German federal election, March 1933

← November 1932 15 March 1933

All 647 seats in the Reichstag
324 seats needed for a majority
Turnout92.51%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Otto Wels Ludwig Kaas Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Party SPD Centre DNVP
Leader since 1919 September 1928 2 March 1933
Last election 121 seats 70 seats 52 seats
Seats won 228 116 101
Seat change Increase 117 Increase 46 Increase 49

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ernst Thälmann Heinrich Held Carl von Ossietzky
Party KPD BVP Labour
Leader since October 1925 27 June 1924 7 February 1933
Last election 100 seats 20 seats N/A
Seats won 67 58 41
Seat change Decrease 33 Increase 38 N/A

  Seventh party
 
Leader Heinrich Himmler
Party NSDAP
Leader since 2 March 1933
Last election 196 seats
Seats won 22
Seat change Decrease 174

Chancellor before election

Alfred Hugenberg
DNVP

Elected Chancellor

Otto Wels a coalition Chancellor
SPD (Weimar Coalition)


Progressive Socialists of America
National DirectorCornel West
FoundedSeptember 10, 2018; 2 years ago
Merger ofDemocratic Socialists of America
Working Families Party
Green Party of the United States
HeadquartersEugene Debs Hall
New York City, New York
NewspaperThe Progressive Socialist[1]
Student wingYoung Progressive Socialists
Women's wingProgressive Socialist Women
LGBT wingQueer Progressive Socialists
Latinx wingLatinx Progressive Socialists
Black wingBlack Progressive Socialists
Membership (2018)Increase 400,000[2]
IdeologySocial democracy[3]
Left-wing populism[4]
Democratic socialism[5][6]
Progressivism[7]
Green politics[8]
Eco-socialism[9]
Socialist feminism[10]
Anti-capitalism[11]
Anti-imperialism[12]
Anti-racism[13]
Multi-tendency[14]
Caucuses:
Colors    Green, Red
Seats in the Senate
0 / 100
Seats in the House
1 / 435
Governorships
0 / 50
State Upper House Seats
1 / 1,972
State Lower House Seats
4 / 5,411
Territorial Governorships
0 / 6
Territorial Upper Chamber Seats
0 / 97
Territorial Lower Chamber Seats
0 / 91
Other elected offices170 (2018)[22]

References

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  3. ^ "Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York". Prospect.org. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
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  5. ^ "9 questions about the Democratic Socialists of America you were too embarrassed to ask". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Democratic Socialists of America". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "About Us - Working Families". workingfamilies.org. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Ten Key Values".
  9. ^ "Climate and Environmental Justice Working Group". dsausa.org. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  10. ^ "DSA Constitution and By-laws", Article II.
  11. ^ Speedy, Sam. "The movement behind the rose emoji that you probably don't know about". Mashable. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  12. ^ Bryan, Rob. "Why the Democratic Socialists of America Vote for BDS Is a Turning Point in American Left Politics". AlterNet. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  13. ^ "DSA Constitution and By-laws", Article II.
  14. ^ CNN, Analysis by Gregory Krieg. "Democratic Socialists are taking themselves seriously. Should Democrats?". CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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