The Jews of Hessen are relieved to-day by the failure of the Nazis to obtain a clear majority in the elections which have just taken place to the State Parliament of Hessen, where the notorious Boxheimer documents were found.
Although they have failed to obtain control of the State Government, the Nazis have, however, increased their representation in the new Hessen Diet by five seats. They now hold 32 seats out of the total of 70.
“TIMES” DRAWS CONCLUSION FROM HESSEN ELECTION THAT NAZIS ARE HARDLY LIKELY TO OBTAIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY AT REICHSTAG ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH
The Nazis polled 328,313 votes, as compared with 291,183 in November last, the “Times” report says. The Socialists have also improved their position from 15 to 17 seats, the number of votes cast in their favour having risen from 168,101 to 172,545.
The Nazis appear to have gained chiefly at the expense of the new National Unionist list, which has lost three of its former five seats, and probably, too, of the Communists, who will enter the new Diet with only seven seats against the former 10. The Centre Party has retained its 10 seats and the German Nationalist Party is again returned with one seat.
The general situation in Hesse, the “Times” adds, has, as expected, not undergone any material change, and the formation of a Government majority should still prove as difficult as before. The conclusion is drawn from to-day that the Nazis are also hardly likely to obtain an absolute majority at the Reichstag elections next months.
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