1874 German federal election

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majorityRegistered8,523,446 Increase 11.33%Turnout5,219,830 (61.24%) Increase 10.23pp

	First party	Second party	Third party
			DFP
Leader	Rudolf von Bennigsen	Hermann von Mallinckrodt
Party	NlP	Centre	DFP
Leader since	1867	1870
Last election	28.97%, 117 seats	18.21%, 58 seats	9.04%, 45 seats
Seats won	147	91	48
Seat change	Increase 30	Increase 33	Increase 3
Popular vote	1,394,250	1,438,792	458,133
Percentage	26.86%	27.72%	8.83%
Swing	Decrease 2.11 pp	Increase 9.51 pp	Decrease 0.21 pp
	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
		Con	PPP
Leader	Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party	DRP	Conservatives	Polish Party
Last election	8.83%, 37 seats	13.51%, 56 seats	4.54%, 13 seats
Seats won	32	21	14
Seat change	Decrease 5	Decrease 35	Increase 1
Popular vote	388,840	352,050	208,797
Percentage	7.49%	6.78%	4.02%
Swing	Decrease 1.34 pp	Decrease 6.73 pp	Decrease 0.52 pp

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1874.^[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 147 of the 397 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 61.2%.^[3]

The Kulturkampf policies to suppress the political power of Catholicism in Germany were launched in 1873. However, the Catholic Centre Party saw its support double from the previous election.^[4]

10 1 48 4 1 14 15 147 8 91 4 32 1 21
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
Centre Party	1,438,792	27.72	+9.51	91	+33
National Liberal Party	1,394,250	26.86	−2.11	147	+30
German Progress Party	458,133	8.83	−0.21	48	+3
German Reich Party	388,840	7.49	−1.34	32	−5
Conservative Party	352,050	6.78	−6.73	21	−35
Alsace-Lorraine parties	234,545	4.52	New	15	New
Polish Party	208,797	4.02	−0.52	14	+1
General German Workers' Association	179,250	3.45	+2.01	3	+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party	171,873	3.31	+2.25	7	+6
Imperial Liberal Party	98,072	1.89	−5.16	8	−25
German-Hanoverian Party	73,436	1.41	−1.48	4	−3
Independent liberals	69,905	1.35	−0.58	4	−1
German People's Party	39,110	0.75	−0.01	1	0
Independent conservatives	21,546	0.42	+0.04	1	0
Danish Party	19,856	0.38	−0.16	1	0
Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals	13,945	0.27	+0.09	0	−2
Old Liberals	8,937	0.17	−0.47	0	−2
Others	18,806	0.36	+0.21	0	0
Unknown	111	0.00	−0.02	0	0
Total		5,190,254	100.00	–	397	+15
Valid votes		5,190,254	99.43
Invalid/blank votes		29,576	0.57
Total votes		5,219,830	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,523,446	61.24
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Clericals	106,106	43.86	9	New
Protesters	83,082	34.35	6	New
Autonomists	45,357	18.75	0	New
National Liberal Party	5,072	2.10	0	0
Social Democratic Workers' Party	680	0.28	0	0
Others	1,605	0.66	0	0
Total		241,902	100.00	15	New
Valid votes		241,902	99.08
Invalid/blank votes		2,252	0.92
Total votes		244,154	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		319,477	76.42
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[6]

• Childers, Thomas (1983). The Nazi Voter: The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807815705.