Parliamentary elections were held in Germany on 12 November 1933, the first under Nazi Party rule. All opposition parties had been banned by this time, and voters were presented with a single list containing Nazis and 22 non-party "guests" of the Nazi Party. As would be the case with all elections and referenda held in the Nazi era, the vote was held in far-from secret circumstances. Nonetheless, 3.3 million voters submitted 'invalid' ballots to protest against the regime. These elections were held on the same day as a separate referendum on Hitler's decision to pull Germany out of the League of Nations, which passed with similarly one-sided numbers.
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