# Canonical recap data for 1933 German Presidential Election (1933)
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slug: hindenburg-election-1933
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1933/hindenburg-election-1933"
title: 1933 German Presidential Election
subtitle: Hindenburg's re-election set the stage for Hitler's chancellorship and the subsequent consolidation of Nazi dictatorship.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1932-03-13
datePrecision: day
year: 1933
decade: 1930
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party (KPD) leader Ernst Thälmann also ran and received more than ten percent of the vote in the runof
summaryLong: Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party (KPD) leader Ernst Thälmann also ran and received more than ten percent of the vote in the runoff. Theodor Duesterberg, the deputy leader of the World War I veterans' organization Der Stahlhelm, ran in the first round but dropped out of the runoff. This was the second and final direct election to the office of President of the Reich, Germany's head of state under the Weimar Republic.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/1932_German_presidential_election_-_1st_round_Charts.svg/1280px-1932_German_presidential_election_-_1st_round_Charts.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1932 German presidential election"
importance: 88
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election"
  title: 1932 German presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: "Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term "
wikidataQid: Q706684
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260410031537/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-10
  label: 1932 German presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- referendum
- election
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- competition
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: single_domain
