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class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:400px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1912 German federal election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1907_German_federal_election" title="1907 German federal election">1907</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>12 January 1912<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1912-01-12</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1919_German_federal_election" title="1919 German federal election">1919</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 397 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a><br />199 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">14,442,387 (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.16%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">84.89% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.24<a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E3000F;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg/97px-Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg/146px-Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg/195px-Bebel_Haase_Composite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="864" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #000000;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georg_von_Hertling_(cropped).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg/108px-Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="108" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg/161px-Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg/215px-Georg_von_Hertling_%28cropped%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="280" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #98C22C;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg/102px-Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg/153px-Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg/204px-Portrait_of_Ernst_Bassermann.jpg 2x" data-file-width="809" data-file-height="1029" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/August_Bebel" title="August Bebel">August Bebel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Haase" title="Hugo Haase">Hugo Haase</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Georg_von_Hertling" title="Georg von Hertling">Georg von Hertling</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Bassermann" class="extiw" title="de:Ernst Bassermann">Ernst Bassermann</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)" title="Centre Party (Germany)">Centre</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Germany)" title="National Liberal Party (Germany)">NlP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21 November 1892<br /> & 1911 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1909 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1898 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">28.94%, 43 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.79%, 101 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14.80%, 56 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>110</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">90 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 67 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>4,250,400</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,988,504 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,662,700 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>34.82%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16.29% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.53% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.88pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.50pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.27pp </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Sixth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0781E5;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg/101px-Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg/151px-Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg/202px-Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa_by_E._Bieber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="805" data-file-height="1037" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFD800;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg/94px-Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg/142px-Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg/189px-Otto_Fischbeck_LCCN2014714907.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6663" data-file-height="9157" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFCE8B;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg/97px-Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg/146px-Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg/195px-Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_c1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="604" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_von_Heydebrand_und_der_Lasa" class="extiw" title="de:Ernst von Heydebrand und der Lasa">Ernst von Heydebrand und<br />der Lasa</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Otto_Fischbeck" title="Otto Fischbeck">Otto Fischbeck</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ferdynand_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82" title="Ferdynand Radziwiłł">Ferdynand Radziwiłł</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/German_Conservative_Party" title="German Conservative Party">DKP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_People%27s_Party_(Germany)" title="Progressive People's Party (Germany)">FVp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Polish_Party" title="Polish Party">PP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1911 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 March 1910 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1889 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9.41%, 59 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10.66%, 50 seats<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.03%, 20 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 18 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,006,570 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,448,097 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">441,744 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8.25% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11.86% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3.62% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.16pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.20pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.41pp </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg/400px-Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg/600px-Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg/800px-Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1912.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="709" /></a></span><div>Map of results (by constituencies)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>President of the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a 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is part of a series on the</span></b></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background:#d33; border: 1px double #8C959A;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Germany" title="Politics of Germany"><span style="color: white;"><small>Politics of </small><br />Germany</span></a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/135px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="510" 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style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)">Head of State</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President of Germany</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany_(1949%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chancellor of Germany (1949–)">Chancellor of Germany</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_chancellors_of_Germany" title="List of chancellors of Germany">list</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olaf_Scholz" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Vice-Chancellor_of_Germany" title="Vice-Chancellor of Germany">Vice Chancellor of Germany</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Habeck" title="Robert Habeck">Robert Habeck</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Grüne</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Germany" title="Cabinet of Germany">Cabinet</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Scholz_cabinet" title="Scholz cabinet">Scholz</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_agency_(Germany)" title="Federal agency (Germany)">Federal agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)">Legislature</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bundestag" title="Bundestag">Bundestag</a></b> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bundestag_constituencies" title="List of Bundestag constituencies">constituencies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_German_Bundestag" title="Member of the German Bundestag">members</a></dd></dl></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bundesrat_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesrat of Germany">Bundesrat</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vermittlungsausschuss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vermittlungsausschuss (page does not exist)"><i>Vermittlungsausschuss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemeinsamer_Ausschuss" title="Gemeinsamer Ausschuss"><i>Gemeinsamer Ausschuss</i></a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Germany" title="Judiciary of Germany"><span style="color:#000;">Judiciary</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court" title="Federal Constitutional Court">Federal Constitutional Court</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li>Federal courts</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Justice" title="Federal Court of Justice">Ordinary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Administrative_Court_(Germany)" title="Federal Administrative Court (Germany)">Administrative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Fiscal_Court" title="Federal Fiscal Court">Fiscal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Labour_Court" title="Federal Labour Court">Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Social_Court" title="Federal Social Court">Social</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Senate_of_the_Supreme_Courts_of_the_Federation" title="Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts of the Federation">Joint Senate</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Germany#Courts" title="Judiciary of Germany">Other courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of Germany"><span style="color:#000;">Subdivisions</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State (<i>Land</i>)</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_President_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister President (Germany)">Minister president</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Parliament_(Germany)" title="State Parliament (Germany)">State Parliament (<i>Landtag</i>)</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Composition_of_the_German_state_parliaments" title="Composition of the German state parliaments">composition</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk"><i>Regierungsbezirk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District (<i>Kreis</i>)</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Germany" title="List of districts of Germany">list</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amt_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amt (country subdivision)">Collective municipality (<i>Amt</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Germany" title="Municipalities of Germany">Municipality (<i>Gemeinde</i>)</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Germany" title="List of municipalities in Germany">list</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Germany" title="Elections in Germany"><span style="color:#000;">Elections</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Germany" title="Electoral system of Germany">Electoral system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Germany" title="List of political parties in Germany">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_Germany" title="Referendums in Germany">Referendums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_governing_coalition" title="German governing coalition">Coalitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Convention_(Germany)" title="Federal Convention (Germany)">Federal Convention (<i>Bundesversammlung</i>)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Presidential elections</b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany_(1919%E2%80%931945)" title="President of Germany (1919–1945)">Weimar Republic (1919–1933)</a></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_German_presidential_election" title="1919 German presidential election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_German_presidential_election" title="1925 German presidential election">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election" title="1932 German presidential election">1932</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_East_Germany" title="President of East Germany">East Germany (1949–1960)</a></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_East_German_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 East German presidential election (page does not exist)">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_East_German_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 East German presidential election (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_East_German_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 East German presidential election (page does not exist)">1957</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)</a></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1949_West_German_presidential_election" title="1949 West German presidential election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_West_German_presidential_election" title="1954 West German presidential election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_West_German_presidential_election" title="1959 West German presidential election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_West_German_presidential_election" title="1964 West German presidential election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_West_German_presidential_election" title="1969 West German presidential election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_West_German_presidential_election" title="1974 West German presidential election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_West_German_presidential_election" title="1979 West German presidential election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_West_German_presidential_election" title="1984 West German presidential election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_West_German_presidential_election" title="1989 West German presidential election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_German_presidential_election" title="1994 German presidential election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_German_presidential_election" title="1999 German presidential election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_German_presidential_election" title="2004 German presidential election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_German_presidential_election" title="2009 German presidential election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_German_presidential_election" title="2010 German presidential election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_German_presidential_election" title="2012 German presidential election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_German_presidential_election" title="2017 German presidential election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_German_presidential_election" title="2022 German presidential election"><i>2022</i></a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Parliamentary election</b></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1867_North_German_federal_election" title="February 1867 North German federal election">1867 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href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Germany" title="Template:Politics of Germany"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Germany" title="Template talk:Politics of Germany"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Germany" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Germany"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Germany#German_elections_from_1871_to_1945" title="Elections in Germany">Federal elections</a> were held in <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">Germany</a> on 12 January 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-NS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> (SPD) had received the most votes in every election since 1890, it had never won the most seats, and in the <a href="/wiki/1907_German_federal_election" title="1907 German federal election">1907 elections</a>, it had won fewer than half the seats won by the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)" title="Centre Party (Germany)">Centre Party</a> despite receiving over a million more votes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the 1912 elections saw the SPD retain its position as the most voted-for party and become the largest party in the Reichstag, winning 110 of the 397 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parties hostile or ambivalent to the ruling elites of the German Empire – the Social Democrats, the Centre Party, and the left-liberal <a href="/wiki/Progressive_People%27s_Party_(Germany)" title="Progressive People's Party (Germany)">Progressives</a> – together won a majority of the seats. This allowed a successful censure vote against the government of <a href="/wiki/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg" title="Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg">Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Saverne_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="Saverne Affair">Saverne Affair</a> in 1913 and the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_Peace_Resolution" title="Reichstag Peace Resolution">Reichstag Peace Resolution</a> of 1917. However, the Centre and the Progressives were unwilling to act consistently in opposition, which left the government largely free to do as it wished. </p><p>Some historians, such as <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Fischer_(historian)" title="Fritz Fischer (historian)">Fritz Fischer</a>, have theorized that the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> was partly a result of the strategy of the conservative <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Junkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Prussian Junkers">Prussian Junkers</a> to deal with the result.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an attempt to increase support for conservative parties and policies and to distract the population from the SPD, they hoped to drum up patriotism in an external conflict with <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a> or another Eastern European state such as <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia" title="Kingdom of Serbia">Serbia</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Georges_Weill" title="Georges Weill">Georges Weill</a>, an SPD candidate who won a seat in <a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a>, defected to France at the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_German_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The members of the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> were elected in single-member constituencies via the <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">two-round system</a>. There was no requirement that constituencies had to be of equal sizes population sizes, meaning that rural constituencies, which tended to have smaller populations, were overrepresented. </p><p>Since 1869, suffrage was available to all residents who: </p> <ul><li>were male,</li> <li>were at least 25 years old,</li> <li>were nationals of one of the states,</li> <li>were resident in one of the constituencies,</li> <li>were not active soldiers,</li> <li>were not convicts,</li> <li>did not live on poverty relief,</li> <li>were not incapacitated.</li></ul> <p>Since 1888, a constitutional amendment required elections to be held every five years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_German_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg/360px-Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg/540px-Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg/720px-Alemania_Reichstag_1912.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E3000F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,250,399</td><td style="text-align:right">34.82</td><td style="text-align:right">+5.88</td><td style="text-align:right">110</td><td style="text-align:right">+67</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)" title="Centre Party (Germany)">Centre Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,988,504</td><td style="text-align:right">16.29</td><td style="text-align:right">−2.50</td><td style="text-align:right">90</td><td style="text-align:right">−11</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#98C22C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Germany)" title="National Liberal Party (Germany)">National Liberal Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,651,115</td><td style="text-align:right">13.53</td><td style="text-align:right">−1.27</td><td style="text-align:right">45</td><td style="text-align:right">−11</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFD800"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_People%27s_Party_(Germany)" title="Progressive People's Party (Germany)">Progressive People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,448,097</td><td style="text-align:right">11.86</td><td style="text-align:right">+1.20</td><td style="text-align:right">41</td><td style="text-align:right">−9</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0781E5"></td><td><a href="/wiki/German_Conservative_Party" title="German Conservative Party">German Conservative Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,006,570</td><td style="text-align:right">8.25</td><td style="text-align:right">−1.16</td><td style="text-align:right">41</td><td style="text-align:right">−18</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00C0ff"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Free_Conservative_Party" title="Free Conservative Party">German Reich Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">396,948</td><td style="text-align:right">3.25</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.94</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">−10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCE8B"></td><td>Independent Polish</td><td style="text-align:right">246,275</td><td style="text-align:right">2.02</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008B45"></td><td><a href="/wiki/German_Agrarian_League" title="German Agrarian League">Agrarian League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">165,034</td><td style="text-align:right">1.35</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">−2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine_Party" title="Alsace-Lorraine Party">Alsace-Lorraine parties</a></td><td style="text-align:right">148,202</td><td style="text-align:right">1.21</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">−2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008080"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Party_(Germany)" title="Christian Social Party (Germany)">Christian Social Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">104,219</td><td style="text-align:right">0.85</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.33</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCE8B"></td><td>Polish Catholic Party</td><td style="text-align:right">93,629</td><td style="text-align:right">0.77</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.33</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#63C489"></td><td><a href="/wiki/German-Hanoverian_Party" title="German-Hanoverian Party">German-Hanoverian Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">90,168</td><td style="text-align:right">0.74</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCE8B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Party" title="Polish People's Party">Polish People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">81,140</td><td style="text-align:right">0.66</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#007FFF"></td><td>Independent conservatives</td><td style="text-align:right">74,323</td><td style="text-align:right">0.61</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#964B00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/German_Social_Party_(German_Empire)" title="German Social Party (German Empire)">German Social Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">73,169</td><td style="text-align:right">0.60</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">−5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EEDC82"></td><td>ELD</td><td style="text-align:right">60,886</td><td style="text-align:right">0.50</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#964B00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/German_Reform_Party" title="German Reform Party">German Reform Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">60,758</td><td style="text-align:right">0.50</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.52</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">−3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EEDC82"></td><td>Independent liberals</td><td style="text-align:right">53,939</td><td style="text-align:right">0.44</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.32</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#38C538"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bavarian_Peasants%27_League" title="Bavarian Peasants' League">Bavarian Peasants' League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">48,219</td><td style="text-align:right">0.39</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#99B200"></td><td>Peasants' League</td><td style="text-align:right">41,352</td><td style="text-align:right">0.34</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_(Germany)" title="Democratic Union (Germany)">Democratic Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">29,444</td><td style="text-align:right">0.24</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#007FFF"></td><td>Middle Class parties</td><td style="text-align:right">27,095</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.44</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCE8B"></td><td>Polish Court Party</td><td style="text-align:right">20,700</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CE1126"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Danish_Party" title="Danish Party">Danish Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">17,289</td><td style="text-align:right">0.14</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EEDC82"></td><td>Lorraine Land Party</td><td style="text-align:right">7,039</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.14</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Lithuanian Party</td><td style="text-align:right">6,227</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#964B00"></td><td>Independent anti-semites</td><td style="text-align:right">1,604</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#007FFF"></td><td>Other conservatives</td><td style="text-align:right">1,081</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#38C538"></td><td>Other agrarians</td><td style="text-align:right">4,027</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">−0.24</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">9,492</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Unknown</td><td style="text-align:right">688</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">12,207,632</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">397</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>12,207,632</td><td>99.57</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>53,099</td><td>0.43</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>12,260,731</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>14,442,387</td><td>84.89</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wahlen-in-deutschland.de/krtw.htm">Wahlen in Deutschland</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_German_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Alsace-Lorraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E3000F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">110,695</td><td style="text-align:right">31.75</td><td style="text-align:right">+8.00</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000000"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-Lorraine_Center_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alsace-Lorraine Center Party (page does not exist)">Alsace-Lorraine Center Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">96,646</td><td style="text-align:right">27.72</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.75</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EEDC82"></td><td>ELD</td><td style="text-align:right">60,886</td><td style="text-align:right">17.46</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#B59631"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Lorraine_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Lorraine Party (page does not exist)">Independent Lorraine Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">36,336</td><td style="text-align:right">10.42</td><td style="text-align:right">−3.70</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCBFA3"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsace-Lorraine_protesters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alsace-Lorraine protesters (page does not exist)">Alsace-Lorraine protesters</a></td><td style="text-align:right">15,220</td><td style="text-align:right">4.37</td><td style="text-align:right">+2.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#000000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)" title="Centre Party (Germany)">Centre Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">13,715</td><td style="text-align:right">3.93</td><td style="text-align:right">−8.69</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00C0ff"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Free_Conservative_Party" title="Free Conservative Party">German Reich Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,373</td><td style="text-align:right">2.11</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.65</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EEDC82"></td><td>Lorraine Land Party</td><td style="text-align:right">7,039</td><td style="text-align:right">2.02</td><td style="text-align:right">−4.47</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">744</td><td style="text-align:right">0.21</td><td style="text-align:right"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">348,654</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>348,654</td><td>98.36</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>5,807</td><td>1.64</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>354,461</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>417,701</td><td>84.86</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wahlen-in-deutschland.de/kuRlElsass.htm">Wahlen in Deutschland</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_German_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Merger of the <a href="/wiki/Free-minded_People%27s_Party_(Germany)" title="Free-minded People's Party (Germany)">Free-minded People's Party</a> (6.55%, 29 seats), <a href="/wiki/Free-minded_Union" title="Free-minded Union">Free-minded Union</a> (3.01%, 14 seats), and the <a href="/wiki/German_People%27s_Party_(1868)" title="German People's Party (1868)">German People's Party</a> (1.10%, 7 seats).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NS-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NS_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Dieter_Nohlen" title="Dieter Nohlen">Dieter Nohlen</a> & Philip Stöver (2010) <i>Elections in Europe: A data handbook</i>, p762 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/1926_German_property_expropriation_referendum" title="1926 German property expropriation referendum">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_German_Young_Plan_referendum" title="1929 German Young Plan referendum">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_German_League_of_Nations_withdrawal_referendum" title="1933 German League of Nations withdrawal referendum">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_German_head_of_state_referendum" title="1934 German head of state referendum">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_German_parliamentary_election_and_referendum" title="1936 German parliamentary election and referendum">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_German_parliamentary_election_and_referendum" title="1938 German parliamentary election and referendum">1938</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dd><b>See also: Elections and referendums in</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_state_elections" 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