Die Ergebnisse der Deutschen Volkspartei in Rumänien bei den Legislativwahlen von 1919 bis 1937
The Results Gained by the German Party in Romania in the Legislative Elections (1919-1937)

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyze the outcome of legislative elections for the German Party in the timespan from 1919–1937. It also presents the main conclusions concerning the dynamics of political parties by analyzing the parliamentary elections that took place between the two world wars. In 1919, the German representatives in the Deputies’Assembley and the Senate founded the German Party and adopted its political program on September the 6th1919. In appreciating the results of the German Party one must take into account the fact it signed a protocol setting up a common voter list for all elections with the governing party. Thus the German Party tried to legitimate its own political actions taking advantage of this alliance during the first period of its existence (1919–1937). The first section of the study encompasses a short history of the German Party, dealing with the way it was founded and with the main features of its program. The second section examines the results of the German Party in legislative elections.

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