1898 German federal election

none January 2024 German Empire parliamentary 1893 German federal election 1893 yes 1898 06 16 1903 German federal election 1903 All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 11,441,054 ( 7.65%) 68.06% ( 4.41pp) 130x130px Franz-Graf-Ballestrem.jpg 210 105 130 0 45 Franz von Ballestrem Centre Party (Germany) 19.14%, 96 seats 102 6 18.76% 0.38 pp Singer Bebel Composite.jpg 100 105 130 0 0 Paul Singer &August Bebel Social Democratic Party of Germany 23.28%, 44 seats 56 12 27.18% 3.90 pp Otto von Manteuffel.png 210 105 130 10 45 Otto von Manteuffel German Conservative Party 12.93%, 69 seats 53 16 10.71% 2.22 pp Portrait of Ernst Bassermann.jpg 130 105 130 5 8 Ernst Bassermann NLP 12.29%, 51 seats 48 3 12.86% 0.57 pp Eugen_Richter.jpg 170 105 130 5 32 Eugen Richter Free-minded People's Party (Germany) 8.67%, 24 seats 29 5 7.20% 1.47 pp DRP Free Conservative Party 5.71%, 28 seats 22 6 4.35% 1.36 pp Karte der Reichstagswahlen 1898.svg 400px Map of results (by constituencies) President of the Reichstag Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg Centre Party (Germany) President of the Reichstag after election Franz von Ballestrem Centre Party (Germany) A federal election for the tenth Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 16 June 1898. It was a regularly scheduled election and came at the end of the first Reichstag to complete a five-year term after the 1888 constitutional change that lengthened the sitting period to five years. Unlike the previous election, which was dominated by conflicts over a military appropriations bill, no single issue stood out in 1898. The chancellor at the time of the election was Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, an independent. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) received the most votes with 27.2%, but the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag with 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56. Voter turnout was 68%, the lowest since 1884. Electoral system The election was held under general, equal, direct and secret suffrage. All German males over the age of 25 years were able to vote except for active members of the military and recipients of poor relief. The restrictions on the military were meant to keep it from becoming politicized, while men on relief were considered to be open to political manipulation. The constitutional guarantee of a secret vote was not safeguarded at the time, since ballot boxes and polling booths were not introduced until 1903.21 March 2016 21. März 1871 – Erster Reichstag konstituiert sich 21 March 1871 – The First Reichstag is Convened https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag-reichstag-konstituierung-100.html 8 June 2025 WDR If no candidate in a district won an absolute majority of the votes, a runoff election was held between the first- and second-place finishers. It was possible for a replacement candidate to be introduced in a runoff.Steinsdorfer Helmut W-PWrXVOywQC 9 yes Die Liberale Reichspartei (LRP) von 1871 Steiner 2000 978-3-515-07566-4 Stuttgart 9 de The Imperial Liberty Party (LRP) of 1871 Since at least the 1893 election, the distribution of seats following an election was affected by the fact that Germany had not redistricted since 1871, when each district had had about 100,000 voters. The intervening years had seen considerable rural to urban migration due to industrialisation. Parties such as the Social Democrats that had predominantly urban electorates suffered disproportionately because each vote in a heavily populated urban district carried less weight than a vote in rural areas that had lost inhabitants.Ulrich Bernd 20 February 2015 Reichstagswahl 1890. Aufstieg der SPD im Kaiserreich Reichstag Election 1890. Rise of the SPD in the Empire https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/reichstagswahl-1890-aufstieg-der-spd-im-kaiserreich-100.html 26 April 2026 Deutschlandfunk de Results #F8F9FA 56 Social Democratic Party of Germany 8 German People's Party (1868) 29 German Free-minded Party 12 Free-Minded Union #EEDC82 4 Independent Liberals #EEDC82 1 Danish Party #FFA54F 1 Lithuanian Party #888888 #FFA54F 14 Polish Party #FFA54F 11 Alsace-Lorraine Party #FFA54F 48 National Liberal Party (Germany) 5 Bavarian Peasants' League 102 Centre Party (Germany) 9 German-Hanoverian Party 6 German Agrarian League 22 German Reich Party 3 Independent Conservatives #007FFF 53 German Conservative Party 1 German Christian Social Party #008080 2 Independent anti-semites Nazi Party 10 German Social Reform Party Nazi Party Social Democratic Party 2107076 56 +3.90 +12 Centre Party 1454042 102 −0.38 +6 National Liberal Party 997147 48 +0.57 −3 German Conservative Party 830341 53 −2.22 −16 Free-minded People's Party 558314 29 −1.47 +5 German Reich Party 337601 22 −1.36 −6 Social Reform Party Nazi Party 215891 10 −0.51 −6 Free-minded Union 195682 12 −0.87 −1 Independent Polish Polish Party 169037 8 −0.07 −6 Bavarian Peasants' League 130724 4 +1.13 +2 Alsace-Lorraine parties 118072 11 −0.25 +2 German People's Party 106396 8 −0.80 −3 German-Hanoverian Party 105161 9 +0.03 +2 German Agrarian League 103489 6 New New Christian Social Party 48914 1 −0.61 −1 Polish Court Party Polish Party 67424 6 +0.17 +1 Independent liberals #EEDC82 46731 3 −0.13 +1 Independent conservatives #007FFF 28846 3 −0.10 +1 National-Social Group #EEDC82 27208 0 New New Independent anti-semites #964B00 22989 2 +0.15 +2 Alsatian liberals #EEDC82 16887 1 +0.14 0 Danish Party 15439 1 +0.01 0 Other agrarians Bavarian Peasants' League 9019 1 −0.22 0 Lithuanian Party 8142 1 +0.06 +1 Polish People's Party Polish Party 7667 0 New New Other conservatives #007FFF 4473 0 −0.19 −1 Middle Class parties #007FFF 3162 0 New New Alsace Liberal Group #EEDC82 2132 0 New New Others 14075 0 0.00 0 Unknown 612 0 +0.01 0 34021 0 11441054 Wahlen in DeutschlandWahlen in Deutschland Alsace-Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine Land Party Centre Party (Germany) 67171 6 New New Social Democratic Party 51990 1 +3.41 −1 Lorraine independent conservatives #B59631 25658 3 +7.07 +2 Alsatian Liberals #EEDC82 16887 1 +4.68 0 Clericals Centre Party (Germany) 14125 1 −30.93 −5 Independent conservatives #007FFF 13483 1 +0.16 0 German Reich Party 9381 1 −1.96 0 Alsace-Lorraine protesters #DCBFA3 6237 1 −1.86 0 Alsatian autonomists #B59631 4881 0 −2.76 0 National Liberal Party 8144 0 +0.90 0 Independent liberals #EEDC82 6900 0 +1.29 0 Alsace Liberal Group #EEDC82 2132 0 New New German Social Party Nazi Party 860 0 −1.04 0 Free-minded Union 321 0 New New Others 743 0 +0.18 0 4783 0 233696 Wahlen in DeutschlandWahlen in Deutschland References Category:Federal elections in Germany Category:Elections in the German Empire Federal Germany