The 1933 March Reichstag elections

On the morning of 9 November the Nazis staged a march through Munich in an attempt to seize power, the Beer hall putsch. Reichswehr troops opened fire and 16 Nazis were killed and the putsch attempt failed. Hitler, Hess, Ludendorff and a number of others were arrested, and were tried for treason in March 1924. While Hitler was in prison the Nazi Party effectively ceased to exist without his leadership.
Hitler was released in December 1924. In the following year he effectively refounded and reorganized the Nazi Party. The new Nazi Party was no longer a paramilitary organization, and disavowed any intention of taking power by force. Instead, the Nazis contested elections to the national parliament, the Reichstag, and to the state legislatures, the Landtags, from 1924.
At first with little success, the political turning point came when the Great Depression hit Germany in 1930. In the premature elections in September 1930, the Nazis suddenly rose from relative obscurity to win 18.3% of the vote along with 107 seats in the Reichstag, becoming the second largest party in Germany.
In 1932, Franz von Papen, appointed as chancellor, short of parliamentary support the Reichstag, called for new elections in July. In these elections, the Nazis achieved their biggest success yet and won 230 seats. The Nazis had become the largest party in the Reichstag without which no stable government could be formed.
After a vote of no-confidence in the Papen government, supported by 84% of the deputies, the new Reichstag was dissolved, and new elections were called in November. This time, the Nazis lost some seats but still remained the largest party in the Reichstag.
On the morning of 30 January 1933, in Hindenburg's office, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor. Having become Chancellor, Hitler foiled all attempts to gain a majority in parliament and on that basis persuaded President Hindenburg to dissolve the Reichstag again. Elections were scheduled for early March, but on 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire. The Reichstag fire was blamed on a communist conspiracy, and used as an excuse by the Nazis to close the KPD's offices, ban its press and arrest its leaders. With the communists eliminated, the Nazis dominated the election with 43.9%, and with their Nationalist (DNVP) allies, achieved a parliamentary majority (51.8%).