▁making ▁any ▁end ors ements ▁in ▁the ▁run off . ▁Du ester berg ▁end ors ed ▁H inden burg ▁in ▁the ▁run off ; ▁never theless , ▁the ▁R L B , ▁the ▁Pan - G erman ▁League , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Patri otic ▁Le agues ▁of ▁Germany ▁all ▁end ors ed ▁Hitler ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁Republic . ▁Their ▁relationships ▁with ▁H ugen berg ▁were ▁all ▁consequ ently ▁stra ined , ▁and ▁he ▁asked ▁the ▁D N VP ▁to ▁not ▁play ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁run off ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁isolated ▁within ▁and ▁outside ▁the ▁party . ▁The ▁industrial ist ▁Fritz ▁Th y ss en ▁declared ▁himself ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Hitler . ▁ ▁Results ▁H inden burg ▁was ▁elected ▁president ▁by ▁an ▁outcome ▁of ▁ 5 3 %, ▁while ▁Hitler ▁significantly ▁increased ▁his ▁result ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁million ▁votes ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁and ▁obtained ▁up ▁to ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 6 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁H inden burg ' s ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁vot ers , ▁largely ▁benef iting ▁from ▁Du ester berg ' s ▁withdraw al . ▁About ▁half ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁voted ▁for ▁Du ester berg ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁voted ▁for ▁Hitler ▁while ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁third ▁voted ▁for ▁H inden burg . ▁Less ▁than ▁ 1 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁Hitler ' s ▁g ains ▁came ▁from ▁def lect ors ▁of ▁Th äl mann . ▁ ▁After math ▁ ▁H inden burg , ▁who ▁ow ed ▁his ▁election ▁to ▁the ▁support ▁of