Reactions Prior to the election, the NSDAP had been very confident that to polls would deliver a resounding victory and a stable two-thirds Volkstag majority. For example, three days before the election Göring stated that "[t]he battle is already won before it has begun!". But whilst the NSDAP increased its share of votes and seats, the party had not achieved the desired two-thirds majority. In the international press the election result was framed as a set-back for the ruling National Socialists, with headlines such as 'Hitler foiled in Danzig election' (
News Chronicle, April 8, 1935). The
Jewish Telegraphic Agency bulletin after the election wrote "The Jewish population of Danzig today welcomed the results of yesterday's parliamentary elections as removing for the first time the threat that the Jews of Danzig would be placed in the same position as the Jews of Germany."
Lodzer Volkszeitung, the organ of the
German Socialist Labour Party of Poland (DSAP), highlighted that the in Danzig City proper the gap between the ruling National Socialist and opposition was not that significant, and emphasized that Social Democrats had gained 5,000 votes and Centre Party another gained 2,500 votes in the city. In the aftermath of the polls the National Socialist press outlets struggled to identify plausible explanations for the failure to achieve the two-thirds majority, one argument raised was that the NSDAP had managed to gain 30,000 additional voters in spite of the incumbent National Socialist government having taken unpopular measures. Reportedly, the regional SS leader
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski argued that voters had reacted negatively to corrupt practices and arrogance of NSDAP leaders, and that Greiser's divorce and SA leader 's slander campaign against Greiser had damaged the confidence in the party. Following the elections all of the opposition parties, except the Polish List, filed a lawsuit alleging various irregularities such as illegal manipulations, threats of dismissals for public employees refusing to support the NSDAP, that the secrecy of the ballot had not been respected and that non-citizens had been brought in by bus and train to vote. The election was declared invalid in 18 electoral precincts. On December 5, 1935 a meeting of the Election Committee conducted a recalculation of the seat distribution of the
Volktag on the basis of the November 14 court ruling. In the adjusted list of elected
Volkstag members issued by the Election Committee, the NSDAP had removed six of its deputies previous announced elected - Senate President Arthur Greiser, Lothar Rettelsky, Wilhelm von Wnuck, , and the Bank of Danzig president were no longer listed as
Volkstag deputies. The five new NSDAP
Volkstag members were now Erich Schelm, , Franz Schramm, Karl Gall and Herbert Schulz. The seat that was now transferred from NSDAP to the Social Democrats was taken by , house-wife from Danzig. ==Local elections==