1919 Hamburg state election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1919 Hamburg state election

| percentage1 = 50.5%

| image1 = File:Otto Stolten..jpg

| percentage2 = 20.5%

| seats2 = 33

| turnout = 80.55%

| party2 = DDP

| colour2 = FFCC00

| seats1 = 82

| type = parliamentary

| party1 = SPD

| colour1 = E2001A

| seats_for_election = All 160 in the Bürgerschaft

| next_election = 1921 Hamburg state election

| country = Hamburg

| election_date = {{Start date|1919|03|16}}

| ongoing = no

| leader1 = Otto Stolten

| party3 = DVP

| colour3 = 000000

| leader3 = Friedrich Rode

| leader2 = Arnold Nöldeke

| party4 = USPD

| leader4 = Ernst Thälmann

| colour4 = C40000

| party5 = Hamburgischer Wirtschaftsbund

| colour5 = D3D3D3

| leader5 = Hinrich Beck

| seats6 = 4

| percentage5 = 4.2%

| percentage4 = 2.5%

| percentage3 = 8.6%

| leader6 = Karl Anton Gutknecht

| seats5 = 7

| seats4 = 13

| seats3 = 13

| colour6 = 63B8FF

| party6 = DNVP

| percentage6 = 2.9%

| colour9 = 000000

| colour8 = 000000

| party9 = Hamburgische Wirtschaftspartei

| colour7 = D3D3D3

| percentage9 = 0.4%

| seats9 = 1

| leader9 = Johannes Hirsch

| seats7 = 4

| percentage8 = 1.2%

| seats8 = 2

| leader8 = Bernhard Dinkgrefe

| party8 = CVP

| percentage7 = 2.5%

| leader7 = Carl E. A. Fehmerling

| party7 = Grundeigentümer Wahlbüro

| party_name = no

| next_year = 1921

| previous_election = 1913 Hamburg state election

| previous_year = 1913

| image4 = File:Ernst_Thälmann_1932.jpg

| image8 = File:Bernhard Dinkgrefe.jpg

| image9 = File:Johannes Hirsch (cropped).jpg

| last_election1 = 10 seats

| last_election2 = Did not exist

| last_election3 = Did not exist

| last_election4 = Did not exist

| last_election5 = Did not exist

| last_election6 = Did not exist

| last_election7 = Did not exist

| last_election8 = Did not exist

| last_election9 = Did not exist

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 72

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 33

| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 13

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 13

| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 7

| seat_change6 = {{increase}} 4

| seat_change7 = {{increase}} 4

| seat_change8 = {{increase}} 2

| seat_change9 = {{increase}} 1

| popular_vote1 = 267,975

| popular_vote2 = 108,740

| popular_vote3 = 45,691

| popular_vote4 = 42,852

| popular_vote5 = 22,317

| popular_vote6 = 15,181

| popular_vote7 = 13,013

| popular_vote8 = 6,387

| popular_vote9 = 2,250

| image2 =

| image3 =

| image5 =

| image6 = File:GutknechtKarlAnton.jpg

| image7 =

}}

The 1919 Hamburg state election was held on 16 March 1919 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.{{Cite web|last=Gonschior|first=Andreas|title=Die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Bürgerschaftswahl 1919|url=http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Hamburg/LT1.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2021|website=Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030310021802/http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Hamburg/LT1.html |archive-date = 2003-03-10 }} 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.{{Cite web |title=1919 dürfen erstmals alle Hamburger wählen (German) |url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/1919-Hamburgs-erste-demokratische-Buergerschaftswahl,buergerschaft718.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207021751/https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/1919-Hamburgs-erste-demokratische-Buergerschaftswahl,buergerschaft718.html |archive-date=2020-02-07}}{{Cite web |title=Hamburg: Die Senate 1918-1933 |url=http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Hamburg/Ueberblick_Reg.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.gonschior.de}}