German federal election, 1907

German federal election, 1907
25 January 1907 (1907-01-25)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 84.7%

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto Karl von Manteuffel Ernst Bassermann
Party Centre KP NLP
Leader since 1890 1892 1898
Last election 100 seats 54 seats 51 seats
Seats won 105 60 54
Seat change Increase5 Increase6 Increase3
Popular vote 2,179,800 1,060,200 1,630,600
Percentage 19.4% 9.4% 14.5%
Swing Decrease0.4% Decrease0.6% Increase0.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Paul Singer
& August Bebel		 Hermann Müller-Sagan
Party SPD FVp DRP
Leader since 18 March 1890
& 21 November 1892		 1906
Last election 81 seats 21 seats 21 seats
Seats won 43 28 24
Seat change Decrease38 Increase7 Increase3
Popular vote 3,259,000 736,000 471,900
Percentage 29.0% 6.5% 4.2%
Swing Decrease2.7% Increase0.8% Increase0.7%
President of the Reichstag before election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

 Elected President of the Reichstag

Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Independent

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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]

Results

Party Votes[a] % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party3,259,00029.043–38
Centre Party2,179,80019.4105+5
National Liberal Party1,630,60014.554+3
German Conservative Party1,060,2009.460+6
Free-minded People's Party736,0006.528+7
German Reich Party471,9004.224+3
Polish Party453,9003.920+4
Free-minded Union359,3003.214+5
Anti-Semites248,5002.216+5
German People's Party138,6001.27+1
German Agrarian League119,4001.18+4
Economic Union104,6000.95New
Alsace-Lorraine Party103,6000.97–2
German-Hanoverian Party78,2000.71–5
Bavarian Peasants' League75,3000.71–3
Danish Party15,0000.110
Others219,1001.930
Invalid/blank votes50,100–––
Total11,303,5001003970
Registered voters/turnout13,352,90084.7––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

a Figures for votes are rounded.[4]

Popular Vote
SPD
 
 28.94%
Zentrum
 
 19.35%
NLP
 
 14.51%
DKP
 
 9.41%
FVP
 
 6.53%
DRP
 
 4.19%
PP
 
 4.03%
FV
 
 3.19%
Anti-Semites
 
 3.30%
DtVP
 
 1.23%
Other
 
 5.32%
Reichstag seats
Zentrum
 
 26.45%
DKP
 
 15.11%
NLP
 
 13.60%
SPD
 
 10.83%
FVP
 
 7.05%
DRP
 
 6.05%
PP
 
 5.04%
Anti-Semites
 
 4.03%
FV
 
 3.53%
DtVP
 
 1.76%
Other
 
 6.55%

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p747
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
  4. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p775
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