1903_German_federal_election

1903 German federal election
All 397 seats in the Reichstag; 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	12,531,248 9.53%
Turnout	9,533,814 (76.08%) 8.02pp
	Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election; Franz von Ballestrem; Centre	President of the Reichstag after election ; Franz von Ballestrem; Centre

1903 German federal election

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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]

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Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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Nohlen & Stöver, p789

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Nohlen & Stöver, p775

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81 5 21 8 4 1 16 11 50 3 100 7 5 21 1 52 2 3 6
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

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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