Registered 11,441,054 7.65% Turnout 7,786,714 (68.06%) 4.41pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Franz von Ballestrem
Paul Singer &August Bebel
Otto von Manteuffel
Party
Centre
SPD
DKP
Last election
19.14%, 96 seats
23.28%, 44 seats
12.93%, 69 seats
Seats won
102
56
53
Seat change
6
12
16
Popular vote
1,454,042
2,107,076
830,341
Percentage
18.76%
27.18%
10.71%
Swing
0.38pp
3.90pp
2.22pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
DRP
Leader
Ernst Bassermann [de ]
Eugen Richter
Party
NLP
FVP
DRP
Last election
12.29%, 51 seats
8.67%, 24 seats
5.71%, 28 seats
Seats won
48
29
22
Seat change
3
5
6
Popular vote
997,147
558,314
337,601
Percentage
12.86%
7.20%
4.35%
Swing
0.57pp
1.47pp
1.36pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
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%.[3]
Results
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Social Democratic Party 2,107,076 27.18 +3.90 56 +12 Centre Party 1,454,042 18.76 −0.38 102 +6 National Liberal Party 997,147 12.86 +0.57 48 −3 German Conservative Party 830,341 10.71 −2.22 53 −16 Free-minded People's Party 558,314 7.20 −1.47 29 +5 German Reich Party 337,601 4.35 −1.36 22 −6 Social Reform Party 215,891 2.78 −0.51 10 −6 Free-minded Union 195,682 2.52 −0.87 12 −1 Independent Polish 169,037 2.18 −0.07 8 −6 Bavarian Peasants' League 130,724 1.69 +1.13 4 +2 Alsace-Lorraine parties 118,072 1.52 −0.25 11 +2 German People's Party 106,396 1.37 −0.80 8 −3 German-Hanoverian Party 105,161 1.36 +0.03 9 +2 German Agrarian League 103,489 1.33 New 6 New Christian Social Party 48,914 0.63 −0.61 1 −1 Polish Court Party 67,424 0.87 +0.17 6 +1 Independent liberals 46,731 0.60 −0.13 3 +1 Independent conservatives 28,846 0.37 −0.10 3 +1 National-Social Group 27,208 0.35 New 0 New Independent anti-semites 22,989 0.30 +0.15 2 +2 Alsatian liberals 16,887 0.22 +0.14 1 0 Danish Party 15,439 0.20 +0.01 1 0 Other agrarians 9,019 0.12 −0.22 1 0 Lithuanian Party 8,142 0.11 +0.06 1 +1 Polish People's Party 7,667 0.10 New 0 New Other conservatives 4,473 0.06 −0.19 0 −1 Middle Class parties 3,162 0.04 New 0 New Alsace Liberal Group 2,132 0.03 New 0 New Others 14,075 0.18 0.00 0 0 Unknown 612 0.01 +0.01 0 0 Total 7,752,693 100.00 – 397 0 Valid votes 7,752,693 99.56 Invalid/blank votes 34,021 0.44 Total votes 7,786,714 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,441,054 68.06 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Alsace-Lorraine
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Alsace-Lorraine Land Party 67,171 29.34 New 6 New Social Democratic Party 51,990 22.71 +3.41 1 −1 Lorraine independent conservatives 25,658 11.21 +7.07 3 +2 Alsatian Liberals 16,887 7.38 +4.68 1 0 Clericals 14,125 6.17 −30.93 1 −5 Independent conservatives 13,483 5.89 +0.16 1 0 German Reich Party 9,381 4.10 −1.96 1 0 Alsace-Lorraine protesters 6,237 2.72 −1.86 1 0 Alsatian autonomists 4,881 2.13 −2.76 0 0 National Liberal Party 8,144 3.56 +0.90 0 0 Independent liberals 6,900 3.01 +1.29 0 0 Alsace Liberal Group 2,132 0.93 New 0 New German Social Party 860 0.38 −1.04 0 0 Free-minded Union 321 0.14 New 0 New Others 743 0.32 +0.18 0 0 Total 228,913 100.00 – 15 0 Valid votes 228,913 97.95 Invalid/blank votes 4,783 2.05 Total votes 233,696 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 233,696 100.00 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
References
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