1903 German federal election Registered 12,531,248 Turnout 9,533,814 (76.08%) pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Franz von Ballestrem
Paul Singer &August Bebel
Otto von Manteuffel
Party
Centre
SPD
DKP
Leader since
1890
18 March 1890
1892
Last election
18.76%, 102 seats
27.18%, 56 seats
10.71%, 53 seats
Seats won
100
81
52
Seat change
Popular vote
1,875,292
3,010,771
901,415
Percentage
19.75%
31.71%
9.49%
Swing
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
DRP
Leader
Ernst Bassermann
Eugen Richter
Party
NLP
FVP
DRP
Leader since
1898
7 May 1893
Last election
12.86%, 48 seats
7.20%, 29 seats
4.35%, 22 seats
Seats won
50
21
21
Seat change
Popular vote
1,301,473
536,879
336,617
Percentage
13.71%
5.65%
3.54%
Swing
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election Franz von BallestremCentre
President of the Reichstag after election Franz von BallestremCentre
Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 81.[2] Voter turnout was 76.1%.[3]
Results Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Social Democratic Party 3,010,771 31.71 +4.53 81 +25 Centre Party 1,875,292 19.75 +0.99 100 −2 National Liberal Party 1,301,473 13.71 +0.85 50 +2 German Conservative Party 901,415 9.49 −1.22 52 −1 Free-minded People's Party 536,879 5.65 −1.55 21 −8 German Reich Party 336,617 3.54 −0.81 21 −1 Free-minded Union 233,229 2.46 −0.06 8 −4 Independent Polish 164,742 1.73 −0.45 8 0 German Agrarian League 145,025 1.53 +0.20 5 −1 German Reform Party 138,344 1.46 New 6 New Alsace-Lorraine parties 126,276 1.33 −0.19 11 0 Polish People's Party 104,246 1.10 +1.00 5 +5 German-Hanoverian Party 100,538 1.06 −0.30 7 −2 German People's Party 82,007 0.86 −0.51 5 −3 Bavarian Peasants' League 65,815 0.69 −1.00 2 −2 German Social Party 59,291 0.62 New 3 New Other agrarians 45,870 0.48 +0.36 1 1 Polish National Party 44,175 0.47 New 1 New Christian Social Party 40,744 0.43 −0.20 2 +1 Polish Court Party 34,621 0.36 −0.51 2 −4 National-Social Group 33,655 0.35 0.00 1 +1 Alsatian liberals 25,677 0.27 +0.05 2 +1 Independent conservatives 22,490 0.24 +0.18 1 −2 Danish Party 14,843 0.16 −0.04 1 0 Independent liberals 9,808 0.10 −0.50 0 −3 Alsace Liberal Group 9,166 0.10 +0.07 1 +1 Middle Class parties 6,909 0.07 +0.03 0 0 Independent anti-semites 6,474 0.07 −0.23 0 −2 Lithuanian Party 6,012 0.06 −0.05 0 −1 Other conservatives 674 0.01 −0.05 0 0 Others 11,884 0.13 −0.05 0 0 Unknown 625 0.01 0.00 0 0 Total 9,495,587 100.00 – 397 0 Valid votes 9,495,587 99.60 Invalid/blank votes 38,227 0.40 Total votes 9,533,814 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 12,531,248 76.08 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Alsace-Lorraine Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Alsace-Lorraine Land Party 69,011 24.44 −4.90 6 0 Social Democratic Party 68,267 24.17 +1.46 0 −1 Lorraine independent conservatives 44,884 15.89 +4.68 4 +1 Alsatian Liberals 25,677 9.09 +1.71 2 +1 Centre Party 20,034 7.09 New 0 New Independent conservatives 12,060 4.27 −1.62 0 −1 German Reich Party 9,874 3.50 −0.60 1 0 Alsace Liberal Group 9,166 3.25 +2.32 1 +1 Alsace-Lorraine protesters 8,163 2.89 +0.17 1 0 Free-minded Union 7,368 2.61 +2.47 0 0 Clericals 4,218 1.49 −4.68 0 −1 National Liberal Party 1,417 0.50 −3.06 0 0 Independent liberals 1,327 0.47 −2.54 0 0 Others 947 0.34 +0.02 0 0 Total 282,413 100.00 – 15 0 Valid votes 282,413 98.09 Invalid/blank votes 5,501 1.91 Total votes 287,914 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 372,327 77.33 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
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