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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 | 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 election resulted in a landslide victory for the National Government. The [[5th Parliament of Sallia]], dubbed the "Parliament of the National Government", first met on 10 February 1919. | ||
==Campaign== | ==Campaign== | ||
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| Registered | 14,888,201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 11,991,735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 election resulted in a landslide victory for the National Government. The 5th Parliament of Sallia, dubbed the "Parliament of the National Government", first met on 10 February 1919.
Campaign
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.