1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election

Election 1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election Free City of Danzig no 1930 28 May 1933 1935 All 72 members of the Volkstag 92.09% Nazi Party Albert Forster 38 50.12 12 SPFSD Arthur Brill 13 17.69 19 Centre Party (Germany) 10 14.63 11 KP 5 6.80 7 German National People's Party 4 6.35 10 Poles 1 2.04 2 DMPL 1 1.11 new Senate President Ernst Ziehm German National People's Party Hermann Rauschning Nazi Party 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.Die Freie Stadt Danzig: Wahlen 1919–1935 Gonschior.de Voter turnout was 92%.Die Freie Stadt Danzig Volkstagswahl 1933 Gonschior.de 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.Danzig 1930–1945. Das Ende einer Freien Stadt Schenk Dieter Ch. Links 2013 978-3-86153-737-3 Berlin Results Nazi Party 107331 38 +26 Social Democratic Party 37882 13 –6 Centre Party 31336 10 –1 Communist Party 14566 5 –2 German National People's Party 13596 4 –6 Poles 4358 1 –1 Dr Moczynski Polish List 2385 1 New Young Germans' Movement 1698 0 New German Danziger Houseowners' Party 976 0 New 1213 0 233842 Gonschior.de References Category:Elections in the Free City of Danzig Danzig