1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election

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1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election
Free City of Danzig
← 1930 28 May 1933 1935 →

All 72 members of the Volkstag
Turnout92.09%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NSDAP Albert Forster 50.12 38 +26
SPFSD Arthur Brill 17.69 13 −6
Centre 14.63 10 −1
KP 6.80 5 −2
DNVP 6.35 4 −6
Poles 2.04 1 −1
PLDM 1.11 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate President before Senate President after
Ernst Ziehm
DNVP
Hermann Rauschning
NSDAP

Parliamentary elections were held in the Free City of Danzig on 28 May 1933. 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. The campaign was heavily influenced by the Great Depression as well as the Nazi seizure of power in Germany. After the victory, the Nazis enacted dictatorial measures that violated the constitution. The next election would be held under mass repression and fraud, making the 1933 election the last with a free choice.[3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nazi Party107,33150.1238+26
Social Democratic Party37,88217.6913–6
Centre Party31,33614.6310–1
Communist Party14,5666.805–2
German National People's Party13,5966.354–6
Poles4,3582.041–1
Dr Moczynski Polish List2,3851.111New
Young Germans' Movement1,6980.790New
German Danziger Houseowners' Party9760.460New
Total214,128100.00720
Valid votes214,12899.44
Invalid/blank votes1,2130.56
Total votes215,341100.00
Registered voters/turnout233,84292.09
Source: Gonschior.de

References

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  1. ^ Die Freie Stadt Danzig: Wahlen 1919–1935 Gonschior.de
  2. ^ Die Freie Stadt Danzig Volkstagswahl 1933 Gonschior.de
  3. ^ Schenk, Dieter (2013). Danzig 1930–1945. Das Ende einer Freien Stadt. Berlin: Ch. Links. ISBN 978-3-86153-737-3.

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