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German federal election, 1919

19 January 1919 (1919-01-19)
All 423 seats in the Weimar National Assembly 212 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.0%
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