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All 397 seats in theReichstag 199 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 11,441,054 ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 68.06% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal elections were held inGermany on 16 June 1898.[1] Despite theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) receiving the most votes, theCentre Party remained the largest party in theReichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56.[2] Voter turnout was 68%.[3]
56 8 29 12 4 1 1 14 11 48 5 102 9 6 22 3 53 1 2 10 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Social Democratic Party | 2,107,076 | 27.18 | +3.90 | 56 | +12 | |
| Centre Party | 1,454,042 | 18.76 | −0.38 | 102 | +6 | |
| National Liberal Party | 997,147 | 12.86 | +0.57 | 48 | −3 | |
| German Conservative Party | 830,341 | 10.71 | −2.22 | 53 | −16 | |
| Free-minded People's Party | 558,314 | 7.20 | −1.47 | 29 | +5 | |
| German Reich Party | 337,601 | 4.35 | −1.36 | 22 | −6 | |
| Social Reform Party | 215,891 | 2.78 | −0.51 | 10 | −6 | |
| Free-minded Union | 195,682 | 2.52 | −0.87 | 12 | −1 | |
| Independent Polish | 169,037 | 2.18 | −0.07 | 8 | −6 | |
| Bavarian Peasants' League | 130,724 | 1.69 | +1.13 | 4 | +2 | |
| Alsace-Lorraine parties | 118,072 | 1.52 | −0.25 | 11 | +2 | |
| German People's Party | 106,396 | 1.37 | −0.80 | 8 | −3 | |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 105,161 | 1.36 | +0.03 | 9 | +2 | |
| German Agrarian League | 103,489 | 1.33 | New | 6 | New | |
| Christian Social Party | 48,914 | 0.63 | −0.61 | 1 | −1 | |
| Polish Court Party | 67,424 | 0.87 | +0.17 | 6 | +1 | |
| Independent liberals | 46,731 | 0.60 | −0.13 | 3 | +1 | |
| Independent conservatives | 28,846 | 0.37 | −0.10 | 3 | +1 | |
| National-Social Group | 27,208 | 0.35 | New | 0 | New | |
| Independent anti-semites | 22,989 | 0.30 | +0.15 | 2 | +2 | |
| Alsatian liberals | 16,887 | 0.22 | +0.14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danish Party | 15,439 | 0.20 | +0.01 | 1 | 0 | |
| Other agrarians | 9,019 | 0.12 | −0.22 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lithuanian Party | 8,142 | 0.11 | +0.06 | 1 | +1 | |
| Polish People's Party | 7,667 | 0.10 | New | 0 | New | |
| Other conservatives | 4,473 | 0.06 | −0.19 | 0 | −1 | |
| Middle Class parties | 3,162 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | |
| Alsace Liberal Group | 2,132 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| Others | 14,075 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 612 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7,752,693 | 100.00 | – | 397 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 7,752,693 | 99.56 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 34,021 | 0.44 | ||||
| Total votes | 7,786,714 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,441,054 | 68.06 | ||||
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[4] | ||||||
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Alsace-Lorraine Land Party | 67,171 | 29.34 | New | 6 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party | 51,990 | 22.71 | +3.41 | 1 | −1 | |
| Lorraine independent conservatives | 25,658 | 11.21 | +7.07 | 3 | +2 | |
| Alsatian Liberals | 16,887 | 7.38 | +4.68 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clericals | 14,125 | 6.17 | −30.93 | 1 | −5 | |
| Independent conservatives | 13,483 | 5.89 | +0.16 | 1 | 0 | |
| German Reich Party | 9,381 | 4.10 | −1.96 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alsace-Lorraine protesters | 6,237 | 2.72 | −1.86 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alsatian autonomists | 4,881 | 2.13 | −2.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Liberal Party | 8,144 | 3.56 | +0.90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent liberals | 6,900 | 3.01 | +1.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alsace Liberal Group | 2,132 | 0.93 | New | 0 | New | |
| German Social Party | 860 | 0.38 | −1.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Free-minded Union | 321 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New | |
| Others | 743 | 0.32 | +0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 228,913 | 100.00 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 228,913 | 97.95 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,783 | 2.05 | ||||
| Total votes | 233,696 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 233,696 | 100.00 | ||||
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[5] | ||||||