1919 German Federal Election
First with women's suffrage19 January 1919 · The Weimar Republic · 423 seats, 212 for a majority
Federal elections were held in Germany on 19 January 1919 to elect a national constituent assembly that would write a new constitution for Germany following the collapse of the German Empire at the end of World War I.
Chancellor before
Friedrich Ebert
SPD
Chancellor after
Philipp Scheidemann
SPD
Largest force
SPD
165 of 423 seats
Turnout
83.0%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | Friedrich Ebert & | 165 | — | 11.516.852 | 37.9% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 163 | — | 11.509.048 | 37.9% | — | |
| CVP | — | 91 | — | 5.980.259 | 19.7% | — | |
| Christian People's Party | — | 91 | — | 5.980.216 | 19.7% | — | |
| DDP | — | 75 | — | 5.643.506 | 18.6% | — | |
| German Democratic Party | — | 75 | — | 5.641.825 | 18.6% | — | |
| DNVP | Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner | 44 | — | 3.121.541 | 10.3% | — | |
| German National People's Party | — | 44 | — | 3.121.479 | 10.3% | — | |
| USPD | Hugo Haase | 22 | — | 2.319.235 | 7.6% | — | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party | — | 22 | — | 2.317.290 | 7.6% | — | |
| DVP | Rudolf Heinze | 19 | — | 1.345.712 | 4.4% | — |