German election, November 1933

German federal election, November 1933

12 November 1933

All 661 seats in the Reichstag 331 seats needed for a majority Turnout 95.30%   Majority party   Leader Adolf Hitler Party NSDAP Leader since 29 July 1921 Last election 288 seats, 43.91% Seats won 661 (Sole legal party) Seat change 373 Popular vote 39,655,224 Percentage 92.11% Swing 48.20%

Reichstag composition

Chancellor before election Adolf Hitler NSDAP Subsequent Chancellor Adolf Hitler NSDAP

Parliamentary elections in Germany took place on 12 November 1933. They were the first since the Nazi Party seized complete power with the passage of the Enabling Act in March. All opposition parties had been banned by this time, and voters were presented with a single list containing Nazis and 22 non-party "guests" of the Nazi Party. Such delegates, who included the likes of Alfred Hugenberg, still fully supported the regime of Adolf Hitler in any event.^[1]

This election set the tone for all further elections and referenda held in the Nazi era. The vote was held in far-from secret circumstances, and in several areas voters were threatened with reprisals if they failed to vote or dared to vote no. Nonetheless, 3.3 million voters submitted 'invalid' ballots. These elections were held on the same day as a separate referendum on Hitler's decision to pull Germany out of the League of Nations, which passed with similar numbers. The new Reichstag, exclusively composed of NSDAP members and sympathisers, convened on 12 December to elect a Presidium headed by President of the Reichstag Hermann Göring.

Election poster with the slogan One People, One Leader, One "Yes".

Results

References

Further reading

• Schulz, Gerhard (1982). Deutschland seit dem Ersten Weltkrieg 1918–1945. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 144–145. ISBN 3-525-33472-9. 
• Winkler, Heinrich August (2005). Der lange Weg nach Westen 2. Bonn. pp. 32–33. ISBN 3-89331-575-6. 

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