1871 German federal election: Difference between revisions

German federal election, 1871

3 March 1871 (1871-03-03)

All 382 seats in the Reichstag
192 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.0%

	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%

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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

^ ^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).
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p788

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