German federal election, 1903

16 June 1903 (1903-06-16)

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

Turnout	76.1%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	SPD	KP
Last election	102 seats	56 seats	56 seats
Seats won	100	81	54
Seat change	2	25	2
Popular vote	1,875,300	3,010,800	948,500
Percentage	19.8%	31.7%	10.0%
Swing	1.0%	4.5%	1.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	NLP	FVp
Last election	46 seats	29 seats
Seats won	51	21
Seat change	5	8
Popular vote	1,317,400	538,200
Percentage	13.9%	5.7%
Swing	1.4%	1.5%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 81.^[2] The voter turnout for the election was 76.1%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	3,010,800	31.7	81	+25
Centre Party	1,875,300	19.8	100	−2
National Liberal Party	1,317,400	13.9	51	+5
German Conservative Party	948,500	10.0	54	−2
Free-minded People's Party	538,200	5.7	21	−8
Polish Party	347,800	3.7	16	+2
German Reich Party	333,400	3.5	21	−2
Anti-Semites	244,500	2.6	11	−2
German Free-minded Party	243,200	2.6	9	−3
German Agrarian League	118,800	1.3	4	−2
Bavarian Peasants' League	111,400	1.2	4	−1
Alsace-Lorraine Party	101,900	1.1	9	−1
German-Hanoverian Party	94,300	1.0	6	−3
German People's Party	91,200	1.0	6	−2
Danish Party	15,000	0.2	1	0
Others	97,500	1.0	3	−4
Invalid/blank votes	44,800	–	–	–
Total	9,533,800	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	12,531,200	76.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

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

Popular Vote

SPD			31.71%
Zentrum			19.75%
NLP			14.01%
DKP			9.88%
FVP			5.67%
Poles			3.66%
DRP			3.51%
Anti-Semites			2.56%
FV			2.55%
Other			6.70%

Reichstag seats

Zentrum			25.19%
SPD			20.40%
DKP			13.60%
NLP			12.85%
FVP			5.29%
DRP			5.29%
Poles			4.03%
Anti-Semites			2.77%
FV			2.27%
Other			8.31%

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

Elections in Germany

Parliamentary elections	1848 1867 (Feb) 1867 (Aug) 1868 1871 1874 1877 1878 1881 1884 1887 1890 1893 1898 1903 1907 1912 1919 1920 1924 (May) 1924 (Dec) 1928 1930 1932 (July) 1932 (Nov) 1933 (Mar) 1933 (Nov) 1936 1938 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1972 1976 1980 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 2005 2009 2013 2017

Presidential elections	1925 1932

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1926 1928 1929 1933 1934 1936 1938

See also elections in Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia East Germany East Prussia Lower Silesia

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