Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907.^[1] Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats.^[2] As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 101 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43.^[3] Voter turnout was 84.7%.^[4]

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1907 German federal election

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	13,352,880 6.56%
Turnout	11,303,537 (84.65%) 8.57pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Franz von Ballestrem Otto von Manteuffel Ernst Bassermann Party Centre DKP NLP Last election 19.75%, 100 seats 9.49%, 52 seats 13.71%, 50 seats Seats won 101 59 56 Seat change 1 7 6 Popular vote 2,116,246 1,060,209 1,666,705 Percentage 18.79% 9.41% 14.80% Swing 0.96pp 0.08pp 1.10pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   DRP Leader Paul Singer & August Bebel Hermann Müller-Sagan Party SPD FVP DRP Last election 31.71%, 81 seats 5.65%, 21 seats 3.54%, 21 seats Seats won 43 29 24 Seat change 38 8 3 Popular vote 3,259,029 737,220 471,863 Percentage 28.94% 6.55% 4.19% Swing 2.77pp 0.90pp 0.65pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election Franz von Ballestrem Centre President of the Reichstag after election Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode Independent

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This election was known as the "Hottentot Election" due to the scandal over the ongoing genocide of the Khoisan people in German South West Africa.^[5]