1919 German presidential election

The presidential election (Reichspräsidentenwahl) of 1919 was the first and only election to the office of President of the Reich (Reichspräsident), Germany's head of state during the 1919–1920 Weimar Republic. Because a head of state was needed immediately, the 1919 presidential election was held indirectly by the National Assembly on 15 March 1919 a few weeks after the parliamentary elections. The winner was SPD chairman Friedrich Ebert, who defeated both the DNVP candidate Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner and the KPD candidate Karl Liebknecht.
== Results ==
Candidate (Party) 	
Candidate (Party) 	Supported by 	Votes	%
 	Friedrich Ebert (SPD) 	SPD, DDP, Centre 	236 	72.0
 	Arthur Graf von Posadowsky-Wehner (DNVP)	DNVP 	47 	14.3
 	Karl Liebknecht (KPD) 	KPD 	43 	13.1
 	Philipp Scheidemann (SPD) 	– 	1 	0.3
 	Matthias Erzberger (Centre) 	– 	1 	0.3
Invalid/blank votes	Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes	51 	–
Total 	Total 	Total 	379 	100
Abstentions 	Abstentions 	Abstentions 	44 	–
Category:General elections in Germany