III. 13. Reichstag 1912
| 13. Reichstag 1912 |
a) | Eligible voters | a) | b) | c) | d) |
b) | Votes cast | Millions | Millions | % | % |
c) | Turnout |
d) | Eligible voters as % of population (1) | 14.442 | 12.261 | 84.9 | 22.2 |
a) | Number of votes | a) | b) | c) | d) |
b) | Percentage of votes | Millions | % | | % |
c) | Number of parliamentary seats |
d) | Percentage of parliamentary seats |
Conservatives | 1.126 | 9.2 | 43 | 10.8 |
Reich Party | 0.367 | 3.0 | 14 | 3.5 |
National Liberals | 1.663 | 13.6 | 45 | 11.3 |
Liberals | - | - | - | - |
Liberal Union (2) | 1.497 | 12.3 | 42 | 10.6 |
German Progressive Party (3) |
German People's Party |
Center | 1.997 | 16.4 | 91 | 22.8 |
Guelphs | 0.085 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.3 |
Social Democrats | 4.250 | 34.8 | 110 | 27.7 |
Poles | 0.442 | 3.6 | 18 | 4.5 |
Danes (4) | 0.017 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
Alsace-Lorrainers (5) | 0.162 | 1.3 | 9 | 2.3 |
Antisemites, Economic Association (6) | 0.300 | 2.5 | 10 | 2.5 |
Others | 0.301 | 2.5 | 9 | 2.3 |
Total | 12.207 | | 397 | |
1 According to the last census. One must bear in mind that in these elections, which took place a considerable time after the previous census (e.g., the elections of 1890, which were based not on the census of 1890 but on that of 1885), the percentage of eligible voters relative to the overall population seems slightly higher than it was in actual fact. The low percentage in 1871 is attributable in part to poorly kept voter lists. 2 After 1893 Liberal Association [Freisinnige Vereinigung], after 1910 absorbed into the Progressive People's Party [Fortschrittliche Volkspartei].
3 After 1884 German-Liberal Party [Deutsch-Freisinnige Partei], after 1893 Liberal People's Party [Freisinnige Volkspartei], after 1910 absorbed into the Progressive People's Party [Fortschrittliche Volkspartei].
4 The votes cast in Schleswig-Holstein for both the Particularists and the Protest Party are here added to the Danes to the extent that no further information is provided in the official statistics.
5 Here, as was usual, the votes cast in Alsace-Lorraine for the Center [Zentrum] were included among the Alsace-Lorrainers until 1878, likewise the deputies allocated to the Center [Zentrum] in the official statistics 1874-78, who were labeled as “not belonging to the parliamentary group.
6 Antisemites participated in the Reichstag elections from 1887 to 1903 as splinter groups under the party names Christian-Social Party [Christlich-Soziale Partei], German Reform Party [Deutsche Reformpartei], German-Social Reform Party [Deutsch-Soziale Reformpartei], and German-Social Party [Deutsch-Soziale Partei]. After 1907 this heading also includes the Economic Association [Wirtschaftliche Vereinigung], into which the Antisemites were absorbed as the dominant group.
Source: These statistics were taken in part from: Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Statistics of the German Reich], Bd. 250, 1912-1913, Appendix o.S. “Compilation of the Basis of the Figures for Table 2.” The figures for the following parties: Guelphs, Danes, and Alsace-Lorrainers, as well as the breakdown of the Liberal Parties were calculated according to: Vierteljahreshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Quarterly Journal of Statistics of the German Reich], first series, 3 Jg. 1875, pp. 2-51; Monatshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Monthly Journal of Statistics of the German Reich], 1879, June edition, pp. 4-35, 40-71; 1882, Heft III, pp. 2-33; 1884, Heft IV, pp. 2-33; 1885, Heft I, pp. 106-37; 1890, Heft IV, pp. 24-59; Vierteljahreshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Quarterly Journal of Statistics of the German Reich], new series, 2. Jg., 1893, Heft IV, pp. 4-55; 12. Jg., 1903, Heft III, pp. 100-07; Supplement for the year 1903, Heft IV, pp. 6-7; Supplement for the year 1907, Heft I, pp. 62-69; Heft III, pp. 8-9; Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Statistics of the German Reich], vol. 250, 1912-1913, Heft II, S. 4-9.
Tables reproduced in Gerhard A. Ritter, Wahlgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch [Election History Data Book]. Munich, 1980, pp. 40-42.
Translation: Thomas Dunlap