Elections 1898

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The elections and votes listed here took place in 1898 .

Europe

Germany

The Reichstag election in 1898 was the election for the 10th German Reichstag of the German Empire . It took place on June 16, 1898. The turnout was around 68%, slightly lower than in the Reichstag election in 1893 .

All three so-called " cartel parties " ( German Conservatives , Free Conservatives and National Liberals) suffered losses. On the other hand, the trend in favor of the Social Democrats , which has existed since the establishment of the Reich and has increased since the Reichstag election in 1890, was confirmed again . In terms of votes, they were again clearly the strongest party. Due to the constituency that was unfavorable for them , they only became the second largest group behind the center , which was actually around 9% behind the SPD. Nevertheless, it won a few seats. For the first and only time in a Reichstag election, Jonas Smalakys, a candidate for a national-Lithuanian party in the constituency of Memel / East Prussia, was elected.

United States

Election to the House of Representatives

On November 8, 1898, the House of Representatives in the United States was elected. Elections in three countries took place between June and September. The election was part of the general election for the 56th United States Congress that year, which also elected a third of US Senators . Since the elections took place around the middle of the term of office of Republican President William McKinley ( midterm election ), they were also considered a vote on the previous policy of the president. At the time of the election, the United States consisted of 45 states. The number of MPs to be elected was 357. The distribution of seats was based on the 1890 census .

In the elections, the Democrats were able to continue the upward trend that had begun two years earlier. They won another 37 seats and now have 161 seats. But that meant they remained in the opposition. The Republicans lost 19 seats but retained their absolute majority with 187 seats. The Populist Party lost 17 seats and only got 5 seats. Many voters in this party switched to the Democratic Party.