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	KP	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

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893.^[1] 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.^[2] Voter turnout was 72.4%.^[1]

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.^[1]

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%

References

1 2 3 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789

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