Election Name: | 1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election |
Country: | Free City of Danzig |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1930 |
Election Date: | 28 May 1933 |
Next Election: | 1935 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 members of the Volkstag |
Turnout: | 92.09% |
Party1: | Nazi Party |
Seats1: | 38 |
Percentage1: | 50.12 |
Last Election1: | 12 |
Leader2: | Arthur Brill |
Seats2: | 13 |
Percentage2: | 17.69 |
Last Election2: | 19 |
Party3: | Centre Party (Germany) |
Seats3: | 10 |
Percentage3: | 14.63 |
Last Election3: | 11 |
Seats4: | 5 |
Percentage4: | 6.80 |
Last Election4: | 7 |
Party5: | German National People's Party |
Seats5: | 4 |
Percentage5: | 6.35 |
Last Election5: | 10 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Percentage6: | 2.04 |
Last Election6: | 2 |
Party7: | PLDM |
Seats7: | 1 |
Percentage7: | 1.11 |
Last Election7: | new |
Senate President | |
Before Election: | Ernst Ziehm |
Before Party: | German National People's Party |
After Election: | Hermann Rauschning |
After Party: | 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.[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]