1871 German federal election

The 1st German federal election of 1871 was the first election to the Reichstag in the German Empire, which had been created earlier that year.

Results

Party	Seats	Change
National Liberal Party (NL - National Liberals)	125	None
Centre Party (Zentrum - Political Catholics)	61	None
German Conservative Party (DKP - Conservatives)	57	None
German Progress Party (DFP - Liberals)	46	None
Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP - Conservative Nationalists)	37	None
Imperial Liberal Party (LRP - Conservative Liberals)	30	None
Polen (P - Polish Regionalists)	13	None
German-Hannoveranian Party (DHP - Hanover regionalists)	9	None
Workers' Party (ADAV/SDAP)	2	None
German People's Party (DVP - Radical liberals)	1	None
Danish Regionalists (D - Daenen)	1	None
Total	382	-

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See also: German Empire