German federal election, 1919

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The German federal election of 1919 was the first nationwide vote of the Weimar Republic, held to elect the National Assembly that drafted Germany’s post-World War I democratic constitution.

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German federal election, 1919 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Weimar Republic election ⓘ
federal election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
after German federal election, 1912 ⓘ
before German federal election, 1920 ⓘ
coalition Weimar Coalition ⓘ
linked to: Weimar coalition
conflictContext aftermath of World War I armistice ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
date 1919-01-19 ⓘ
electedBodyRole constituent assembly ⓘ
electoralBody Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
electoralLevel national ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished parliamentary republic ⓘ
historicalContext first nationwide vote of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
held after the German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
held shortly after World War I ⓘ
largestParty Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
legalBasis Council of People’s Representatives decrees ⓘ
legislativeTerm Weimar National Assembly term 1919–1920 ⓘ
location Weimar Republic ⓘ
mainIssue establishment of a democratic constitution ⓘ
transition from imperial monarchy to republic ⓘ
notableFeature first German national election based entirely on proportional representation ⓘ
first German national election with women as both voters and candidates ⓘ
predecessorRegime German Empire ⓘ
purpose to draft a new democratic constitution for Germany ⓘ
to elect the Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
resultingConstitution Weimar Constitution ⓘ
secondLargestParty Centre Party ⓘ
successorInstitution Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
suffrage universal suffrage ⓘ
suffrageExtension first national election in Germany with women’s suffrage ⓘ
thirdLargestParty German Democratic Party ⓘ
totalSeats 423 ⓘ
treatyContext preceded signing of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 83.0 ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
WeimarCoalitionParty Centre Party ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
womenEligibleToStandForOffice true ⓘ
womenVotersParticipated true ⓘ
year 1919 ⓘ

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Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic → hasPart → German federal election, 1919 ⓘ
Weimar coalition → activeInElection → German federal election, 1919 ⓘ
German federal election, June 1920 → previousElection → German federal election, 1919 ⓘ