Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
English: Results of the March 1933 election to the German Reichstag, showing results by administrative district (Kreis) and district-free city (kreisfreie Stadt). The party which won a plurality (or majority) of votes is indicated by the colour, while the shade indicates the share of votes won by the party.
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.
Regional elections take place every five years in Germany and each state can have their election at various dates. The German state of Brandenburg is set to head to the polls on September 22.
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] On 31 March 1933, the sitting Landtag was dissolved by the Nazi -controlled central government and reconstituted to reflect the distribution of seats in the national Reichstag .