GERMAN REPUBLIC
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1925 AND 1932
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Source: gonschior.de website

Parties
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* BVP - Bayrische Volkspartei (Bavarian People's Party)
* DDP - Deutsche Demokratische Partei (German Democratic Party)
* DNVP - Deutsche Nationale Volkspartei (German-National People's 
   Party)
* DVP - Deutsche Volkspartei (German People's Party)
* DZP - Deutsche Zentrumspartei (German Centre Party)
* KPD - Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Communist Party of 
   Germany)
* NSDAP - Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (National
   Socialist German Workers' Party) (Nazi Party)
* SPD - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic 
   Party of Germany)
* Stahlhelm - Steel Helmet (war veterans' organisation)

The first President of the German Republic, Friedrich Ebert, the
SPD leader, was elected by the National Assembly in February 1919.
The Assembly subsequently adopted a Constitution which provided for
a directly-elected non-executive President to serve a seven-year
term. Ebert died in February 1925.


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH-APRIL 1925
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FIRST ROUND: 29 MARCH 1925
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Enrolled voters:                             39,226,138
Votes cast:                                  27,016,760  (68.9)
Invalid votes:                                  176,415  (00.6)
Valid votes:                                 26,840,345  (99.4)
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Candidate                    Party           Votes        %    
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Otto Braun                   SPD              7,802,497   29.0
Dr Heinrich Held             BVP              1,007,450   03.7
Dr Willy Hellpach            DDP              1,568,398   05.8
Dr Karl Jarres               DNVP-DVP        10,416,658   38.8
Erich Ludendorff                                285.793   01.1
Dr Wilhelm Marx              DZP              3,887,734   14.5
Ernst Thälmann               KPD              1,871,815   07.0
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Total                                        26,840,345
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SECOND ROUND: 26 APRIL 1925
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Enrolled voters:                             39,414,316
Votes cast:                                  30,567,874  (77.6)
Invalid votes:                                  229,477  (00.7)
Valid votes:                                 30,338,397  (99.3)
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Candidate                    Party           Votes        %    
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Paul Von HINDENBURG                          14,655,641   48.3
Dr Wilhelm Marx              DZP-SPD         13,751,605   45.3
Ernst Thälmann               KPD              1,931,151   06.4
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Total                                        30,338,397
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Following the deadlock of the first round, Jarres withdrew and 
Hindenburg was recruited to be the candidate of the right.


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH-APRIL 1932
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FIRST ROUND: 13 MARCH 1932
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Enrolled voters:                             43,949,681
Votes cast:                                  37,890,451  (86.2)
Invalid votes:                                  247,015  (00.6)
Valid votes:                                 37,643,436  (99.4)
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Candidate                    Party           Votes        %    
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Theodor Duesterberg          Stahlhelm        2,557,729   06.8
Paul von Hindenburg *                        18,651,497   49.5
Adolf Hitler                 NSDAP           11,339,446   30.1
Ernst Thälmann               KPD              4,983,341   13.2
Gustav A Winter                                 111,423   00.3
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Total                                        37,643,436
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Hindenburg was supported by the SPD and all the parties of the 
centre and traditional right.

SECOND ROUND: 10 APRIL 1932
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Enrolled voters:                             44,063,958
Votes cast:                                  36,771,787  (83.4)
Invalid votes:                                  286,498  (00.8)
Valid votes:                                 36,485,289  (99.2)
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Candidate                    Party           Votes        %    
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Paul von HINDENBURG *                        19,359,983   53.0
Adolf Hitler                 NSDAP           13,418,547   36.8
Ernst Thälmann               KPD              3,706,759   10.2
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Total                                        36,485,289
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