German federal election, 1898

German federal election, 1898

16 June 1898 (1898-06-16)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.1%
First party Second party Third party   Party Centre SPD KP Last election 96 seats 44 seats 72 seats Seats won 102 56 56 Seat change 6 12 16 Popular vote 1,455,100 2,107,100 859,200 Percentage 18.8% 27.2% 11.1% Swing 0.3% 3.9% 2.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party NLP FVp DRP Last election 53 seats 24 seats 28 seats Seats won 46 29 23 Seat change 7 5 5 Popular vote 971,300 558,300 343,600 Percentage 12.5% 7.2% 4.5% Swing 0.5% 1.5% 1.2%
300px Election results by the election districts

Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1898. Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56. Voter turnout was 68.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	2,107,100	27.2	56	+12
Centre Party	1,455,100	18.8	102	+6
National Liberal Party	971,300	12.5	46	−7
German Conservative Party	859,200	11.1	56	−16
Free-minded People's Party	558,300	7.2	29	+5
German Reich Party	343,600	4.5	23	−5
Anti-Semites	284,300	3.7	13	−3
Polish Party	244,100	3.1	14	−5
German Free-minded Party	195,700	2.5	12	−1
Bavarian Peasants' League	140,300	1.8	5	+1
German Agrarian League	110,400	1.4	6	New
German People's Party	108,500	1.4	8	−3
Alsace-Lorraine Party	107,400	1.3	10	+2
German-Hanoverian Party	105,200	1.3	9	+2
Danish Party	15,000	0.2	1	0
Others	146,800	2.0	7	+6
Invalid/blank votes	34,000	–	–	–
Total	7,786,700	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	11,441,100	68.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.

Popular Vote
SPD			27.18%
Zentrum			18.77%
NLP			12.62%
DKP			11.08%
FVP			7.20%
DRP			4.43%
Anti-Semites			3.75%
Poles			3.15%
FV			2.52%
Other			9.29%

Reichstag seats
Zentrum			25.69%
SPD			14.11%
DKP			14.11%
NLP			11.59%
FVP			7.30%
DRP			5.79%
Poles			3.53%
Anti-Semites			3.27%
FV			3.02%
Other			11.59%