1893 German federal election Registered 10,628,292 4.76% Turnout 7,702,265 (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
0.59pp
0.72pp
3.35pp
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
3.53pp
0.67pp
7.22pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893.[1] 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.[2] Voter turnout was 72.4%.[3]
Results
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Social Democratic Party 1,786,738 23.28 +3.53 44 +9 Centre Party 1,468,501 19.14 +0.59 96 –11 German Conservative Party 992,412 12.93 +0.72 69 −2 National Liberal Party 943,410 12.29 −3.35 51 +13 Free-minded People's Party 665,427 8.67 −7.22 24 −43 German Reich Party 437,972 5.71 −0.67 28 +9 Free-minded Union 260,364 3.39 New 13 New Independent Polish 172,482 2.25 −0.32 14 +3 German People's Party 166,757 2.17 +0.13 11 +1 German Reform Party 141,650 1.85 +1.55 14 +11 Alsace-Lorraine parties 135,546 1.77 −0.36 9 −5 German Social Party 110,451 1.44 +1.16 2 +2 German-Hanoverian Party 101,810 1.33 −0.23 7 −4 Independent liberals 56,372 0.73 −0.36 2 −2 Polish Court Party 53,973 0.70 −0.15 5 0 Bavarian Peasants' League 43,128 0.56 New 2 New Independent conservatives 35,816 0.47 +0.17 2 +2 Other agrarians 25,909 0.34 New 1 New Other conservatives 19,554 0.25 New 1 New Danish Party 14,363 0.19 0.00 1 0 Independent anti-semites 11,760 0.15 +0.08 0 −1 Alsatian Liberals 6,469 0.08 New 1 New Lithuanian Party 4,099 0.05 New 0 New Polish People's Party 3,124 0.04 New 0 New Christian Social Party 1,829 0.02 +0.02 0 0 Others 13,972 0.18 −0.28 0 0 Unknown 85 0.00 0.00 0 0 Total 7,673,973 100.00 – 397 0 Valid votes 7,673,973 99.63 Invalid/blank votes 28,292 0.37 Total votes 7,702,265 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 10,628,292 72.47 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Alsace-Lorraine
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Clericals 88,762 37.10 −8.86 6 −3 Social Democratic Party 46,186 19.30 +8.57 2 +1 Alsatian autonomists 25,940 10.84 −18.69 1 −3 German Reich Party 14,494 6.06 +5.42 1 +1 Independent conservatives 13,699 5.73 New 1 New Alsace-Lorraine protesters 10,949 4.58 −5.86 1 0 Lorraine Bloc 9,895 4.14 +4.14 1 +1 Conservative Party 7,568 3.16 +2.57 1 +1 Alsatian Liberals 6,469 2.70 New 1 New Free-minded People's Party 4,430 1.85 New – New Independent liberals 4,107 1.72 New – New Social Party 3,407 1.42 New – New National Liberal Party 2,142 0.90 −0.13 0 0 Others 1,207 0.50 −0.55 0 0 Total 239,255 100.00 – 15 0 Valid votes 239,255 96.28 Invalid/blank votes 9,236 3.72 Total votes 248,491 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 325,482 76.35 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
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