1893 German federal election

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15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority

Registered

10,628,292

4.76%

Turnout

7,702,265 (72.47%)

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Franz von Ballestrem	Otto von Manteuffel	Rudolf von Bennigsen
Party	Centre	DKP	NLP
Leader since	1890	1892	1867
Last election	18.55%, 107 seats	12.21%, 71 seats	15.64%, 38 seats
Seats won	96	69	51
Seat change	11	2	13
Popular vote	1,468,501	992,412	942,410
Percentage	19.14%	12.93%	12.29%
Swing	0.59pp	0.72pp	3.35pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
		DRP
Leader	Paul Singer August Bebel		Eugen Richter
Party	SPD	DRP	FVP
Leader since	18 March 1890 & 21 November 1892		7 May 1893
Last election	19.75%, 35 seats	6.38%, 19 seats	15.89%, 67 seats
Seats won	44	28	24
Seat change	9	9	43
Popular vote	1,786,738	437,972	665,427
Percentage	23.28%	5.71%	8.67%
Swing	3.53pp	0.67pp	7.22pp

Map of results (by constituencies)

President of the Reichstag before election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

President of the Reichstag after election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 96 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 44.^[2] Voter turnout was 72.4%.^[3]

Results


44 11 24 13 3 1 19 9 51 3 96 7 28 3 69 2 14
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	1,786,738	23.28	+3.53	44	+9
	Centre Party	1,468,501	19.14	+0.59	96	–11
	German Conservative Party	992,412	12.93	+0.72	69	−2
	National Liberal Party	943,410	12.29	−3.35	51	+13
	Free-minded People's Party	665,427	8.67	−7.22	24	−43
	German Reich Party	437,972	5.71	−0.67	28	+9
	Free-minded Union	260,364	3.39	New	13	New
	Independent Polish	172,482	2.25	−0.32	14	+3
	German People's Party	166,757	2.17	+0.13	11	+1
	German Reform Party	141,650	1.85	+1.55	14	+11
	Alsace-Lorraine parties	135,546	1.77	−0.36	9	−5
	German Social Party	110,451	1.44	+1.16	2	+2
	German-Hanoverian Party	101,810	1.33	−0.23	7	−4
	Independent liberals	56,372	0.73	−0.36	2	−2
	Polish Court Party	53,973	0.70	−0.15	5	0
	Bavarian Peasants' League	43,128	0.56	New	2	New
	Independent conservatives	35,816	0.47	+0.17	2	+2
	Other agrarians	25,909	0.34	New	1	New
	Other conservatives	19,554	0.25	New	1	New
	Danish Party	14,363	0.19	0.00	1	0
	Independent anti-semites	11,760	0.15	+0.08	0	−1
	Alsatian Liberals	6,469	0.08	New	1	New
	Lithuanian Party	4,099	0.05	New	0	New
	Polish People's Party	3,124	0.04	New	0	New
	Christian Social Party	1,829	0.02	+0.02	0	0
Others		13,972	0.18	−0.28	0	0
Unknown		85	0.00	0.00	0	0
Total		7,673,973	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		7,673,973	99.63
Invalid/blank votes		28,292	0.37
Total votes		7,702,265	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,628,292	72.47
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Clericals	88,762	37.10	−8.86	6	−3
	Social Democratic Party	46,186	19.30	+8.57	2	+1
	Alsatian autonomists	25,940	10.84	−18.69	1	−3
	German Reich Party	14,494	6.06	+5.42	1	+1
	Independent conservatives	13,699	5.73	New	1	New
	Alsace-Lorraine protesters	10,949	4.58	−5.86	1	0
	Lorraine Bloc	9,895	4.14	+4.14	1	+1
	Conservative Party	7,568	3.16	+2.57	1	+1
	Alsatian Liberals	6,469	2.70	New	1	New
	Free-minded People's Party	4,430	1.85	New	–	New
	Independent liberals	4,107	1.72	New	–	New
	Social Party	3,407	1.42	New	–	New
	National Liberal Party	2,142	0.90	−0.13	0	0
Others		1,207	0.50	−0.55	0	0
Total		239,255	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		239,255	96.28
Invalid/blank votes		9,236	3.72
Total votes		248,491	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		325,482	76.35
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

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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