1919 Hamburg state election
March 16, 1919 (1919-03-16)
All 160 in the Bürgerschaft
Turnout80.55%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Nöldeke
Rode
Leader Otto Stolten Arnold Nöldeke Friedrich Rode
Party SPD DDP DVP
Last election 10 seats Did not exist Did not exist
Seats won 82 33 13
Seat change Increase 72 Increase 33 Increase 13
Popular vote 267,975 108,740 45,691
Percentage 50.5% 20.5% 8.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Beck
Leader Ernst Thälmann Hinrich Beck Karl Anton Gutknecht
Party USPD Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund DNVP
Last election Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist
Seats won 13 7 4
Seat change Increase 13 Increase 7 Increase 4
Popular vote 42,852 22,317 15,181
Percentage 2.5% 4.2% 2.9%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Fehmerling
Leader Carl E. A. Fehmerling Bernhard Dinkgrefe Johannes Hirsch
Party Grundeigentümer Wahlbüro CVP Hamburgische Wirtschaftspartei
Last election Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist
Seats won 4 2 1
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 13,013 6,387 2,250
Percentage 2.5% 1.2% 0.4%

The 1919 Hamburg state election was held on 16 March 1919 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.[1] Despite the SPD winning an absolute majority, they still formed a coalition with the former members of the senate as well as the DDP in parliament, the SPD even allowed the incumbent independent mayor, Werner von Melle, to stay in office. This election is regarded as the first fully democratic election in Hamburg since everyone, including women, were allowed to vote.[2][3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 267,975 50.5 82
German Democratic Party 108,740 20.5 33
German People's Party 45,691 8.6 13
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 42,852 2.5 13
Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund 22,317 4.2 7
German National People's Party 15,181 2.9 4
Grundeigentümer Wahlbüro 13,013 2.5 4
Christian People's Party 6,387 1.2 2
Hamburgische Wirtschaftspartei 2,250 0.4 1
Vereinigte Bürgervereine der inneren Stadt 1,984 0.4 1
Heinrich Wilhelm Stamm 1,423 0.3 0
Friseur-Innung (Zwangsinnung) zu Hamburg 953 0.2 0
Hamburger Ausschuß für Leibesübungen 923 0.2 0
Erwerbstätige Frauen und Mädchen 822 0.2 0
Max Taube 589 0.1 0
Invalid/blank votes 1,811 – –
Total 532,911 100 160
Registered voters/turnout 661,593 80.6 –
Source: Elections in the Weimar Republic[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gonschior, Andreas. "Die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Bürgerschaftswahl 1919". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Archived from the original on 2003-03-10. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "1919 dürfen erstmals alle Hamburger wählen (German)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-07.
  3. ↑ "Hamburg: Die Senate 1918-1933". www.gonschior.de. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
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