How did the Nazi Party perform in the March 1933 Reichstag election?

In the March 5, 1933, Reichstag election, the Nazi Party received 44 percent of the vote, capturing 288 of the 647 seats.12

Despite the Nazi government’s use of state resources, propaganda, and the intimidation of political opponents—a campaign environment intensified by the Reichstag fire just days earlier—the party failed to secure an outright majority on its own. To achieve a working majority in the parliament, Adolf Hitler relied on a coalition with the German National People’s Party, which held 52 seats.123

Following this election, Hitler utilized further political maneuvers, including the exclusion of Communist deputies, to secure the passage of the Enabling Act on March 23, 1933. This act granted his government the authority to issue decrees independently of the Reichstag, effectively establishing his dictatorship.123