November 1933 German parliamentary election

November 1933 German parliamentary election

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All 661 seats in the Reichstag
331 seats needed for a majority
Registered45,178,701 (Increase1.1%)
Turnout95.3% (Increase6.6pp)
  Majority party
 
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0703-506, Adolf Hitler vor Rundfunk-Mikrofon retouched.jpg
Leader Adolf Hitler
Party NSDAP
Leader since 29 July 1921
Last election 43.9%, 288 seats
Seats won 661
Seat change Increase 373
Popular vote 39,655,224
Percentage 92.1%
Swing Increase48.2pp

Government before election

Hitler cabinet
NSDAP

Government after election

Hitler cabinet
NSDAP

Parliamentary elections were held in Germany on 12 November 1933. They were the first since the Nazi Party seized complete power with the enactment of the Enabling Act in March. All opposition parties had been banned by the Law Against the Formation of Parties (14 July 1933), and voters were presented with a single list containing Nazis and 22 non-party "guests" (Gäste) of the Nazi Party. These "guests", who included the likes of Alfred Hugenberg, still fully supported the regime of Adolf Hitler in any event.

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. In some communities, voters were threatened with reprisals if they dared to vote no, or even if they simply failed to vote at all. Nonetheless, 3.3 million voters submitted invalid ballots.

By November 1933, the Third Reich had had already established a concentration camp system, and the Nazis also used the prisoners as voters. The good election results could lead to the Christmas amnesty for political prisoners that followed a month after.

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

Party Votes % Seats
Nazi Party and guests 39,655,224 92.11 661
Against 3,398,249 7.89
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes 43,053,473 100.00 661
Registered voters/turnout 45,178,701 95.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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