1919 Sallian parliamentary election

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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
Registered14,888,201
Turnout11,991,735
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Andrew Christian Henry Brewer William Georgeson
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
 
Leader James Cooper George Francois
Party Liberal Party National Labour Party
Leader since 11 January 1919 2 January 1919
Leader's seat Palling Hampstead
Seats before 318 New party
Seats won 18 3
Seat change -300 +3
Popular vote 2,278,430 574,404
Percentage 19.0% 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.

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%)

Aftermath