German federal election, 1907

25 January 1907 (1907-01-25)

All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	84.7%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	KP	NLP
Last election	100 seats	54 seats	51 seats
Seats won	105	60	54
Seat change	5	6	3
Popular vote	2,179,800	1,060,200	1,630,600
Percentage	19.4%	9.4%	14.5%
Swing	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	SPD	FVp	DRP
Last election	81 seats	21 seats	21 seats
Seats won	43	28	24
Seat change	38	7	3
Popular vote	3,259,000	736,000	471,900
Percentage	29.0%	6.5%	4.2%
Swing	2.7%	0.8%	0.7%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats.^[2] As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 105 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.^[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	3,259,000	29.0	43	–38
Centre Party	2,179,800	19.4	105	+5
National Liberal Party	1,630,600	14.5	54	+3
German Conservative Party	1,060,200	9.4	60	+6
Free-minded People's Party	736,000	6.5	28	+7
German Reich Party	471,900	4.2	24	+3
Polish Party	453,900	3.9	20	+4
German Free-minded Party	359,300	3.2	14	+5
Anti-Semites	248,500	2.2	16	+5
German People's Party	138,600	1.2	7	+1
German Agrarian League	119,400	1.1	8	+4
Economic Union	104,600	0.9	5	New
Alsace-Lorraine Party	103,600	0.9	7	–2
German-Hanoverian Party	78,200	0.7	1	–5
Bavarian Peasants' League	75,300	0.7	1	–3
Danish Party	15,000	0.1	1	0
Others	219,100	1.9	3	0
Invalid/blank votes	50,100	–	–	–
Total	11,303,500	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	13,352,900	84.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.^[1]

Popular Vote

SPD			28.94%
Zentrum			19.35%
NLP			14.51%
DKP			9.41%
FVP			6.53%
DRP			4.19%
Poles			4.03%
FV			3.19%
Anti-Semites			3.30%
DtVP			1.23%
Other			5.32%

Reichstag seats

Zentrum			26.45%
DKP			15.11%
NLP			13.60%
SPD			10.83%
FVP			7.05%
DRP			6.05%
Poles			5.04%
Anti-Semites			4.03%
FV			3.53%
DtVP			1.76%
Other			6.55%

References

1 2 3 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p747
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789

Elections in Germany

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