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Revision as of 21:30, 29 October 2012

The first Federal elections were held in Germany on 3 March 1871.[1] The National Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in the Reichstag, with 125 of the 382 seats.[2] Voter turnout was just 52.0%.[1]

Results

Party Votes[a] % Seats
National Liberal Party 1,171,000 30.1 125
Centre Party 724,000 18.6 63
German Conservative Party 549,000 14.1 57
German Reich Party 346,000 8.9 37
German Progress Party 342,000 8.8 46
Imperial Liberal Party 281,000 7.2 30
Social Democratic Party 124,000 3.2 2
Poles 176,000 4.6 13
German-Hanoverian Party 52,000 1.4 6
Danes 25,000 0.7 1
German People's Party 19,000 0.5 1
Others 79,000 2.0 1
Invalid/blank votes 275,500
Total 4,163,500 100 382
Registered voters/turnout 7,656,200 52.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

a Figures for votes are rounded to the nearest 100.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 Cite error: The named reference "NS" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p788