The belief that the Hitlerists had attained their high-water mark in the last Parliamentary elections has been falsified in today’s elections to the Parliament of the State of Oldenburg, one of the smaller States of Germany (about half-a-million population), which have given the Hitlerists a clear majority, independent even of their allies, the German Nationals.
This is the first time the Hitlerists have obtained independent control in any State in Germany.
In the last Oldenburg Parliament the Nazis, notwithstanding the big increase in their vote in the previous elections held only 19 seats out of the total of 48. In the new Parliament, it appears that they will have about 26 seats against only 24 of all the other Parties combined, including their allies, the German Nationals. The Nazis alone polled 132,000 votes, while all the other Parties polled 120,000. With the German National vote of 15,000, the Hitlerists have 147,000 votes against only 93,000 votes of the Socialist and Centre Parties, and 15,700 votes of the Communists. The Socialists polled 51,000 votes, and the Centre Party 42,000 votes.
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