Council of the People's Deputies
From its inaugural session on 6 February, the National Assembly ("Nationalversammlung") functioned as both a constituent assembly and unicameral legislature. The supporting parties of the "Weimar Coalition" (SPD, Zentrum and DDP) together won 76.2% of the votes cast; on 13 February, provisional president Friedrich Ebert appointed Philipp Scheidemann, of the SPD, as Minister-President. The office was later renamed Chancellor when the Weimar Constitution came into force in August 1919. The Scheidemann cabinet replaced the revolutionary "Rat der Volksbeauftragten" (Council of the People's Deputies). Voter turnout was 83.0%.