1890 German federal election

1890 German federal election
20 February 1890 (1890-02-20)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered10,145,402
Turnout71.58% ( 5.91pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ludwig Windthorst Otto von Helldorff Rudolf Virchow
Party Centre DKP DFP
Last election 19.91%, 98 seats 15.21%, 80 seats 12.62%, 32 seats
Seats won 107 71 67
Seat change 9 9 35
Popular vote 1,340,688 882,820 1,148,468
Percentage 18.55% 12.21% 15.89%
Swing 1.36 pp 3.00 pp 3.27 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Paul Singer
Alwin Gerisch		 Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party NLP SPD DRP
Last election 21.90%, 98 seats 10.12%, 11 seats 9.77%, 41 seats
Seats won 38 35 19
Seat change 60 24 22
Popular vote 1,130,842 1,427,323 461,307
Percentage 15.64% 19.75% 6.38%
Swing 6.26 pp 9.63 pp 3.39 pp
Results by constituency
President of the Reichstag before election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

 President of the Reichstag after election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 February 1890. The Centre Party regained its position as the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 107 of the 397 seats, whilst the National Liberal Party, formerly the largest party, was reduced to 38 seats.

Contemporaries remarked on the striking increase in the vote share of the Social Democratic Party. However, despite receiving the most votes, the Social Democratic Party won only 35 seats. Voter turnout was 71.5%.

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