That’s how government leaders are usually appointed in parliamentary systems with proportional representation. In the Bundesrepublik it happened only once, that the chancellor’s party had the absolute majority of votes (50.2% in 1957). Our current chancellor’s party has only been elected by 28.5% of the people, the previous one only got 24%.
Hitler became chancellor before the elections that actually legitimised his chancellorship. Before the elections in march '33, the coalition NSDAP/DNVP together only had 41.4% of the votes. Thats not common at all in parlamentary systems, and has never happened again in germany after '33.
That’s how government leaders are usually appointed in parliamentary systems with proportional representation. In the Bundesrepublik it happened only once, that the chancellor’s party had the absolute majority of votes (50.2% in 1957). Our current chancellor’s party has only been elected by 28.5% of the people, the previous one only got 24%.
Hitler became chancellor before the elections that actually legitimised his chancellorship. Before the elections in march '33, the coalition NSDAP/DNVP together only had 41.4% of the votes. Thats not common at all in parlamentary systems, and has never happened again in germany after '33.