1890 German federal election

1890 German federal election

20 February 1890 (1890-02-20)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.5% 6.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ludwig Windthorst Otto von Helldorff Rudolf Virchow Party Centre DKP DFP Leader since 26 May 1874 7 June 1876 5 March 1884 Last election 98 seats 80 seats 32 seats Seats won 106 73 66 Seat change 8 7 34 Popular vote 1,342,100 895,100 1,159,900 Percentage 18.6% 12.4% 16.0% Swing 1.5% 2.8% 3.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Paul Singer & Alwin Gerisch Party NlP SPD DRP Leader since 1867 18 March 1890 (both) Last election 99 seats 11 seats 41 seats Seats won 42 35 20 Seat change 57 24 21 Popular vote 1,177,800 1,427,300 482,300 Percentage 16.3% 19.7% 6.7% Swing 6.0% 9.6% 3.1%
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election Albert von Levetzow DKP Elected President of the Reichstag Albert von Levetzow DKP

Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 February 1890. The Centre Party regained its position as the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 106 of the 397 seats, whilst the National Liberal Party, formerly the largest party, was reduced to 42 seats. Despite receiving the most votes, the Social Democratic Party won only 35 seats. Voter turnout was 71.5%.

Results

Party	Votes[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,427,300	19.7	35	+24
Centre Party	1,342,100	18.6	106	+8
National Liberal Party	1,177,800	16.3	42	−57
German Free-minded Party	1,159,900	16.0	66	+34
German Conservative Party	895,100	12.4	73	−7
German Reich Party	482,300	6.7	20	−21
Polish Party	246,800	3.4	16	+3
German People's Party	147,600	2.0	10	+10
German-Hanoverian Party	112,700	1.6	11	+7
Alsace-Lorraine Party	101,100	1.4	10	−5
Anti-Semites[b]	47,500	0.7	5	+4
Danish Party	14,000	0.2	1	0
Others	74,600	1.0	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	33,100	–	–	–
Total	7,261,600	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,145,900	71.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.

^b Of the five seats won by the Anti-Semites, four were held by Otto Böckel's Anti-Semitic People's Party and one by Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg's German Social Anti-Semitic Party.

Popular Vote SAP   19.75% Zentrum   18.57% NLP   15.90% DFP   15.89% DKP   12.38% DRP   6.60% PP   3.41% Other   7.50%

Reichstag seats Zentrum   26.70% DKP   18.39% DFP   16.62% NLP   10.58% SAP   8.82% DRP   5.04% PP   4.03% Other   7.30%