1925 Baden state election

The 1925 Baden state election was held on 25 October 1925 to elect the 72 members of the Landtag of the Republic of Baden.^[2]

1925 Baden state election

← 1921 25 October 1925 (1925-10-25) 1929 →
All 72 seats in the Landtag 37 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,439,235
Turnout	55%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Centre SPD DNVP Last election 37.9%, 34 seats 22.7%, 20 seats 8.5%, 7 seats Seats won 28 16 8 Seat change 6 4 1 Popular vote 283,4144 160,498 93,750 Percentage 36.8% 20.8% 12.2% Swing 1.1pp 1.9pp 3.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DVP DDP KPD Last election 6.0%, 5 seats 8.5%, 7 seats 3.9%, 3 seats Seats won 7 6 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 72,887 66,652 47,343 Percentage 9.5% 8.7% 6.1% Swing 3.5pp 0.2pp 2.2pp
Government before election Willy Hellpach Government after election Gustav Trunk

Background

Minister of the Interior Adam Remmele lifted the ban on the Nazi Party in 1925, stating that they were political irrelevant.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Baden was 58.5% Catholic, 38.7% Protestant, and 2.9% were members of another religion.^[6][7] The Centre Party and Social Democratic Party (SPD) placed first and second respectively in Baden in the 1928 federal election.^[8]

Campaign

The German National People's Party (DNVP) and Agricultural League formed a right-wing Rechtsblock coalition.^[9]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Centre Party	283,414	36.8	28	–6
Social Democratic Party of Germany	160,498	20.8	16	–4
German National People's Party	93,750	12.2	8	+1
German People's Party	72,887	9.5	7	+2
German Democratic Party	66,652	8.7	6	–1
Communist Party of Germany	47,343	6.1	4	+1
Reich Party of the German Middle Class	22,856	2.9	3	+2
Nazi Party	8,917	1.2	0	New
German Völkisch Freedom Party	6,420	0.8	0	New
Deutsche Aufwertungs- und Aufbaupartei	4,176	0.5	0	New
Badischer Pächter- und Kleinbauernverband	2,979	0.4	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	9,608	–	–	–
Total	779,500	100	72	–14
Registered voters/turnout	1,439,235	54.2	–	–
Source: Elections in Germany[2]

References

1. Grill 1983, p. 124.
2. Schröder, Valentin. "Landtagswahlen Republik Baden". Wahlen in Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2005-02-22. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
3. Grill 1983, p. 110-111.
4. Grill 1983, p. 3.
5. Faris 1975, p. 156.
6. Grill 1983, p. 8-9.
7. Faris 1975, p. 142.
8. Faris 1975, p. 144.
9. Grill 1983, p. 26.

Works cited

• 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.