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Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1898.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving the most votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 102 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won just 56.^[2] Voter turnout was 68%.^[3]

Results


56 8 29 12 4 1 1 14 11 48 5 102 9 6 22 3 53 1 2 10
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	2,107,076	27.18	+3.90	56	+12
	Centre Party	1,454,042	18.76	−0.38	102	+6
	National Liberal Party	997,147	12.86	+0.57	48	−3
	German Conservative Party	830,341	10.71	−2.22	53	−16
	Free-minded People's Party	558,314	7.20	−1.47	29	+5
	German Reich Party	337,601	4.35	−1.36	22	−6
	Social Reform Party	215,891	2.78	−0.51	10	−6
	Free-minded Union	195,682	2.52	−0.87	12	−1
	Independent Polish	169,037	2.18	−0.07	8	−6
	Bavarian Peasants' League	130,724	1.69	+1.13	4	+2
	Alsace-Lorraine parties	118,072	1.52	−0.25	11	+2
	German People's Party	106,396	1.37	−0.80	8	−3
	German-Hanoverian Party	105,161	1.36	+0.03	9	+2
	German Agrarian League	103,489	1.33	New	6	New
	Christian Social Party	48,914	0.63	−0.61	1	−1
	Polish Court Party	67,424	0.87	+0.17	6	+1
	Independent liberals	46,731	0.60	−0.13	3	+1
	Independent conservatives	28,846	0.37	−0.10	3	+1
	National-Social Group	27,208	0.35	New	0	New
	Independent anti-semites	22,989	0.30	+0.15	2	+2
	Alsatian liberals	16,887	0.22	+0.14	1	0
	Danish Party	15,439	0.20	+0.01	1	0
	Other agrarians	9,019	0.12	−0.22	1	0
	Lithuanian Party	8,142	0.11	+0.06	1	+1
	Polish People's Party	7,667	0.10	New	0	New
	Other conservatives	4,473	0.06	−0.19	0	−1
	Middle Class parties	3,162	0.04	New	0	New
	Alsace Liberal Group	2,132	0.03	New	0	New
Others		14,075	0.18	0.00	0	0
Unknown		612	0.01	+0.01	0	0
Total		7,752,693	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		7,752,693	99.56
Invalid/blank votes		34,021	0.44
Total votes		7,786,714	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,441,054	68.06
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Alsace-Lorraine Land Party	67,171	29.34	New	6	New
	Social Democratic Party	51,990	22.71	+3.41	1	−1
	Lorraine independent conservatives	25,658	11.21	+7.07	3	+2
	Alsatian Liberals	16,887	7.38	+4.68	1	0
	Clericals	14,125	6.17	−30.93	1	−5
	Independent conservatives	13,483	5.89	+0.16	1	0
	German Reich Party	9,381	4.10	−1.96	1	0
	Alsace-Lorraine protesters	6,237	2.72	−1.86	1	0
	Alsatian autonomists	4,881	2.13	−2.76	0	0
	National Liberal Party	8,144	3.56	+0.90	0	0
	Independent liberals	6,900	3.01	+1.29	0	0
	Alsace Liberal Group	2,132	0.93	New	0	New
	German Social Party	860	0.38	−1.04	0	0
	Free-minded Union	321	0.14	New	0	New
Others		743	0.32	+0.18	0	0
Total		228,913	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		228,913	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		4,783	2.05
Total votes		233,696	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		233,696	100.00
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p774

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