1893 German federal election

none January 2024 1893 German federal election German Empire parliamentary no 1890 German federal election 1890 yes 1893 06 15 1898 German federal election 1898 All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 10,628,292 4.76% 7,702,265 (72.47%) 0.89pp 130x130px Franz-Graf-Ballestrem.jpg 210 105 130 0 45 Franz von Ballestrem Centre Party (Germany) 1890 18.55%, 107 seats 96 11 19.14% 0.59 pp Otto von Manteuffel.png 210 105 130 10 45 Otto von Manteuffel German Conservative Party 1892 12.21%, 71 seats 69 2 12.93% 0.72 pp R. v. Bennigsen (3x4 cropped).jpg 115 105 130 0 0 Rudolf von Bennigsen NLP 1867 15.64%, 38 seats 51 13 12.29% 3.35 pp Singer Bebel Composite.jpg 100 105 130 0 0 Paul Singer &August Bebel Social Democratic Party of Germany 18 March 1890 &21 November 1892 19.75%, 35 seats 44 9 23.28% 3.53 pp DRP Free Conservative Party 6.38%, 19 seats 28 9 5.71% 0.67 pp Eugen_Richter.jpg 170 105 130 5 32 Eugen Richter Free-minded People's Party (Germany) 7 May 1893 15.89%, 67 seats 24 43 8.67% 7.22 pp Karte der Reichstagswahlen 1893.svg 400px Results by constituency President of the Reichstag Albert von Levetzow German Conservative Party President of the Reichstag after election Albert von Levetzow German Conservative Party A federal election for the ninth Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 15 June 1893. It was an early election called by Chancellor Leo von Caprivi after he lost a vote on a military appropriations bill and dissolved the Reichstag elected in 1890. The pro-government parties won a narrow victory in the election. The Centre Party remained the largest party with 96 of the 397 seats, followed by the German Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party. The Social Democratic Party won the most votes at 23% but came in fourth in the number of seats due to the fact that Germany had not redrawn its electoral district boundaries to reflect population changes since 1871. Voter turnout was 72.5%. Background The election was scheduled after the Reichstag was dissolved on 6 May 1893 at the request of Chancellor Leo von Caprivi. As with the 1887 dissolution, the cause was a military appropriations bill proposed by the government. Caprivi had wanted to increase the size of the army to around 500,000 men, but the Reichstag rejected the proposal. The Social Democrats, a majority of the Centre Party and part of the German Free-minded Party voted against it.9. Februar 1888: Reichstag verlängert Wahlperiode von drei auf fünf Jahre 9 February 1888: The Reichstag Lengthens the Legislative Period from Three to Five Years https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/1888-02-09-legislaturperiode-541740 23 May 2026 Deutscher Bundestag de As a result of the vote, the Free-minded Party split into the Free-minded People's Party (those who had opposed Caprivi) and the Free-minded Union (his supporters) prior to the election.Leicht Johannes Scriba Arnulf Deutsch-Freisinnige Partei 1884–1893 https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/kaiserreich/innenpolitik/deutsch-freisinnige-partei 23 May 2026 Deutsches Historisches Museum 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 By 1893 the distribution of seats following an election was being 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 The election resulted in a narrow victory for the pro-government Cartel parties de Kartellparteien (German Conservatives, German Reich Party (Free Conservatives) and National Liberals), which together picked up 20 seats. The Free-minded Union (Caprivi's supporters) won 13 seats while the Free-minded People's Party lost 43. The Social Democratic Party also made gains following the expiration of the Anti-Socialist Laws in 1890. The parties that included antisemitism as a significant part of their party programs – the German Social Party,The Antisemitic German Social Party, Bochum Program (June 11, 1889) https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/the-antisemitic-german-social-party-bochum-program-june-11-1889 25 May 2026 German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) German Reform Partyhttp://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Deutsche+Reformpartei Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon Brockhaus 1906 4 Leipzig 732 de Deutsche Reformpartei and Christian Social PartyTelman Jeremy Fall 1995 Adolf Stoecker: Anti-Semite with a Christian Mission https://www.jstor.org/stable/20101235 Jewish History 9 2 97 10.1007/BF01668991 20101235 JSTOR – won seats primarily in the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, eastern and central Saxony, and single seats in the Neumark and Eastern Pomerania.Greive Hermann Hermann Greive Geschichte des modernen Antisemitismus in Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1983 Darmstadt 70 de History of Modern Antisemitism in Germany The new Reichstag approved the government's military appropriations bill by a narrow majority on 15 July. It raised the size of the standing army by 66,000 to 552,000 and shortened the period of military service from three to two years.Blume Dorlis 25 June 2015 Chronik 1893 1893 Chronicle https://www.dhm.de/lemo/jahreschronik/1893 27 May 2026 Deutsches Historisches Museum de #F8F9FA 44 Social Democratic Party of Germany 11 German People's Party (1868) 24 German Free-minded Party 13 Free-Minded Union #EEDC82 3 Independent Liberals #EEDC82 1 Danish Party #FFA54F 19 Polish Party #FFA54F 9 Alsace-Lorraine Party #FFA54F 51 National Liberal Party (Germany) 0 3 Bavarian Peasants' League 96 Centre Party (Germany) 7 German-Hanoverian Party 28 German Reich Party 3 Independent Conservatives #007FFF 69 German Conservative Party 2 German Social Party (German Empire) Nazi Party 14 German Reform Party Nazi Party Social Democratic Party 1786738 44 +3.53 +9 Centre Party 1468501 96 +0.59 –11 German Conservative Party 992412 69 +0.72 −2 National Liberal Party 943410 51 −3.35 +13 Free-minded People's Party 665427 24 −7.22 −43 German Reich Party 437972 28 −0.67 +9 Free-minded Union 260364 13 New New Independent Polish Polish Party 172482 14 −0.32 +3 German People's Party 166757 11 +0.13 +1 German Reform Party Nazi Party 141650 14 +1.55 +11 Alsace-Lorraine parties 135546 9 −0.36 −5 German Social Party Nazi Party 110451 2 +1.16 +2 German-Hanoverian Party 101810 7 −0.23 −4 Independent liberals #EEDC82 56372 2 −0.36 −2 Polish Court Party Polish Party 53973 5 −0.15 0 Bavarian Peasants' League 43128 2 New New Independent conservatives #007FFF 35816 2 +0.17 +2 Other agrarians Bavarian Peasants' League 25909 1 New New Other conservatives #007FFF 19554 1 New New Danish Party 14363 1 0.00 0 Independent anti-semites #964B00 11760 0 +0.08 −1 Alsatian Liberals #EEDC82 6469 1 New New Lithuanian Party 4099 0 New New Polish People's Party Polish Party 3124 0 New New Christian Social Party 1829 0 +0.02 0 Others 13972 0 −0.28 0 Unknown 85 0 0.00 0 28292 0 10628292 Wahlen in DeutschlandWahlen in Deutschland Alsace-Lorraine Clericals Centre Party (Germany) 88762 6 −8.86 −3 Social Democratic Party 46186 2 +8.57 +1 Alsatian autonomists #B59631 25940 1 −18.69 −3 German Reich Party 14494 1 +5.42 +1 Independent conservatives #007FFF 13699 1 New New Alsace-Lorraine protesters #DCBFA3 10949 1 −5.86 0 Lorraine Bloc #B59631 9895 1 +4.14 +1 Conservative Party 7568 1 +2.57 +1 Alsatian Liberals #EEDC82 6469 1 New New Free-minded People's Party 4430 New New Independent liberals #EEDC82 4107 New New Social Party Nazi Party 3407 New New National Liberal Party 2142 0 −0.13 0 Others 1207 0 −0.55 0 9236 0 325482 Wahlen in DeutschlandWahlen in Deutschland References Category:Federal elections in Germany Category:1893 elections in Germany Category:Elections in the German Empire Category:June 1893 in Europe