Federal elections were held in Germany on 16 June 1903.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p789 Voter turnout was 76.1%.Nohlen & Stöver, p775 The SPD benefited by being the only party fully opposed to the government's agricultural tariff, which increased the price of food.Jonathan Sperber's The Kaiser's Voters (1997) pp. 231-240
Results
Alsace-Lorraine
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