1938 German parliamentary election and referendum information
1938 German parliamentary election and referendum
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10 April 1938 (1938-04-10) 4 December 1938 (1938-12-04)
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All 814 seats in the Reichstag 408 seats needed for a majority
Registered
49,634,569 9.2%
Turnout
49,435,623 (99.6%) 0.6pp
Majority party
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Party
NSDAP
Leader since
29 July 1921
Last election
98.8%, 741 seats
Seats won
814
Seat change
73
Popular vote
48,905,004
Percentage
99.1%
Swing
0.3pp
Government before election
Hitler cabinet
NSDAP
Government after election
Hitler cabinet
NSDAP
Parliamentary elections were held in Germany (including recently annexed Austria) on 10 April 1938.[1] They were the final elections to the Reichstag during Nazi rule and took the form of a single-question referendum asking whether voters approved of a single list of Nazi and pro-Nazi guest candidates for the 814-member Reichstag,[2] as well as the recent annexation of Austria. Turnout in the election was officially 99.6% with 99.1% voting 'yes' in Germany and Austria.
The elections were held largely to rally official support from the new Ostmark (Austrian) province, although further elections for 41 seats were held in the recently annexed Sudetenland on 4 December.[1] NSDAP candidates and "guests" officially received 97.32% of the votes.[3]
The recently completed Kraft durch Freude cruise ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff was anchored in international waters near the United Kingdom to serve as a floating polling station for German and Austrian citizens living in the UK. On 10 April 1938, 1,978 voters (including 806 Austrians) were ferried from Tilbury, east of London. Only ten voted against annexation.[4]
^ abDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^"Reichstagshandbücher, 1938/1: Verzeichnis der Mitglieder des Reichstags". Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^Zimmermann, Volker: Die Sudetendeutschen im NS-Staat. Politik und Stimmung der Bevölkerung im Reichsgau Sudetenland (1938–1945). Essen 1999. ISBN 3-88474-770-3
^"The Wilhelm Gustloff Story". www.wilhelmgustloffmuseum.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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