It took the duly elected leader, Hitler three months to ban all other political parties in Germany.
Anybody willing to risk a couple bucks on the over/under for our own ‘duly elected president’?
German election, November 1932
With the nation clearly divided into two extremes, Hitler would be appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg almost three months later, on January 30th, 1933.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Rise_to_power
Even on the next elections, that took place shortly after the Reichstag fire: German election, 1933 they won more seats in Reichstag, but not more than 50%
More machinations were needed:
despite achieving a much better result than in the November 1932 election, the Nazis did not do as well as Hitler had hoped, polling 43.9%, rather than the 50+% that he had expected. Therefore, he was forced to maintain his coalition with the Nationalist German National People's Party (DNVP) to control a majority. In addition to this, Hitler needed a two-thirds majority to pass the Enabling Act (a law which allowed him to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag), which he gained by persuading the Centre Party to vote with him. The bill was passed on March 23. Only the Social Democrats opposed the measure, which came into effect on March 27. Moreover, Social Democratic representation was suppressed, because some Social Democratic deputies that were elected to the Reichstag were prevented from taking their seats by the Nazi SA. Had the Communist Party participated, its representatives would have contributed 17% of the Reichstag votes. Instead, their representatives were under arrest for their suspect role in the Reichstag Fire.
The idiots did give the store away.
Should a new Hitler actually arise, I predict a mad rush among patriots to get the first shot at him.