1893 German Federal Election

15 June 1893 · The Imperial Reichstag · 397 seats, 199 for a majority

The pro-government parties won a narrow victory in the election. The Centre Party remained the largest party with 96 of the 397 seats, followed by the German Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party.

Chancellor before

Leo von Caprivi

Independent

Chancellor (continued)

Leo von Caprivi

Independent

Largest force

Centre

96 of 397 seats

Turnout

72.5%

The result

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Centre

Franz von Ballestrem · 19.1% of votes · -11 seats

seats

DKP

Otto von Manteuffel · 12.9% of votes · -2 seats

seats

NLP

Rudolf von Bennigsen · 12.3% of votes · +13 seats

seats

SPD

Paul Singer & · 23.3% of votes · +9 seats

seats

DRP

5.7% of votes · +9 seats

seats

FVP

8.7% of votes · -43 seats

seats


Centre	Franz von Ballestrem	96	-11	1.468.501	19.1%	+0.6
DKP	Otto von Manteuffel	69	-2	992.412	12.9%	+0.7
NLP	Rudolf von Bennigsen	51	+13	942.410	12.3%	-3.4
SPD	Paul Singer &	44	+9	1.786.738	23.3%	+3.5
DRP	—	28	+9	437.972	5.7%	-0.7
FVP	—	24	-43	665.427	8.7%	-7.2

85 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.