1893 German federal election

1893 German federal election
15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered10,628,292 4.76%
Turnout7,702,265 (72.47%) 0.89pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto von Manteuffel Rudolf von Bennigsen
Party Centre DKP NLP
Leader since 1890 1892 1867
Last election 18.55%, 107 seats 12.21%, 71 seats 15.64%, 38 seats
Seats won 96 69 51
Seat change 11 2 13
Popular vote 1,468,501 992,412 942,410
Percentage 19.14% 12.93% 12.29%
Swing 0.59 pp 0.72 pp 3.35 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DRP
Leader Paul Singer &
August Bebel		 Eugen Richter
Party SPD DRP FVP
Leader since 18 March 1890 &
21 November 1892		 7 May 1893
Last election 19.75%, 35 seats 6.38%, 19 seats 15.89%, 67 seats
Seats won 44 28 24
Seat change 9 9 43
Popular vote 1,786,738 437,972 665,427
Percentage 23.28% 5.71% 8.67%
Swing 3.53 pp 0.67 pp 7.22 pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
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 15 June 1893. 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. Voter turnout was 72.4%.

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