1928 Prussian state election

1928 Prussian state election

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All 450 seats in the Landtag of Prussia 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.4% ( 2.2pp)
Party Vote % Seats +/– Social Democratic Party 29.0% 137 +23 German National People's Party 17.4% 82 −27 Centre Party 14.5% 68 −13 Communist Party 11.9% 56 +12 German People's Party 8.5% 40 −5 Economic Party 4.5% 21 +10 German Democratic Party 4.5% 21 −6 Christian-National Farmers' Party 2.5% 12 +6 Nazi Party 1.8% 6 −5 People's Justice Party 1.3% 2 New Völkisch National Bloc 1.1% 2 New Centre Party (Lower Saxony) 0.7% 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by electoral constituency Government before Government after Third Braun cabinet SPD–Z–DDP Third Braun cabinet SPD–Z–DDP

State elections were held in the Free State of Prussia on 20 May 1928 to elect all 450 members of the Landtag of Prussia.^[1] The governing coalition of the Social Democratic Party, Centre Party, and German Democratic Party retained its majority. The SPD recorded its best result since 1919 while the opposition German National People's Party suffered significant losses. The Centre Party, German People's Party, and DDP took modest losses; the Communist Party and Economic Party made modest gains.