1919 Sallian parliamentary election

1919 Sallian parliamentary election

27/01/1911
All 650 seats to the House of Commons of Sallia 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	14,888,201
Turnout	11,991,735
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Christian Henry Brewer George Williamson Party Liberal Party National Liberal Party Labour Party Leader since 1 February 1911 11 January 1919 11 November 1917 Leader's seat Pool of Liberty Joodle Maxwell Bridge Seats before 236 New party 43 Seats won 418 158 51 Seat change +182 +158 +1 Popular vote 4,269,058 2,266,438 2,327,596 Percentage 35.6% 18.9% 19.41%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader James Cooper George Francois George Francois Party Liberal Party Republican Party National Labour Party Leader since 11 January 1919 14 September 1910 2 January 1919 Leader's seat Palling Maxwell Bridge (defeated) Hampstead Seats before 318 45 New party Seats won 18 1 3 Seat change -300 -44 +3 Popular vote 2,278,430 250,627 574,404 Percentage 19.0% 2.09% 4.79%
Prime Minister before election Henry Brewer National Government Prime Minister Andrew Christian National Government

The 1919 Sallian parliamentary election took place on 27 January 1919. The 4th Parliament of Sallia had been dissolved after the closing of the First World War on 2nd January 1919. The 5th Parliament of Sallia first met on 10 February 1911.

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1919 Sallian parliamentary election

Endorsements

Newspaper	Endorsement
The People's Paper	Labour Party
The Daily News	National Government
The Daily Post	National Government

Results

Seats

• Conservative Party - 418 seats
• National Liberal Party - 158 seats
• Labour Party - 51 seats
• Liberal Party - 18 seats
• National Labour Party - 3 seats
• Republican Party - 1 seat
• The Speaker of the House - 1 seat

Popular vote

• Conservative Party - 4,269,058 (35.6%)
• National Liberal Party - 2,266,438 (18.9%)
• Labour Party - 2,327,596 (19.41%)
• Liberal Party - 2,278,430 (19.0%)
• National Labour Party - 574,404 (4.79%)
• Republican Party - 250,627 (2.09%)
• The Speaker of the House - 25,183 (0.21%)

Despite losing around 10% in vote share, the Conservative Party won the most amount of votes ever cast for one political party up until that point (beating the Liberal Party's 1905 record) and the most amount of seats ever won by a political party up until that point: 418 (beating their 1900 record). It was a landslide victory in its own right, but the victory the National Government had was much larger.