1898 German federal election

1898 German federal election
16 June 1898 (1898-06-16)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered11,441,054 ( 7.65%)
Turnout68.06% ( 4.41pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz von Ballestrem Paul Singer &
August Bebel		 Otto von Manteuffel
Party Centre SPD DKP
Last election 19.14%, 96 seats 23.28%, 44 seats 12.93%, 69 seats
Seats won 102 56 53
Seat change 6 12 16
Popular vote 1,454,042 2,107,076 830,341
Percentage 18.76% 27.18% 10.71%
Swing 0.38 pp 3.90 pp 2.22 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DRP
Leader Ernst Bassermann Eugen Richter
Party NLP FVP DRP
Last election 12.29%, 51 seats 8.67%, 24 seats 5.71%, 28 seats
Seats won 48 29 22
Seat change 3 5 6
Popular vote 997,147 558,314 337,601
Percentage 12.86% 7.20% 4.35%
Swing 0.57 pp 1.47 pp 1.36 pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg
Centre

 President of the Reichstag after election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1898. Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving the most votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56. Voter turnout was 68%.

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