Gottfried Feder1924
Elected to the Reichstag
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Elected to the Reichstag
Brunswick makes Hitler a German citizen on the eve of the Presidential election
The Nazi party wins 12 of the 491 Reichstag seats. The Nazi Party polls 810,000 votes out of 31 million cast, 2.5%
Epp becomes a member of the German Parliament, the Reichstag, for the NSDAP after leaving the BVP
Elected to the Prussian Landtag
This record states: 6.4 Million votes, 18%, 107 of 577 seats in the Reichstag go to the Nazi Party.
This record states: And this encourages the supporters of the Nazis.
This record states: The Nazi party becomes the 2nd largest party.
This record states: The Reichstag general elections result in an enormous political shift, 18.3% of the vote goes to the Nazis, five times the percentage compared to 1928.
This record states: The increased representation of the NSDAP has devastating consequences for the Republic, there was no longer a moderate majority in the Reichstag even for a Great Coalition of moderate parties.
Hitler is denied a seat because he is Austrian, not German
Elected to the Reichstag
Presidential elections 1st round, Hindenburg wins 49.6% to Hitler's 30.1% of the votes. Hindenburg wins 1st round of Presidential election with 18.65 million votes. Hindenburg is just 0.4% short of a majority
Wins 13.42 million votes, Hindenburg wins 19.36 million votes. Presidential elections, 2nd round
During the 7th elections to the Reichstag the Nazis win 196 out of 584 seats.
Durung the sixth elections to the Reichstag the Nazis win 230 out of 608 seats.
The Nazis win 230 of 608 seats in the Reichstag & double their strength.
The general elections yield major gains for the KPD and the Nazis, who win 37.2% of the vote, supplanting the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag.
The height of Nazi electoral success under free elections.
There is still no majority in the Reichstag for any Government, as a result, the Reichstag is dissolved and elections take place once more in the hope that a stable majority would result. Hitler refuses a ministry under Papen, and demands the Chancellorship for himself, but is rejected by Hindenburg
Refuses to join a coalition. Elections yield 33.1% for the Nazis, dropping 2 million voters, Franz von Papen steps down, and is succeeded by General Kurt von Schleicher as Reichskanzler. Elections are held in which the NSDAP vote falls from 230 to 196 seats
The Nazis lose 40% of their vote, it looks as though they cannot be voted into power
Organizes Hitler's campaigns for the Presidency & for Nazi seats in the Reichstag
Cannot win a majority & demands to be Chancellor of a Presidential Government
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