Landtag A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non- ...

elections in the People's State of Hesse ''(Volksstaat Hessen)'' during the

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is al ...

were held at irregular intervals between 1919 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. On 31 March 1933, the sitting ''Landtag'' was dissolved by the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

-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 The Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich (german: link=no, Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reichs) of 30 January 1934, was a sweeping constitutional change to the structure of the German state by the government of Nazi Germany. It was one of t ...

" of 30 January 1934 which replaced the German

federal system Federalism is a combined or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments ( provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single po ...

with a

unitary state A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create (or abolish) administrative divisions (sub-national units). Such units exercise only th ...

1919

The 1919 Hessian state election was held on 26 January 1919 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian constituent people's assembly.

1921

The 1921 Hessian state election was held on 27 November 1921 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian ''Landtag''.

1924

The 1924 Hessian state election was held on 7 December 1924 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian ''Landtag''.

1927

The 1927 Hessian state election was held on 13 November 1927 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian ''Landtag''.

1931

The 1931 Hessian state election was held on 15 November 1931 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian ''Landtag''.

1932

The 1932 Hessian state election was held on 19 June 1932 to elect the 70 members of the Hessian ''Landtag''.

References

{{Hesse state elections Elections in the Weimar Republic Elections in Hesse

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...