Country: | German Empire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1903 German federal election |
Previous Year: | 1903 |
Next Election: | 1912 German federal election |
Next Year: | 1912 |
Seats For Election: | All 397 seats in the Reichstag |
Majority Seats: | 199 |
Registered: | 13,352,880 6.56% |
Turnout: | 11,303,537 (84.65%) 8.57pp |
Image1: | Franz-Graf-Ballestrem.jpg |
Leader1: | Franz von Ballestrem |
Party1: | Centre Party (Germany) |
Last Election1: | 19.75%, 100 seats |
Seats1: | 101 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Percentage1: | 18.79% |
Swing1: | 0.96pp |
Party2: | German Conservative Party |
Last Election2: | 9.49%, 52 seats |
Seats2: | 59 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Percentage2: | 9.41% |
Swing2: | 0.08pp |
Image3: | Portrait of Ernst Bassermann.jpg |
Leader3: | Ernst Bassermann |
Party3: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Last Election3: | 13.71%, 50 seats |
Seats3: | 56 |
Seat Change3: | 6 |
Percentage3: | 14.80% |
Swing3: | 1.10pp |
Image4: | August Bebel c1900.jpg |
Leader4: | Paul Singer &<br>August Bebel |
Party4: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election4: | 31.71%, 81 seats |
Seats4: | 43 |
Seat Change4: | 38 |
Popular Vote4: | |
Percentage4: | 28.94% |
Swing4: | 2.77pp |
Image5: | Hermann M%C3%BCller %28Sagan%29_02.jpg |
Leader5: | Hermann Müller-Sagan |
Party5: | Free-minded People's Party (Germany) |
Last Election5: | 5.65%, 21 seats |
Seats5: | 29 |
Seat Change5: | 8 |
Percentage5: | 6.55% |
Swing5: | 0.90pp |
Image6: | DRP |
Party6: | Free Conservative Party |
Last Election6: | 3.54%, 21 seats |
Seats6: | 24 |
Seat Change6: | 3 |
Percentage6: | 4.19% |
Swing6: | 0.65pp |
Map Size: | 450px |
President of the Reichstag | |
Before Election: | Franz von Ballestrem |
Before Party: | Centre Party (Germany) |
Posttitle: | President of the Reichstag after election |
After Election: | Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode |
After Party: | Independent politician |
Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats.[2] As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 101 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.[4]
This election was known as the "Hottentot Election" due to the scandal over the ongoing genocide of the Khoisan people in German South West Africa.[5]