Federal elections were held in Germany on 4 May 1924,^[1] after the Reichstag had been dissolved on 13 March. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 100 of the 472 seats.^[2][3] Voter turnout was 77.4%.^[4]

Quick Facts All 472 seats in the Reichstag 237 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

May 1924 German federal election

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All 472 seats in the Reichstag 237 seats needed for a majority
Registered	38,374,983 ( 6.7%)
Turnout	77.4% ( 1.8pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hermann Müller Otto Wels Arthur Crispien Oskar Hergt Constantin Fehrenbach Party SPD DnVp Centre Last election 21.9%, 103 seats 15.1%, 71 seats 13.6%, 64 seats Seats won 100 95 65 Seat change 3 24 1 Popular vote 6,008,905 5,696,475 3,914,379 Percentage 20.5% 19.5% 13.4% Swing 1.4pp 4.4pp 0.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ruth Fischer & Arkadi Maslow Gustav Stresemann Erich Ludendorff Party KPD DVP NSFP Last election 2.1%, 4 seats 13.9%, 65 seats Did not exist Seats won 62 45 32 Seat change 58 20 New party Popular vote 3,693,280 2,694,381 1,918,329 Percentage 12.6% 9.2% 6.5% Swing 10.5pp 4.7pp New party
Results by constituency Results by district and independent city
Government before election First Marx cabinet Z–DVP–BVP–DDP Government after election Second Marx cabinet Z–DVP–DDP

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The members of the Reichstag were elected by two methods. A total of 35 multi-member constituencies were to have representatives elected via party-list proportional representation. A party was entitled to a seat via this method for every 60,000 votes they obtained in a constituency. At the second level, the 35 constituencies were combined into 16 constituency associations. A party could claim an additional seat if its vote remainder in the electoral district after distribution of seats by the first method was more than 30,000. As seats were allocated based on vote count, there was not a set number of seats in the chamber.^[5]

People who were under the age of 25, incapacitated according to the Civil Code, who were under guardianship or provisional guardianship, or who had lost their civil rights of honour after a criminal court ruling were not eligible to vote.

Between 4,514 and 4,638 candidates were nominated by at least 32 parties.^[6][7]