Germany The German elections to the Reichstag were held on
Sunday. The campaign was carried to its climax on Saturday with great fervour, but not much disorder could be directly attributed to the election. It was held by order of the Government, which could outwardly keep an air of Olympian detachment as it depends on no party. The results leave the National-Socialists as the largest single party with 230 seats. They polled twice as many votes as in 1930, nearly one-third of all the votes cast. This was expected since the Prussian State election. The Socialists have 133 seats, only three less than in the election of 1930. The Communists, at the opposite extreme to the Nazis, gained 11 seats and now hold 89. The Centrum has now 75 seats instead of 69 behind Dr. Bruning and working with the Bavarian clerical People's Party of 22. The Nationalists led by Herr Hugenberg lost 5 seats and keep 37. Most of the gains of the Nazis were from the Volkspartei and the " Splinter " Parties, which have become negligible.
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