1898 German federal election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1898.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving the most votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56.[2] Voter turnout was 68.1%.[3]
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All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 68.1%  4.3 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
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| Party | Votes[a] | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Social Democratic Party | 2,107,100 | 27.2 | 56 | +12 |
| Centre Party | 1,455,100 | 18.8 | 102 | +6 |
| National Liberal Party | 971,300 | 12.5 | 46 | −7 |
| German Conservative Party | 859,200 | 11.1 | 56 | −16 |
| Free-minded People's Party | 558,300 | 7.2 | 29 | +5 |
| German Reich Party | 343,600 | 4.5 | 23 | −5 |
| Anti-Semites | 284,300 | 3.7 | 13 | −3 |
| Polish Party | 244,100 | 3.1 | 14 | −5 |
| Free-minded Union | 195,700 | 2.5 | 12 | −1 |
| Bavarian Peasants' League | 140,300 | 1.8 | 5 | +1 |
| German Agrarian League | 110,400 | 1.4 | 6 | New |
| German People's Party | 108,500 | 1.4 | 8 | −3 |
| Alsace-Lorraine Party | 107,400 | 1.3 | 10 | +2 |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 105,200 | 1.3 | 9 | +2 |
| Danish Party | 15,000 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Others | 146,800 | 2.0 | 7 | +6 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 34,000 | – | – | – |
| Total | 7,786,700 | 100 | 397 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,441,100 | 68.1 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB | ||||
a Figures for votes are rounded.[1]
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p789
- Nohlen & Stöver, p774
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