1907 German federal election
25 January 1907 (1907-01-25)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered13,352,880 Increase 6.56%
Turnout11,303,537 (84.65%) Increase 8.57pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto von Manteuffel Ernst Bassermann
Party Centre DKP NLP
Last election 19.75%, 100 seats 9.49%, 52 seats 13.71%, 50 seats
Seats won 101 59 56
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 2,116,246 1,060,209 1,666,705
Percentage 18.79% 9.41% 14.80%
Swing Decrease 0.96pp Decrease 0.08pp Increase 1.10pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DRP
Leader Paul Singer &
August Bebel		 Hermann
Müller-Sagan
Party SPD FVP DRP
Last election 31.71%, 81 seats 5.65%, 21 seats 3.54%, 21 seats
Seats won 43 29 24
Seat change Decrease 38 Increase 8 Increase 3
Popular vote 3,259,029 737,220 471,863
Percentage 28.94% 6.55% 4.19%
Swing Decrease 2.77pp Increase 0.90pp Increase 0.65pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

 President of the Reichstag after election

Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Independent

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 101 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.[4]

This election was known as the "Hottentot Election" due to the scandal over the ongoing genocide of the Khoisan people in German South West Africa.[5]

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party3,259,02928.94−2.7743−38
Centre Party2,116,24618.79−0.96101+1
National Liberal Party1,666,70514.80+1.1056+6
German Conservative Party1,060,2099.41−0.0859+7
Free-minded People's Party737,2206.55+0.9029+8
German Reich Party471,8634.19+0.6524+3
Free-minded Union338,6393.01+0.5514+6
Independent Polish240,2872.13+0.4010+2
German People's Party123,7311.100.247+2
Agrarian League131,6881.17−0.367+2
German Reform Party114,8071.02−0.4460
Alsace-Lorraine parties149,0551.32−0.01110
German-Hanoverian Party92,8110.82−0.242−5
Polish People's Party88,6280.79−0.314−1
German Social Party88,3440.78−0.168+5
Independent liberals85,8990.76+0.6630
Middle Class parties74,8110.66+0.592+2
Christian Social Party61,5550.55+0.123+1
Other liberals53,5050.48+0.1100
Polish Catholic Party49,8010.44New3New
Independent conservatives48,6200.43+0.190−1
Bavarian Peasants' League41,1370.37−0.320−2
Polish Court Party39,3930.35−0.0120
Polish National Party35,4990.32−0.1510
Other agrarians30,4650.27−0.2110
Independent anti-semites15,5630.14+0.0700
Danish Party15,4250.14−0.0210
Other left-liberals14,5990.13−0.2200
Lithuanian Party4,2210.04−0.0200
Other conservatives4,0680.04+0.0300
Others8,2680.07−0.0400
Unknown7380.010.0000
Total11,262,829100.00–3970
Valid votes11,262,82999.64
Invalid/blank votes40,7080.36
Total votes11,303,537100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,352,88084.65
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Alsace-Lorraine Center Party92,66826.97+2.537+1
Social Democratic Party81,58923.75−0.422+2
Independent Lorraine Party48,50414.12−1.693−1
Centre Party43,34812.62+5.531+1
Lorraine Land Party22,3116.49New0New
Alsatian Liberals16,3184.75−4.340−2
Alsace Liberal Group14,8764.33+1.080−1
German Reich Party9,4692.76−0.7410
Alsace-Lorraine protesters7,8832.29−0.6010
Free-minded Union5,6381.64−0.9700
Others7380.21−0.1300
Unknown2150.06+0.0600
Total343,557100.00–150
Valid votes343,55799.12
Invalid/blank votes3,0540.88
Total votes346,611100.00
Registered voters/turnout397,25587.25
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p747
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p775
  5. ↑ "Hottentot election [German Empire federal elections of 1907]". dict.cc. TU Chemnitz. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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