The Weimar Constitution

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The weimar constitution was one of the most democratic in europe. the new reichstag (parliment) was elected by men and women over the age of 20. Political parties were awarded seats using proportional representation. This ment that seats were awarded in direct propotion to the number of people that voted for the party. The downside of this system was that it resulted in colition goverments because no one party ever achevied an overall majority in the reichstag. During weimars fourteen yearhistory there were nine elections, two each in the years 1924 and 1932. The result was weak and often unstable goverment.

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