German federal election, 1919

← 1917 19 January 1919 (1919-01-19)

All 423 seats in the Weimar National Assembly
212 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hermann Müller Adolf Gröber Friedrich von Payer
Party SPD Centre DDP
Leader since 1919 1917 1918
Seats won 165 91 75
Popular vote 11,509,048 5,980,216 5,641,825
Percentage 37.9% 19.7% 18.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner Hugo Haase Rudolf Heinze
Party DNVP USPD DVP
Leader since 1919 1917 1919
Seats won 44 22 19
Popular vote 3,121,479 2,317,290 1,345,638
Percentage 10.3% 7.6% 4.4%

Electoral results by districts, strongest parties:

– SPD – USPD – Centre/BVP – DNVP

Hatched: Occupied territory (Alsace-Lorraine, Posen) pending Treaty of Versailles.

Chancellor/Chairman Council of the People's Deputies before election

Friedrich Ebert
SPD

Resulting head of government

Philipp Scheidemann, Ministerpräsident
SPD