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Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January and just six days after the Reichstag fire.The election saw Nazi stormtroopers unleash a widespread campaign of violence against the Communist Party (KPD), left-wingers, [1]: 317 trade unionists, the Social Democratic Party [1] and the Centre Party.
This election set the tone for all further elections and referendums held in the Nazi era. Official results showed 92 percent of the voters approved the Nazi list, on a turnout of 96 percent. The vote was held in far-from secret circumstances; many voters feared that anyone who voted "no" would be detected and punished for doing so.
The Nazi Party emerged as the largest party, receiving 50% of the vote and winning 38 of the 72 seats in the Volkstag, the first time any party had won a majority of seats in the legislature. [1] Voter turnout was 92%. [2] The elections were held under violent circumstances, with the Nazis attacking the electoral events of the opposition.
Nazi Party election results presents a series of tables that summarize the election results of the Nazi Party in German national and state elections. They display the number of votes received, the percentage of the vote, the Party's numerical ranking, the number of parliamentary seats won and the change in the number of seats.
Landtag elections in the Free State of Lippe (Freistaat Lippe) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1933. Results with regard to the total vote, the percentage of the vote won and the number of seats allocated to each party are presented in the tables below. [ 1 ]
Germany is expected to hold a snap election on Feb. 23 after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition last month. Germany has two, centrist big tent parties: Scholz's centre-left Social ...
1933 German election may refer to: March 1933 German federal election; November 1933 German parliamentary election This page was last edited on 15 December 2021 ...
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing an early national ...