1893 German federal election

1893 German federal election

15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.4% 0.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto Karl von Manteuffel Rudolf von Bennigsen Party Centre DKP NlP Leader since 1890 1892 1867 Last election 106 seats 73 seats 42 seats Seats won 96 72 53 Seat change 10 1 11 Popular vote 1,468,500 1,038,300 997,000 Percentage 19.1% 13.5% 13.0% Swing 0.5% 1.1% 3.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Paul Singer & August Bebel Eugen Richter Party SPD DRP FVP Leader since 18 March 1890 & 21 November 1892 7 May 1893 Last election 35 seats 20 seats new party Seats won 44 28 24 Seat change 9 8 24 Popular vote 1,786,700 438,400 666,400 Percentage 23.3% 5.7% 8.7% Swing 3.6% 1.0% 8.7%
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 15 June 1893. 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. Voter turnout was 72.4%.

Results

Party	Votes[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,786,700	23.3	44	+9
Centre Party	1,468,500	19.1	96	−10
German Conservative Party	1,038,300	13.5	72	−1
National Liberal Party	997,000	13.0	53	+11
Free-minded People's Party	666,400	8.7	24	New
German Reich Party	438,400	5.7	28	+8
Anti-Semites	263,900	3.4	16	+11
German Free-minded Party	258,500	3.4	13	−53
Polish Party	229,500	3.0	19	+3
German People's Party	166,800	2.2	11	+1
Alsace-Lorraine Party	114,700	1.5	8	−2
German-Hanoverian Party	101,800	1.3	7	−4
Bavarian Peasants' League	66,300	0.9	4	New
Danish Party	14,000	0.2	1	0
Others	62,800	0.8	1	−1
Invalid/blank votes	28,300	–	–	–
Total	7,702,300	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,628,300	72.4	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, GHDI

^a Figures for votes are rounded.

Popular Vote SPD   23.28% Zentrum   19.14% DKP   13.48% NLP   12.60% FVP   8.67% DRP   5.50% Anti-Semites   3.47% FV   3.37% PP   2.99% DtVP   2.17% Other   5.32%

Reichstag seats Zentrum   24.18% DKP   18.14% NLP   13.35% SPD   11.08% DRP   7.05% FVP   6.05% PP   4.79% Anti-Semites   4.03% FV   3.27% DtVP   2.77% Other   5.29%