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He used the electoral process to gain seats/power in the Reichstag, and eventually to set himself in a position to be appointed. His underlying tactics in gaining popularity to secure votes were often criminal, but using the electoral process in and of itself was legit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fireAdolf Hitler, who was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany four weeks before, on 30 January, urged President Paul von Hindenburg to pass an emergency decree to suspend civil liberties in order to counter the "ruthless confrontation of the Communist Party of Germany".[4] After passing the decree, the government instituted mass arrests of Communists, including all of the Communist parliamentary delegates. With their bitter rival Communists gone and their seats empty, the National Socialist German Workers Party went from being a plurality party to the majority; which enabled Hitler to consolidate his power with the Nazis eager to uncover Comintern complicity.
That's not legit.