Original sentence: Parties that did not secure a seat acquired 413,000 votes.The National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) rose to become the second largest party with 18.25% of the vote and gained 107 seats, a massive increase from the 12 seats gained in the last election.The Social Democratic Party (SPD) remained the strongest party and won 143 seats, a loss of 10 seats from the previous election.The excessive amount of small political parties had created vast amounts of "wasted votes" in the 1928 election; in the 1930 election there were fewer political parties on the ballot; therefore, there were less "wasted votes".The only other party to increase its seats was the Communist Party, which won 13.13% of the vote, securing 77 seats, 23 more than in the last election
Edited sentence: Parties that did not secure a seat acquired 413,000 wasted votes.The National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) rose to the second largest party with 18.25% of the vote and took home 107 seats, a remarkable additional 95 seats over the last election.The excessive amount of small political parties created vast amounts of wasted votes in the 1928 election; however, in the 1930 election there were fewer political parties on the ballot; therefore, there were less wasted votes.The incumbent political party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), lead in the popular vote and won 143 seats, a loss of 10 seats from the previous election.The only other party to gain seats was the Communist Party, which won 13.13% of the vote, securing 77 seats, a gain of 23 additional seats than the last election