Neither NSDAP nor Hitler as an individual ever got a majority in a free federal-level election. Hitler lost to Hindenburg in a presidential election 1932. In th

Neither NSDAP nor Hitler as an individual ever got a majority in a free federal-level election. Hitler lost to Hindenburg in a presidential election 1932. In the Reichstag parliament election of March 1933, which was shortly after Hitler was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg, and which one can't really call free at this point due to violent suppression of the political left, the NSDAP still only got 43% of votes. They only got a majority of seats after they managed to remove the KPD seats through violence and arrests, and then quickly made a vote to make the Reichstag irrelevant for making new laws (with help of other parties as they needed a two-thirds majority). But yes, they were met with little enough resistance from the conservative establishment that they could execute their power grab.