1907 German federal election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats.[2] As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 105 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.[4]
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This election was known as the "Hottentot Election" due to the intense debate over the ongoing suppression of the Nama people in German South West Africa.[5]
Results
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| Party | Votes[a] | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Social Democratic Party | 3,259,000 | 29.0 | 43 | –38 |
| Centre Party | 2,179,800 | 19.4 | 105 | +5 |
| National Liberal Party | 1,630,600 | 14.5 | 54 | +3 |
| German Conservative Party | 1,060,200 | 9.4 | 60 | +6 |
| Free-minded People's Party | 736,000 | 6.5 | 28 | +7 |
| German Reich Party | 471,900 | 4.2 | 24 | +3 |
| Polish Party | 453,900 | 3.9 | 20 | +4 |
| Free-minded Union | 359,300 | 3.2 | 14 | +5 |
| Anti-Semites | 248,500 | 2.2 | 16 | +5 |
| German People's Party | 138,600 | 1.2 | 7 | +1 |
| German Agrarian League | 119,400 | 1.1 | 8 | +4 |
| Economic Union | 104,600 | 0.9 | 5 | New |
| Alsace-Lorraine Party | 103,600 | 0.9 | 7 | –2 |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 78,200 | 0.7 | 1 | –5 |
| Bavarian Peasants' League | 75,300 | 0.7 | 1 | –3 |
| Danish Party | 15,000 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Others | 219,100 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 50,100 | – | – | – |
| Total | 11,303,500 | 100 | 397 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,352,900 | 84.7 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB | ||||
a Figures for votes are rounded.[4]
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p747
- Nohlen & Stöver, p789
- Nohlen & Stöver, p775
- "Hottentot election [German Empire federal elections of 1907]". dict.cc. TU Chemnitz. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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