Election Name: | 1893 German federal election |
Country: | German Empire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1890 German federal election |
Previous Year: | 1890 |
Next Election: | 1898 German federal election |
Next Year: | 1898 |
Seats For Election: | All 397 seats in the Reichstag |
Majority Seats: | 199 |
Registered: | 10,628,292 4.76% |
Turnout: | 7,702,265 (72.47%) 0.89pp |
Image1: | Franz-Graf-Ballestrem.jpg |
Party1: | Centre Party (Germany) |
Leader Since1: | 1890 |
Last Election1: | 18.55%, 107 seats |
Seats1: | 96 |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Percentage1: | 19.14% |
Swing1: | 0.59pp |
Leader2: | Otto von Manteuffel |
Party2: | German Conservative Party |
Leader Since2: | 1892 |
Last Election2: | 12.21%, 71 seats |
Seats2: | 69 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Percentage2: | 12.93% |
Swing2: | 0.72pp |
Image3: | R._v._Bennigsen.jpg |
Leader3: | Rudolf von Bennigsen |
Party3: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Leader Since3: | 1867 |
Last Election3: | 15.64%, 38 seats |
Seats3: | 51 |
Seat Change3: | 13 |
Percentage3: | 12.29% |
Swing3: | 3.35pp |
Image4: | August_Bebel_c1900.jpg |
Leader4: | Paul Singer August Bebel |
Party4: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Leader Since4: | 18 March 1890 & 21 November 1892 |
Last Election4: | 19.75%, 35 seats |
Seats4: | 44 |
Seat Change4: | 9 |
Popular Vote4: | |
Percentage4: | 23.28% |
Swing4: | 3.53pp |
Image5: | DRP |
Party5: | Free Conservative Party |
Last Election5: | 6.38%, 19 seats |
Seats5: | 28 |
Seat Change5: | 9 |
Percentage5: | 5.71% |
Swing5: | 0.67pp |
Image6: | Eugen_Richter.jpg |
Leader6: | Eugen Richter |
Party6: | Free-minded People's Party (Germany) |
Leader Since6: | 7 May 1893 |
Last Election6: | 15.89%, 67 seats |
Seats6: | 24 |
Seat Change6: | 43 |
Percentage6: | 8.67% |
Swing6: | 7.22pp |
Map Size: | 450px |
President of the Reichstag | |
Before Election: | Albert von Levetzow |
Before Party: | German Conservative Party |
Posttitle: | President of the Reichstag after election |
After Election: | Albert von Levetzow |
After Party: | German Conservative Party |
Federal elections were held in Germany on 15 June 1893.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 96 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 44.[2] Voter turnout was 72.4%.[3]