1903 German federal election

1903 German federal election

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered12,531,248 Increase 9.53%
Turnout9,533,814 (76.08%) Increase 8.02pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz von Ballestrem Paul Singer &
August Bebel
Otto von Manteuffel
Party Centre SPD DKP
Leader since 1890 18 March 1890
& 21 November 1892
1892
Last election 18.76%, 102 seats 27.18%, 56 seats 10.71%, 53 seats
Seats won 100 81 52
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 25 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,875,292 3,010,771 901,415
Percentage 19.75% 31.71% 9.49%
Swing Increase 0.99pp Increase 4.53pp Decrease 1.22pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DRP
Leader Ernst Bassermann Eugen Richter
Party NlP FVP DRP
Leader since 1898 7 May 1893
Last election 12.86%, 48 seats 7.20%, 29 seats 4.35%, 22 seats
Seats won 50 21 21
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 8 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,301,473 536,879 336,617
Percentage 13.71% 5.65% 3.54%
Swing Increase 0.85pp Decrease 1.55pp Decrease 0.81pp

Map of results (by constituencies)

President of the Reichstag before election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

President of the Reichstag after election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 81.[2] Voter turnout was 76.1%.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p775

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