1907 German federal election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats.[2] As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 101 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.[4]
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| Registered | 13,352,880  6.56% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 11,303,537 (84.65%) 8.57pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election was known as the "Hottentot Election" due to the scandal over the ongoing genocide of the Khoisan people in German South West Africa.[5]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Democratic Party | 3,259,029 | 28.94 | −2.77 | 43 | −38 | |
| Centre Party | 2,116,246 | 18.79 | −0.96 | 101 | +1 | |
| National Liberal Party | 1,666,705 | 14.80 | +1.10 | 56 | +6 | |
| German Conservative Party | 1,060,209 | 9.41 | −0.08 | 59 | +7 | |
| Free-minded People's Party | 737,220 | 6.55 | +0.90 | 29 | +8 | |
| German Reich Party | 471,863 | 4.19 | +0.65 | 24 | +3 | |
| Free-minded Union | 338,639 | 3.01 | +0.55 | 14 | +6 | |
| Independent Polish | 240,287 | 2.13 | +0.40 | 10 | +2 | |
| German People's Party | 123,731 | 1.10 | 0.24 | 7 | +2 | |
| Agrarian League | 131,688 | 1.17 | −0.36 | 7 | +2 | |
| German Reform Party | 114,807 | 1.02 | −0.44 | 6 | 0 | |
| Alsace-Lorraine parties | 149,055 | 1.32 | −0.01 | 11 | 0 | |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 92,811 | 0.82 | −0.24 | 2 | −5 | |
| Polish People's Party | 88,628 | 0.79 | −0.31 | 4 | −1 | |
| German Social Party | 88,344 | 0.78 | −0.16 | 8 | +5 | |
| Independent liberals | 85,899 | 0.76 | +0.66 | 3 | 0 | |
| Middle Class parties | 74,811 | 0.66 | +0.59 | 2 | +2 | |
| Christian Social Party | 61,555 | 0.55 | +0.12 | 3 | +1 | |
| Other liberals | 53,505 | 0.48 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Polish Catholic Party | 49,801 | 0.44 | New | 3 | New | |
| Independent conservatives | 48,620 | 0.43 | +0.19 | 0 | −1 | |
| Bavarian Peasants' League | 41,137 | 0.37 | −0.32 | 0 | −2 | |
| Polish Court Party | 39,393 | 0.35 | −0.01 | 2 | 0 | |
| Polish National Party | 35,499 | 0.32 | −0.15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other agrarians | 30,465 | 0.27 | −0.21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Independent anti-semites | 15,563 | 0.14 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danish Party | 15,425 | 0.14 | −0.02 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other left-liberals | 14,599 | 0.13 | −0.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lithuanian Party | 4,221 | 0.04 | −0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other conservatives | 4,068 | 0.04 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 8,268 | 0.07 | −0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 738 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 11,262,829 | 100.00 | – | 397 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 11,262,829 | 99.64 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 40,708 | 0.36 | ||||
| Total votes | 11,303,537 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 13,352,880 | 84.65 | ||||
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||
Alsace-Lorraine
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine Center Party | 92,668 | 26.97 | +2.53 | 7 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 81,589 | 23.75 | −0.42 | 2 | +2 | |
| Independent Lorraine Party | 48,504 | 14.12 | −1.69 | 3 | −1 | |
| Centre Party | 43,348 | 12.62 | +5.53 | 1 | +1 | |
| Lorraine Land Party | 22,311 | 6.49 | New | 0 | New | |
| Alsatian Liberals | 16,318 | 4.75 | −4.34 | 0 | −2 | |
| Alsace Liberal Group | 14,876 | 4.33 | +1.08 | 0 | −1 | |
| German Reich Party | 9,469 | 2.76 | −0.74 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alsace-Lorraine protesters | 7,883 | 2.29 | −0.60 | 1 | 0 | |
| Free-minded Union | 5,638 | 1.64 | −0.97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 738 | 0.21 | −0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 215 | 0.06 | +0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 343,557 | 100.00 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 343,557 | 99.12 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,054 | 0.88 | ||||
| Total votes | 346,611 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 397,255 | 87.25 | ||||
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p747
- Nohlen & Stöver, p789
- Nohlen & Stöver, p775
- "Hottentot election [German Empire federal elections of 1907]". dict.cc. TU Chemnitz. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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