German federal election, 1890

20 February 1890 (1890-02-20)

All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

71.5%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	KP	DFP
Last election	98 seats	80 seats	32 seats
Seats won	106	73	66
Seat change	8	7	34
Popular vote	1,342,100	895,100	1,159,900
Percentage	18.6%	12.4%	16.0%
Swing	1.5%	2.8%	3.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	NLP	SPD	DRP
Last election	99 seats	11 seats	41 seats
Seats won	42	35	20
Seat change	57	24	21
Popular vote	1,177,800	1,427,300	482,300
Percentage	16.3%	19.7%	6.7%
Swing	6.0%	9.6%	3.1%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 February 1890.^[1] The Centre Party regained its position as the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 106 of the 397 seats, whilst the National Liberal Party, formerly the largest party, was reduced to 42 seats. Despite receiving the most votes, the Social Democratic Party won only 35 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 71.5%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	1,427,300	19.7	35	+24
Centre Party	1,342,100	18.6	106	+8
National Liberal Party	1,177,800	16.3	42	−57
German Free-minded Party	1,159,900	16.0	66	+34
German Conservative Party	895,100	12.4	73	−7
German Reich Party	482,300	6.7	20	−21
Polish Party	246,800	3.4	16	+3
German People's Party	147,600	2.0	10	+10
German-Hanoverian Party	112,700	1.6	11	+7
Alsace-Lorraine Party	101,100	1.4	10	−5
Anti-Semites^[b]	47,500	0.7	5	+4
Danish Party	14,000	0.2	1	0
Others	74,600	1.0	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	33,100	–	–	–
Total	7,261,600	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,145,900	71.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.^[1]

^b Of the five seats won by the Anti-Semites, four were held by Otto Böckel's Anti-Semitic People's Party and one by Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg's German Social Anti-Semitic Party.^[3]

Popular Vote

SAP			19.75%
Zentrum			18.57%
NLP			15.90%
DFP			15.89%
DKP			12.38%
DRP			6.60%
Poles			3.41%
Other			7.50%

Reichstag seats

Zentrum			26.70%
DKP			18.39%
DFP			16.62%
NLP			10.58%
SAP			8.82%
DRP			5.04%
Poles			4.03%
Other			7.30%

References

1 2 3 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
↑ Bracher, KD (1970) The German Dictatorship, p61

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