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
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.