1919 Hamburg state election

The 1919 Hamburg state election was held on 16 March 1919 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.[3] 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.[4] This election is regarded as the first fully democratic election in Hamburg since everyone, including women, were allowed to vote.[4]

1919 Hamburg state election
1919
160
Turnout80.55%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Otto Stolten[1] Arnold Nöldeke[2] Unknown
Party SPD DDP DVP
Seats won 82 33 13
Percentage 50.5% 20.5% 8.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Unknown Unknown Unknown
Party USPD Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund DNVP
Seats won 13 7 4
Percentage 2.5% 4.2% 2.9%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Unknown Unknown Unknown
Party Grundeigentümer Wahlbüro CVP Hamburgische Wirtschaftspartei
Seats won 4 2 1
Percentage 2.5% 1.2% 0.4%

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[3]

References
  1. "Hamburg: Die Senate 1918-1933". www.gonschior.de. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. "Hamburg: Die Senate 1918-1933". www.gonschior.de. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  3. 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.
  4. "1919 dürfen erstmals alle Hamburger wählen (German)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-07.
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