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Revision as of 21:32, 7 January 2013

German federal election, 1871

3 March 1871 (1871-03-03) 1874 →

All 382 seats in the Reichstag
192 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party NlP Centre DKP
Seats won 125 63 57
Popular vote 1,171,000 724,000 549,000
Percentage 30.1% 18.6% 14.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DRP DFP LRP
Seats won 37 46 30
Popular vote 346,000 342,000 281,000
Percentage 8.9% 8.8% 7.2%

Chancellor before election

Otto von Bismarck
Independent

Resulting Chancellor

Otto von Bismarck
Independent

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