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But if they had failed in the elections, they wouldn't have been in the conversation to be given authority.
Hitler was given authority because of two things - Papen was a "closet" Nazi running under another banner, hoping for a unified right, and belief that the NSDAP represented the will of the German people because of their performance in the Reichstag.
Also, there's a lot to be said about the role of the KPD in ushering the Nazis into power. They suppressed SPD efforts to build a left-centre coalition, it was their joint political efforts with the Nazis that undermined the SPD and allies in the Reichstag and they attacked SPD supporters to suppress their votes leading up to the crucial 1932 elections.
Huge difference between failing and won. Hitler never won.