Germany 1919 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party of Germany won 165 of 423 seats with 37.9% of the vote.
- Germany
- Held
Result
- Social Democratic Party of Germany165
- German Democratic Party74
- Centre Party73
- German National People's Party41
- German People's Party23
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany22
- Bavarian People's Party16
- Bavarian Peasants' League4
- German-Hanoverian Party3
- Unnamed party with one seat2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 165 | 37.9 | 11,516,852 |
| German Democratic Party | 74 | 18.3 | 5,572,455 |
| Centre Party | 73 | 15.4 | 4,699,675 |
| German National People's Party | 41 | 10.3 | 3,121,541 |
| Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany | 22 | 7.6 | 2,319,235 |
| German People's Party | 23 | 4.7 | 1,416,763 |
| Bavarian People's Party | 16 | 3.8 | 1,145,198 |
| Bavarian Peasants' League | 4 | 0.9 | 275,127 |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 3 | 0.7 | 212,612 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 2 | 0.4 | 114,771 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.0 | 10,891 |
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 11,516,852
- German Democratic Party 5,572,455
- Centre Party 4,699,675
- German National People's Party 3,121,541
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany 2,319,235
- German People's Party 1,416,763
- Bavarian People's Party 1,145,198
- Bavarian Peasants' League 275,127
- German-Hanoverian Party 212,612
- Unnamed party with one seat 114,771
- Largest party without seats 10,891
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
30,524,848 ballots were cast. 30,413,342 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany37.9% of votes39.0% of seats
- German Democratic Party18.3% of votes17.5% of seats
- Centre Party15.4% of votes17.3% of seats
- German National People's Party10.3% of votes9.7% of seats
- German People's Party4.7% of votes5.4% of seats
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany7.6% of votes5.2% of seats
- Bavarian People's Party3.8% of votes3.8% of seats
- Bavarian Peasants' League0.9% of votes0.9% of seats
- German-Hanoverian Party0.7% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Social Democratic Party of Germany led German Democratic Party by 19.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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