1903 German federal election

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered| 12,531,248 ( 9.53%)
Turnout| 76.08% ( 8.02pp)
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Franz von Ballestrem | Paul Singer &
August Bebel | Otto von Manteuffel
Party  | Centre | SPD | DKP
Last election  | 18.76%, 102 seats  | 27.18%, 56 seats  | 10.71%, 53 seats
Seats won  | 100 | 81  | 52
Seat change  |  2  |  25  |  1
Popular vote  | 1,875,292  | 3,010,771 | 901,415
Percentage  | 19.75%  | 31.71% | 9.49%
Swing  |  0.99pp |  4.53pp |  1.22pp

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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DRP

Leader  | Ernst Bassermann [de] | Eugen Richter |
Party  | NlP | FVP | DRP
Last election  | 12.86%, 48 seats  | 7.20%, 29 seats  | 4.35%, 22 seats
Seats won  | 50  | 21  | 21
Seat change  |  2  |  8  |  1
Popular vote  | 1,301,473  | 536,879  | 336,617
Percentage  | 13.71%  | 5.65%  | 3.54%
Swing  |  0.85pp |  1.55pp |  0.81pp

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Results by constituency

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| President of the Reichstag before election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

| President of the Reichstag after election

Franz von Ballestrem
Centre

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903.[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 81.[2] Voter turnout was 76.1%.[3]

## Results

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100

Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| Social Democratic Party| 3,010,771| 31.71| +4.53| 81| +25
| Centre Party| 1,875,292| 19.75| +0.99| 100| −2
| National Liberal Party| 1,301,473| 13.71| +0.85| 50| +2
| German Conservative Party| 901,415| 9.49| −1.22| 52| −1
| Free-minded People's Party| 536,879| 5.65| −1.55| 21| −8
| German Reich Party| 336,617| 3.54| −0.81| 21| −1
| Free-minded Union| 233,229| 2.46| −0.06| 8| −4
| Independent Polish| 164,742| 1.73| −0.45| 8| 0
| German Agrarian League| 145,025| 1.53| +0.20| 5| −1
| German Reform Party| 138,344| 1.46| New| 6| New
| Alsace-Lorraine parties| 126,276| 1.33| −0.19| 11| 0
| Polish People's Party| 104,246| 1.10| +1.00| 5| +5
| German-Hanoverian Party| 100,538| 1.06| −0.30| 7| −2
| German People's Party| 82,007| 0.86| −0.51| 5| −3
| Bavarian Peasants' League| 65,815| 0.69| −1.00| 2| −2
| German Social Party| 59,291| 0.62| New| 3| New
| Other agrarians| 45,870| 0.48| +0.36| 1| 1
| Polish National Party| 44,175| 0.47| New| 1| New
| Christian Social Party| 40,744| 0.43| −0.20| 2| +1
| Polish Court Party| 34,621| 0.36| −0.51| 2| −4
| National-Social Group| 33,655| 0.35| 0.00| 1| +1
| Alsatian liberals| 25,677| 0.27| +0.05| 2| +1
| Independent conservatives| 22,490| 0.24| +0.18| 1| −2
| Danish Party| 14,843| 0.16| −0.04| 1| 0
| Independent liberals| 9,808| 0.10| −0.50| 0| −3
| Alsace Liberal Group| 9,166| 0.10| +0.07| 1| +1
| Middle Class parties| 6,909| 0.07| +0.03| 0| 0
| Independent anti-semites| 6,474| 0.07| −0.23| 0| −2
| Lithuanian Party| 6,012| 0.06| −0.05| 0| −1
| Other conservatives| 674| 0.01| −0.05| 0| 0
Others| 11,884| 0.13| −0.05| 0| 0
Unknown| 625| 0.01| 0.00| 0| 0
Total| 9,495,587| 100.00| –| 397| 0
Valid votes| 9,495,587| 99.60|
Invalid/blank votes| 38,227| 0.40|
Total votes| 9,533,814| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 12,531,248| 76.08|
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[4]

### Alsace-Lorraine

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Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–

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| Alsace-Lorraine Land Party| 69,011| 24.44| −4.90| 6| 0
| Social Democratic Party| 68,267| 24.17| +1.46| 0| −1
| Lorraine independent conservatives| 44,884| 15.89| +4.68| 4| +1
| Alsatian Liberals| 25,677| 9.09| +1.71| 2| +1
| Centre Party| 20,034| 7.09| New| 0| New
| Independent conservatives| 12,060| 4.27| −1.62| 0| −1
| German Reich Party| 9,874| 3.50| −0.60| 1| 0
| Alsace Liberal Group| 9,166| 3.25| +2.32| 1| +1
| Alsace-Lorraine protesters| 8,163| 2.89| +0.17| 1| 0
| Free-minded Union| 7,368| 2.61| +2.47| 0| 0
| Clericals| 4,218| 1.49| −4.68| 0| −1
| National Liberal Party| 1,417| 0.50| −3.06| 0| 0
| Independent liberals| 1,327| 0.47| −2.54| 0| 0
Others| 947| 0.34| +0.02| 0| 0
Total| 282,413| 100.00| –| 15| 0
Valid votes| 282,413| 98.09|
Invalid/blank votes| 5,501| 1.91|
Total votes| 287,914| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 372,327| 77.33|
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[5]

## References

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1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p775
4. ^ Wahlen in Deutschland
5. ^ Wahlen in Deutschland

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