Election to the city council of Berlin in 1919

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in percent

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

33.0

31.7

14.6

10.5

5.7

4.5

0.01

USPD

SPD

DDP ^c

DNVP

Z

DVP ^f

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

 35

 30th

 25th

 20th

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

-25

-30

-35

-40

-45

+33.0

-42.6

-10.6

+10.5

+5.7

+4.5

-0.34

USPD

SPD

DDP ^c

DNVP

Z

DVP ^f

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^c 1913: FVP

^f 1913: Citizens' Party (0.015%)

      

A total of 144 seats

• USPD : 47
• SPD : 46
• DDP : 21
• Z : 8
• DVP : 6
• DNVP : 16

The election for the city council of Berlin 1919 took place on February 23, 1919 and was the first election for the city ​​council of Berlin after the First World War . The turnout was 57.55%.

The winner of the election was the USPD under Hermann Weyl with 33% and 47 seats. Second place went to the SPD under Hugo Heimann and the third to the DDP .

Other parties were DNVP , German Center Party and the DVP .

A coalition of USPD and SPD was formed under Hermann Weyl.

Result

Result of the election to the city council of Berlin in 1919

Party (abbreviation)		Result			Seats
		be right	%	+/-	number	+/-
	USPD	263,440	33.0	-	47	-
	SPD	253.420	31.7	-	46	-
	DDP	115,681	14.6	-	21st	-
	DNVP	84,089	10.5	-	16	-
	Z	45.101	5.6	-	8th	-
	DVP	36,423	4.6	-	6th	-
	other	100	0.0	-	-	-
Valid votes		798.254	100.0		144	-
Invalid votes		1,268	0.2	-
Voter and turnout		799,522	57.6	-
Eligible voters		1,389,246	100.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Election to the city council of Berlin on February 23, 1919 (PDF; 135 kB), Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg
2. ↑ http://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/wpBerlin.htm