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1919 Prussian state election

{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1919 Prussian state election

| country = Free State of Prussia

| previous_election =

| next_election = 1921

| election_date = 26 January 1919

| seats_for_election = All 401 seats in the State Assembly

| majority_seats = 201

| turnout = 74.8%

| ongoing = no

| first_election = yes

| noleader = yes

| party1 = Social Democratic Party

| percentage1 = 36.4%

| seats1 = 145

| party2 = Centre Party

| percentage2 = 22.2%

| seats2 = 93

| party3 = German Democratic Party

| percentage3 = 16.2%

| seats3 = 65

| party4 = German National People's Party

| percentage4 = 11.2%

| seats4 = 48

| party5 = Independent Social Democratic Party

| percentage5 = 7.4%

| seats5 = 24

| party6 = German People's Party

| percentage6 = 5.7%

| seats6 = 23

| party7 = German-Hanoverian Party

| percentage7 = 0.5%

| seats7 = 2

| party8 = Schleswig-Holstein Farmers' Democracy

| percentage8 = 0.4%

| seats8 = 1

| title = Government

| before_election = Council of People's Deputies

| before_party = SPD

| after_election = Hirsch cabinet

| after_party = SPD–Z–DDP

}}

State elections were held in the Free State of Prussia on 26 January 1919.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The elections were held a week after the elections to the federal National Assembly, and were the first elections of Prussian institutions held using proportional representation and with women's suffrage. The election was also the first truly free and fair Prussian election, as it was the first election held after the abolition of the Prussian three-class franchise, which grouped voters by the amount of taxes paid and gave disproportionate weight to the wealthy.

The State Assembly (Landesversammlung) functioned as both a constituent assembly and legislature. The parties of the "Weimar Coalition", the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Centre Party (Zentrum), and German Democratic Party (DDP), won a sweeping majority. Together they won 74.8% of the votes cast.Nohlen & Stöver, p776 SPD politician Paul Hirsch, who had been appointed Minister-President of Prussia in November 1918, continued in office, and was succeeded by Otto Braun in early 1920.

Results

class=wikitable style=text-align:right

| colspan=5 align=center| 350px

colspan=2| Party

! Votes

! %

! Seats

bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| 6,278,291

36.38145
bgcolor={{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Centre Party/Christian People's Party{{efn|Zentrum used the name Christliche Volkspartei along with Zentrumspartei around this time.}} (Zentrum)

| 3,834,953

22.2293
bgcolor={{party color|German Democratic Party}}|

| align=left| German Democratic Party (DDP)

| 2,796,359{{efn|Including 111,663 votes in constituency #21 (Koblenz/Trier) for the list "German Democratic Party and German People's Party".}}

| 16.20

65
bgcolor={{party color|German National People's Party}}|

| align=left| German National People's Party (DNVP)

| 1,936,939{{efn|Including 131,950 votes in constituency #22 (Düsseldorf 1–5) for the list "German National People's Party, German People's Party and National Association Essen".}}

| 11.22

48
bgcolor={{party color|Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD)

| 1,280,803

7.4224
bgcolor={{party color|German People's Party}}|

| align=left| German People's Party (DVP)

| 981,665{{efn|Including 164,687 votes in constituency #18 (Arnsberg) for the list "German People's Party and German National People's Party".}}

| 5.69

23
bgcolor={{party color|German-Hanoverian Party}}|

| align=left| German-Hanoverian Party (DHP)

| 84,975

0.492
bgcolor= {{party color|Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy}}|

| align=left| Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy (SHBLD)

| 61,565

0.361
|

| align=left| Christian Social Party

| 1.211

0.010
|

| align=left| Protestant People's Party

| 552

0.000
|

| align=left| Social Reform Party

| 31

0.000
colspan=2 align=left| Invalid/blank votes

| {{efn|name=Vote totals|Note: data is incomplete for Pomerania, Posen, the district of Merseburg and Schmalkalden, and Schleswig-Holstein. Accurate totals therefore cannot be given for registered voters, voter turnout, and valid/invalid votes.}}

0.37{{efn|name=Vote totals}}–
colspan=2 align=left| Total

| 17,257,344{{efn|name=Vote totals}}

100401
colspan=2 align=left| Registered voters/turnout

| {{efn|name=Vote totals}}

74.79{{efn|name=Vote totals}}–
align=left colspan=5|Gonschior.de[http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Preussen/LV.html Gonschior.de]

{{bar box

| title=Popular Vote

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|36.38}}

{{bar percent|Zentrum|{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|22.22}}

{{bar percent|DDP|{{party color|German Democratic Party}}|16.20}}

{{bar percent|DNVP|{{party color|German National People's Party}}|11.22}}

{{bar percent|USPD|{{party color|Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|7.42}}

{{bar percent|DVP|{{party color|German People's Party}}|5.69}}

{{bar percent|DHP|{{party color|German-Hanoverian Party}}|0.49}}

{{bar percent|SHBLD|darkgreen|0.36}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|0.02}}

}}

{{bar box

| title=State Assembly seats

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|36.16}}

{{bar percent|Zentrum|{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|23.19}}

{{bar percent|DDP|{{party color|German Democratic Party}}|16.21}}

{{bar percent|DNVP|{{party color|German National People's Party}}|11.97}}

{{bar percent|USPD|{{party color|Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|5.99}}

{{bar percent|DVP|{{party color|German People's Party}}|5.74}}

{{bar percent|DHP|{{party color|German-Hanoverian Party}}|0.50}}

{{bar percent|SHBLD|darkgreen|0.25}}

}}

=Results by constituency=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
style="height:42px; text-align:center; background-color:#E9E9E9;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:220px;"| Constituency

! style="width:40px;"| SPD

! style="width:40px;"| Z

! style="width:40px;"| DDP

! style="width:40px;"| DNVP

! style="width:40px;"| USPD

! style="width:40px;"| DVP

! style="width:40px;"| DHP

! style="width:40px;"| SHBLD

data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|German Democratic Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|German National People's Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|German People's Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background:{{party color|German-Hanoverian Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="height:1px; background: {{party color|Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy}};"|

align="left"| 1. East Prussia

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 45.6

| 11.4

| 17.1

| 14.4

| 3.6

| 7.8

| –

| –

align="left"| 2. West Prussia

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 28.4

| 15.2

| 26.4

| 25.5

| 4.5

| –

| –

| –

align="left"| 3. Berlin

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 35.1

| 5.5

| 15.3

| 10.4

| 28.2

| 5.5

| –

| –

align="left"| 4. Potsdam I

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 41.4

| 2.4

| 20.1

| 13.9

| 14.6

| 7.7

| –

| –

align="left"| 5. Potsdam II

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 35.2

| 4.0

| 20.4

| 15.0

| 15.0

| 10.4

| –

| –

align="left"| 6. Frankfurt-Oder

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 51.8

| 1.7

| 21.6

| 20.8

| 0.7

| 3.3

| –

| –

align="left"| 7. Pomerania

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 41.9

| 0.6

| 19.3

| 26.6

| 1.4

| 10.2

| –

| –

align="left"| 8. Posen

| 15.9

| 9.7

| 19.3

| style="background:#B3DCFF"| 39.5

| –

| 15.7

| –

| –

align="left"| 9. Breslau

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 47.0

| 22.2

| 14.6

| 16.1

| 0.1

| –

| –

| –

align="left"| 10. Oppeln

| 29.7

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 49.3

| 5.5

| 7.4

| –

| 8.2

| –

| –

align="left"| 11. Liegnitz

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 50.4

| 9.7

| 25.7

| 14.1

| –

| –

| –

| –

align="left"| 12. Magdeburg

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 57.9

| 1.7

| 23.8

| 9.9

| 3.3

| 3.3

| –

| –

align="left"| 13. Merseburg-Erfurt

| 16.3

| 5.9

| 23.4

| 13.6

| style="background:#FBB6B6"| 39.5

| 1.4

| –

| –

align="left"| 14. Schleswig-Holstein

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 46.2

| 1.0

| 26.7

| 7.7

| 2.8

| 7.1

| –

| 8.5

align="left"| 15. Aurich-Stade-Osnabrück

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 31.5

| 18.2

| 18.9

| 4.3

| –

| 9.7

| 17.5

| –

align="left"| 16. Hannover-Hildesheim-Lüneburg

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 46.8

| {{efn|Zentrum ran a joint list with the DHP in constituency #16 (Hannover-Hildesheim-Lüneburg). Five DHP members and two Zentrum members were elected on this list.}}

| 9.4

| 2.6

| 1.2

| 8.6

| 31.5

| –

align="left"| 17. Münster-Minden-Kreis Schaumburg

| 28.0

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 48.0

| 7.7

| 8.1

| 1.8

| 6.2

| –

| –

align="left"| 18. Arnsberg

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 40.9

| 29.9

| 9.3

| {{efn|The DNVP ran on a joint list with the DVP in constituency #18 (Arnsberg). Four DVP members and no DNVP members were elected on this list.}}

| 4.6

| 15.2

| –

| –

align="left"| 19. Hesse-Nassau

| style="background:#FFCCCC"| 40.2

| 18.9

| 21.6

| 9.6

| 3.5

| 6.2

| –

| –

align="left"| 20. Cologne/Aachen

| 25.0

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 61.3

| 7.4

| 2.9

| 3.4

| 0.0

| –

| –

align="left"| 21. Koblenz/Trier

| 21.3

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 60.6

| 14.9

| 3.2

| –

| {{efn|The DVP ran on a joint list with the DDP in constituency #21 (Koblenz/Trier). Two DDP members and no DVP members were elected on this list.}}

| –

| –

align="left"| 22. Düsseldorf 1–5

| 27.2

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 28.9

| 11.2

| 15.4

| 17.3

| {{efn|The DVP ran on a joint list with the DNVP in constituency #22 (Düsseldorf 1–5). Three DNVP members and no DVP members were elected on this list.}}

| –

| –

align="left"| 23. Düsseldorf 6–12

| 27.0

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 51.5

| 6.8

| 6.1

| –

| 8.6

| –

| –

align="left"| 24. Sigmaringen{{efn|Zentrum was the only party that fielded a list in constituency #24 (Sigmaringen).}}

| –

| style="background:#D9D9D9"| 99.8

| –

| –

| –

| –

| –

| –

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

{{Prussian state elections}}

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