1929 Baden state election

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27 October 1929 (1929-10-27)

All 88 seats in the Landtag
45 seats needed for a majority

Registered

1,537,962

Turnout

61.4%^[1]

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	SPD	DVP
Last election	36.8%, 28 seats	20.8%, 16 seats	9.5%, 7 seats
Seats won	34	18	7
Seat change	6	2
Popular vote	341,754	187,087	74,340
Percentage	36.7%	20.1%	8.0%
Swing	0.1pp	0.7pp	1.5pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	NSDAP	DDP	KPD
Last election	Did not stand	8.7%, 6 seats	6.1%, 4 seats
Seats won	6	6	5
Seat change	6		1
Popular vote	65,121	62,344	55,143
Percentage	7.0%	6.7%	5.9%
Swing	7.0pp	2.0pp	0.2pp

Government before election

Josef Schmitt

Government after election

Josef Schmitt

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The 1929 Baden state election was held on 27 October 1929 to elect the 88 members of the Landtag of the Republic of Baden.^[2]

Campaign

The Rechtsblock coalition formed by the German National People's Party (DNVP) and Agricultural League broke apart in 1928. Many of the Agricultural League members joined the Nazi Party.^[3]^[4]

The Nazi's best Amtsbezirke performance was in Kehl with 32%.^[5] The Bezirk Tauberbischofsheim, which was 81.8% Catholic,^[5] gave 70.3% of its vote to the Centre.^[6]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Centre Party	341,754	36.7	34	+6
Social Democratic Party of Germany	187,087	20.1	18	+2
German People's Party	74,340	8.0	7	0
Nazi Party	65,121	7.0	6	+6
German Democratic Party	62,344	6.7	6	0
Communist Party of Germany	55,143	5.9	5	+1
Reich Party of the German Middle Class	35,605	3.8	3	0
Evangelischer Volksdienst	35,317	3.8	3	New
German National People's Party	34,079	3.7	3	–5
Badische Bauernpartei	28,267	3.0	3	New
Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation	6,680	0.7	0	New
Christlich-Soziale Reichspartei	5,086	0.5	0	New
Left Communists	1,530	0.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	11,888	–	–	–
Total	944,241	100	88	+16
Registered voters/turnout	1,537,962	61.4	–	–
Source: Elections in Germany^[2]

Aftermath

This was the last democratic election in Baden before the Nazi seizure of power.^[7] Robert Heinrich Wagner was appointed Reichkomissar of Baden on 9 March 1933, replacing the position of president. A new landtag consisting of 30 Nazis, 17 Centre, 8 SPD, and 2 DNVP convened once on 9 June 1933 to give the executive legislative powers. Wagner appointed Walter Köhler as president on 6 May.^[8]

References

^ Faris 1975, p. 147.
^ ^a ^b Schröder, Valentin. "Landtagswahlen Republik Baden". Wahlen in Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2005-02-22. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ Grill 1983, p. 26.
^ Grill 1983, p. 139-141.
^ ^a ^b Faris 1975, p. 148.
^ Faris 1975, p. 145.
^ Exner 2016, p. 297.
^ Exner 2016, p. 299.

Works cited

Exner, Konrad (2016). "Die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Ereignisse der Republik Baden in der Zeit der Weimarer Republik". Badische Heimat. 96 (2). Landesverein Badische Heimat: 291–300.
Faris, Ellsworth (1975). "Takeoff Point for the National Socialist Party: The Landtag Election in Baden, 1929". Central European History. 8 (2). Cambridge University Press: 140–71. doi:10.2307/4545738. JSTOR 4545738.
Grill, Johnpeter (1983). The Nazi Movement in Baden, 1920-1945. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807814725.

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