^[6]

1929

The 1929 Thuringian state election was held on 8 December 1929 to elect 53 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	258,042	32.30	18
	Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party	131,214	16.43	9
	Nazi Party	90,159	11.29	6
	Communist Party of Germany	85,209	10.67	6
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	76,535	9.58	6
	German People's Party	70,567	8.83	5
	German National People's Party	31,736	3.97	2
	German Democratic Party	23,393	2.93	1
	Communist Party of Germany (Opposition)	12,222	1.53	0
	Centre Party	9,651	1.21	0
	Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	9,631	1.21	0
	German House and Property Owners' Party	427	0.05	0
Total		798,786	100.00	53

Source: ^[7]

1932

The 1932 Thuringian state election was held on 31 July 1932 to elect 61 members of the Landtag.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nazi Party	395,321	42.49	26
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	225,791	24.27	15
	Communist Party of Germany	150,045	16.13	10
	Thuringian Agricultural League	77,678	8.35	6
	German National People's Party	29,624	3.18	2
	German State Party	17,442	1.87	1
	German People's Party	16,745	1.80	1
	Reich Party of the German Middle Class	10,411	1.12	0
	Christian Social People's Service	5,322	0.57	0
	Socialist Workers' Party of Germany	2,067	0.22	0
Total		930,446	100.00	61

Source: ^[8]

References

^ "Landtagswahlen 1920-1932 - Thuringia".
^ Wells, Roger H. (April 1936). "The Liquidation of the German Länder". The American Political Science Review. 30 (2). American Political Science Association: 351–352. doi:10.2307/1947263. JSTOR 1947263.
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^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1924". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2002-05-08. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1927". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2001-05-30. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1929". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-01-28. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Gonschior, Andreas. "Das Land Thüringen Landtagswahl 1932". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2002-07-16. Retrieved 18 May 2021.