1936 German Parliamentary Election And Referendum

Parliamentary elections were held in Germany on 29 March 1936.

They took the form of a single-question referendum, asking voters whether they approved of the military occupation of the Rhineland and a single party list for the new Reichstag composed exclusively of Nazis and nominally independent 'guests' of the party. Like previous votes in the Nazi era, it was rigged, with a claimed turnout of 99% and 98.8% voting in favour. In a publicity stunt, a number of voters were packed aboard the airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, which flew above the Rhineland as those aboard cast their ballots.

1936 German parliamentary election and referendum
1936 German Parliamentary Election And Referendum
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All 741 seats in the Reichstag
371 seats needed for a majority
Registered45,455,217 Increase 0.6%
Turnout45,002,702 (99.0%) Increase 3.7pp
  Majority party
 
Adolf Hitler Berghof-1936.jpg
Leader Adolf Hitler
Party NSDAP
Last election 92.1%, 661 seats
Seats won 741
Seat change Increase 80
Popular vote 44,462,458
Percentage 98.8%
Swing Increase 6.7pp

Government before election

Hitler cabinet
NSDAP

Government after election

Hitler cabinet
NSDAP

This was the first German election held after enactment of the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, which had removed citizenship rights (including the right to vote) from Jews and other ethnic minorities. In the previous elections and referendums under Nazi rule, Jews, Poles and other ethnic minorities had been allowed to vote without much interference, and even tacitly encouraged to vote against the Nazis (especially in districts that were known to have large populations of ethnic minorites). On 7 March 1936, Jews and Romani lost their right to vote. Their removal from the electoral process accounted for much of the large drop in invalid and negative votes,[citation needed] which fell from over five million in 1934 to barely half a million in 1936. The Nazis also lowered the voting age, in large part so as to ensure that the electorate was about the same size as in 1934 but also to exploit the relatively enthusiastic support of younger Germans for the Nazi regime.

1936 German Parliamentary Election And Referendum
Electoral slip from the constituency of Upper BavariaSwabia, Hitler's home constituency, with seven prearranged candidates. Voters only had to accept or dismiss this option, as no other lists were available.

The new Reichstag convened for formulary procedures on 30 January 1937 to re-elect its Presidium and Hermann Göring as President of the Reichstag.

Results

1936 German Parliamentary Election And Referendum 
Party Votes % Seats
Nazi Party and guests 44,462,458 98.80 741
Against 540,244 1.20
Invalid/blank votes
Total votes 45,002,702 100 741
Registered voters/turnout 45,455,217 99.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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