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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = German federal election, 1871
| country           = German Empire
| flag_year         = 
| flag_image        = 
| type              = parliamentary
| vote_type         = Popular <!-- default -->
| ongoing           = no
| party_colour      = 
| party_name        = 
| previous_election = Zollparlament election, 1868
| previous_year     = 1868
| previous_mps      = 
| election_date     = {{Start date|1871|03|03|df=y}}
| elected_mps       = 
| next_election     = German federal election, 1874
| next_year         = 1874
| next_mps          =
| seats_for_election= All 382 seats in the [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]]
| majority_seats    = 192
| opinion_polls     = 
| turnout           = 52.0%
<!--        NLP        -->
| image1            = 
| colour1           = 
| leader1           = 
| party1            = National Liberal Party (Germany)
| alliance1         = 
| leader_since1     = 
| leaders_seat1     = 
| last_election1    = 104 seats
| seats_before1     = 
| seats_needed1     = 
| seats1            = 125
| seats_after1      = 
| seat_change1      = {{increase}}11
| popular_vote1     = 1,171,000
| percentage1       = 30.1%
| swing1            = {{increase}}6.8%
<!--        Zentrum        -->
| image2            = 
| colour2           = 
| leader2           = 
| party2            = Centre Party (Germany)
| alliance2         = 
| leader_since2     = 
| leaders_seat2     = 
| last_election2    = 
| seats_before2     = 36
| seats_needed2     = 
| seats2            = 63
| seats_after2      = 
| seat_change2      = {{increase}}27
| popular_vote2     = 724,000
| percentage2       = 18.6%
| swing2            = {{increase}}9.0%
<!--        KP        -->
| image3            = 
| colour3           = 
| leader3           = 
| party3            = German Conservative Party
| alliance3         = 
| leader_since3     = 
| leaders_seat3     = 
| last_election3    = 
| seats_before3     = 66
| seats_needed3     = 
| seats3            = 57
| seats_after3      = 
| seat_change3      = {{decrease}}9
| popular_vote3     = 549,000
| percentage3       = 14.1%
| swing3            = {{decrease}}0.7%
<!--        DRP        -->
| image5            = 
| colour5           = 
| leader5           = 
| party5            = Free Conservative Party
| alliance5         = 
| leader_since5     = 
| leaders_seat5     = 
| last_election5    = 
| seats_before5     = 37
| seats_needed5     = 
| seats5            = 37
| seats_after5      = 
| seat_change5      = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5     = 346,000
| percentage5       = 8.9%
| swing5            = {{increase}}2.2%
<!--        DFP        -->
| image4            = 
| colour4           = 
| leader4           = 
| party4            = German Progress Party
| alliance4         = 
| leader_since4     = 
| leaders_seat4     = 
| last_election4    = 
| seats_before4     = 31
| seats_needed4     = 
| seats4            = 46
| seats_after4      = 
| seat_change4      = {{increase}}15
| popular_vote4     = 342,000
| percentage4       = 8.8%
| swing4            = {{increase}}0.1%
<!--        LRP        -->
| image6            = 
| colour6           = 
| leader6           = 
| party6            = Imperial Liberal Party
| alliance6         = 
| leader_since6     = 
| leaders_seat6     = 
| last_election6    = 
| seats_before6     = 18
| seats_needed6     = 
| seats6            = 30
| seats_after6      = 
| seat_change6      = {{increase}}12
| popular_vote6     = 281,000
| percentage6       = 7.2%
| swing6            = {{increase}}3.8%
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| map_alt           = 
| map               = 
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| map_image         = [[File:1871 German Parlament.png|1871 German Parliament]]
| map_size          = 
| map_caption       = 
<!-- bottom --> Composition of the Reichstag after the 1871 election.
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}}

{{Politics of Germany}}

The first '''Federal elections''' were held in Germany on 3 March 1871.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p762 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[National Liberal Party (Germany)|National Liberal Party]] emerged as the largest party in the [[Reichstag (German Empire)|Reichstag]], with 125 of the 382 seats.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p788</ref> Voter turnout was just 52.0%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p772</ref>

==Results==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
|align=left|[[National Liberal Party (Germany)|National Liberal Party]]||1,171,000||30.1||125
|-
|align=left|[[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]||724,000||18.6||63
|-
|align=left|[[German Conservative Party]]||549,000||14.1||57
|- 
|align=left|[[Free Conservative Party|German Reich Party]]||346,000||8.9||37
|- 
|align=left|[[German Progress Party]]||342,000||8.8||46
|- 
|align=left|[[Imperial Liberal Party]]||281,000||7.2||30
|-
|align=left|[[Polish Party]]||176,000||4.6||13
|-
|align=left|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]||124,000||3.2||2
|-
|align=left|[[German-Hanoverian Party]]||52,000||1.4||6
|-
|align=left|[[Danish Party]]||25,000||0.7||1
|-
|align=left|[[German People's Party (1868)|German People's Party]]||19,000||0.5||1
|-
|align=left|Others||79,000||2.0||1
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||275,500||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''4,163,500'''||'''100'''||'''382'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||7,656,200||52.0||–
|-
|align=left colspan=4|Source: Nohlen & Stöver, [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/docpage.cfm?docpage_id=3212&language=german DGDB]
|}

{{bar box
| title=Popular Vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''NLP'''|{{National Liberal Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|30.30}}
{{bar percent|Zentrum|{{Centre Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|18.09}}
{{bar percent|KP|{{German Conservative Party/meta/color}}|14.16}}
{{bar percent|DFP|{{German Free-minded Party/meta/color}}|8.99}}
{{bar percent|DRP|{{Free Conservative Party/meta/color}}|8.93}}
{{bar percent|LRP|{{Imperial Liberal Party/meta/color}}|6.97}}
{{bar percent|Poles|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}|4.34}}
{{bar percent|ADAV|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|1.48}}
{{bar percent|SDAP|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|1.22}}
{{bar percent|Other|#777777|5.52}}
}}

{{bar box
| title=Reichstag seats
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''NLP'''|{{National Liberal Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|32.72}}
{{bar percent|Zentrum|{{Centre Party (Germany)/meta/color}}|16.49}}
{{bar percent|KP|{{German Conservative Party/meta/color}}|14.92}}
{{bar percent|DFP|{{German Free-minded Party/meta/color}}|12.04}}
{{bar percent|DRP|{{Free Conservative Party/meta/color}}|9.69}}
{{bar percent|LRP|{{Imperial Liberal Party/meta/color}}|7.85}}
{{bar percent|Poles|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}|3.40}}
{{bar percent|SDAP|{{Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color}}|0.52}}
{{bar percent|Other|#777777|2.36}}
}}

==References==
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{{German elections}}

[[Category:Federal elections in Germany|1871]]
[[Category:1871 elections in Europe]]
[[Category:1871 in Germany]]
[[Category:Elections in the German Empire]]
[[Category:March 1871 events]]