1903 German federal election

1903 German federal election

16 June 1903 (1903-06-16)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	12,531,248 9.53%
Turnout	9,533,814 (76.08%) 8.02pp
First party Second party Third party   150x150px 150x150px Leader Franz von Ballestrem Paul Singer & August Bebel Otto von Manteuffel Party Centre SPD KP Leader since 1890 18 March 1890 & 21 November 1892 1892 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   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   150x150px 150x150px DRP Leader Ernst Bassermann Eugen Richter Party NLP FVp DRP Leader since 1898 7 May 1893 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
450px Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election Franz von Ballestrem Centre President of the Reichstag after election Franz von Ballestrem Centre

Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903. 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. Voter turnout was 76.1%.