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Elections to the Reichstag (1890-1912)

These tables show the evolution of the parliamentary landscape at the turn of the century. Having been abandoned by Bismarck in 1878, the National Liberals declined, whereas the Catholic Center party remained constant. The most striking feature of the “landscape” below, however, is the transformation of the Social Democratic Party into the largest in the federal parliament.

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I. 7. Reichstag 1887; 8. Reichstag 1890; 9. Reichstag 1893

7. Reichstag 1887
8. Reichstag 1890
9. Reichstag 1893
a) Eligible voters a)
b)
c)
d)
a)
b)
c)
d)
a)
b)
c)
d)
b) Votes cast Millions Millions % % Millions Millions % % Millions Millions % %
c) Turnout
d) Eligible voters as % of population (1) 9.770 7.570 77.5 20.9 10.146 7.262 71.6 21.7 10.628 7.702 72.5 21.5
a) Number of votes a)
b)
c)
d)
a)
b)
c)
d)
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b)
c)
d)
b) Percentage of votes Millions % % Millions % % Millions % %
c) Number of parliamentary seats
d) Percentage of parliamentary seats
Conservatives 1.147 15.2 80 20.2 0.895 12.4 73 18.4 1.038 13.5 72 18.1
Reich Party
0.736 9.8 41 10.3 0.482 6.7 20 5.0 0.438 5.7 28 7.1
National Liberals 1.678 22.2 99 24.9 1.178 16.3 42 10.6 0.997 13.0 53 13.4
Liberals - - - - - - - - - - - -
Liberal Union (2) 0.973 12.9 32 8.1 1.160 16.0 66 16.6

0.258

0.666

3.9

8.7

13

24

3.3

6.0

German Progressive Party (3)
German People's Party 0.089 1.2 - - 0.148 2.0 10 2.5 0.167 2.2 11 2.8
Center 1.516 20.1 98 24.7 1.342 18.6 106 26.7 1.469 19.1 96 24.2
Guelphs 0.113 1.5 4 1.0 0.113 1.6 11 2.8 0.102 1.3 7 1.8
Social Democrats 0.763 10.1 11 2.8 1.427 19.7 35 8.8 1.787 23.3 44 11.1
Poles 0.220 2.9 13 3.3 0.247 3.4 16 4.0 0.230 3.0 19 4.9
Danes (4) 0.012 0.2 1 0.3 0.014 0.2 1 0.3 0.014 0.2 1 0.3
Alsace-Lorrainers (5) 0.234 3.1 15 3.8 0.101 1.4 10 2.5 0.115 1.5 8 2.0
Antisemites,
Economic Association (6)
0.012 (9) 0.2 1 0.3 0.048 0.7 5 1.3 0.264 3.4 16 4.0
Others 0.048 0.6 2 0.5 0.075 1.0 2 0.5 0.129 1.7 5 1.3
Total 7.541 397 7.229 397 7.674 397

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