1893 German federal election

1893 German federal election

15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	10,628,292 4.76%
Turnout	7,702,265 (72.47%) 0.89pp
First party Second party Third party   130x130px 130x130px 130x130px Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto von Manteuffel Rudolf von Bennigsen Party Centre KP 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 130x130px 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
450px Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election Albert von Levetzow KP President of the Reichstag after election Albert von Levetzow KP

Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893. 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. Voter turnout was 72.4%.