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]

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	+/–
	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

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	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
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