1919 Hamburg state election

1919 Hamburg state election

March 16, 1919 (1919-03-16)
All 160 in the Bürgerschaft
Turnout	80.55%
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 72 33 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 13 7 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 4 2 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. 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.

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
Centre Party (under the name of 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