German federal election, 1907

German federal election, 1907

25 January 1907 (1907-01-25)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.7%
First party Second party Third party   Party Centre KP NLP Last election 100 seats 54 seats 51 seats Seats won 105 60 54 Seat change 5 6 3 Popular vote 2,179,800 1,060,200 1,630,600 Percentage 19.4% 9.4% 14.5% Swing 0.4% 0.6% 0.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SPD FVp DRP Last election 81 seats 21 seats 21 seats Seats won 43 28 24 Seat change 38 7 3 Popular vote 3,259,000 736,000 471,900 Percentage 29.0% 6.5% 4.2% Swing 2.7% 0.8% 0.7%

Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907. Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats. As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 105 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43. Voter turnout was 84.7%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	3,259,000	29.0	43	–38
Centre Party	2,179,800	19.4	105	+5
National Liberal Party	1,630,600	14.5	54	+3
German Conservative Party	1,060,200	9.4	60	+6
Free-minded People's Party	736,000	6.5	28	+7
German Reich Party	471,900	4.2	24	+3
Polish Party	453,900	3.9	20	+4
German Free-minded Party	359,300	3.2	14	+5
Anti-Semites	248,500	2.2	16	+5
German People's Party	138,600	1.2	7	+1
German Agrarian League	119,400	1.1	8	+4
Economic Union	104,600	0.9	5	New
Alsace-Lorraine Party	103,600	0.9	7	–2
German-Hanoverian Party	78,200	0.7	1	–5
Bavarian Peasants' League	75,300	0.7	1	–3
Danish Party	15,000	0.1	1	0
Others	219,100	1.9	3	0
Invalid/blank votes	50,100	–	–	–
Total	11,303,500	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	13,352,900	84.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.

Popular Vote
SPD			28.94%
Zentrum			19.35%
NLP			14.51%
DKP			9.41%
FVP			6.53%
DRP			4.19%
Poles			4.03%
FV			3.19%
Anti-Semites			3.30%
DtVP			1.23%
Other			5.32%

Reichstag seats
Zentrum			26.45%
DKP			15.11%
NLP			13.60%
SPD			10.83%
FVP			7.05%
DRP			6.05%
Poles			5.04%
Anti-Semites			4.03%
FV			3.53%
DtVP			1.76%
Other			6.55%