1907 German Federal Election

25 January 1907 · The Imperial Reichstag · 397 seats, 199 for a majority

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.

Chancellor before

Bernhard von Bülow

Independent

Chancellor (continued)

Bernhard von Bülow

Independent

Largest force

Centre

101 of 397 seats

Turnout

84.7%

The result

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Centre

Franz von Ballestrem · 18.8% of votes · +1 seats

101

seats

DKP

Otto von Manteuffel · 9.4% of votes · +7 seats

seats

NLP

Ernst Bassermann · 14.8% of votes · +6 seats

seats

SPD

Paul Singer & · 28.9% of votes · -38 seats

seats

FVP

6.5% of votes · +8 seats

seats

DRP

4.2% of votes · +3 seats

seats


Centre	Franz von Ballestrem	101	+1	2.116.246	18.8%	-1.0
DKP	Otto von Manteuffel	59	+7	1.060.209	9.4%	-0.1
NLP	Ernst Bassermann	56	+6	1.666.705	14.8%	+1.1
SPD	Paul Singer &	43	-38	3.259.029	28.9%	-2.8
FVP	—	29	+8	737.220	6.5%	+0.9
DRP	—	24	+3	471.863	4.2%	+0.7

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