1893 German federal election

German federal election, 1893

15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.4%
First party Second party Third party   Party Centre DKP NlP 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   Party SPD DRP FVP 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%
Election results by the election districts

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, DGDB

^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% Poles   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% Poles   4.79% Anti-Semites   4.03% FV   3.27% DtVP   2.77% Other   5.29%