1877 German federal election
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1877 German federal election
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majorityRegistered 8,943,028 Increase 4.92% Turnout 5,422,647 (60.64%) Decrease 0.60pp
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
First party | Second party | Third party | |
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Leader | Rudolf von Bennigsen | Ludwig Windthorst | Otto von Helldorff |
Party | NlP | Centre | DKP |
Leader since | 1867 | 26 May 1874 | 7 June 1876 |
Last election | 26.86%, 147 seats | 27.72%, 91 seats | 6.78%, 21 seats[1] |
Seats won | 127 | 93 | 40 |
Seat change | Decrease 20 | Increase 2 | Increase 19 |
Popular vote | 1,440,266 | 1,341,295 | 517,811 |
Percentage | 26.67% | 24.83% | 9.59% |
Swing | Decrease 0.19 pp | Decrease 2.89 pp | Increase 2.81 pp |
Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | |
DFP
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Polen
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Leader | Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor | ||
Party | DRP | DFP | Polish Party |
Last election | 7.49%, 32 seats | 8.83%, 48 seats | 4.02%, 14 seats |
Seats won | 38 | 34 | 14 |
Seat change | Increase 6 | Decrease 14 | Steady 0 |
Popular vote | 424,228 | 412,769 | 216,157 |
Percentage | 7.85% | 7.64% | 4.00% |
Swing | Increase 0.36 pp | Decrease 1.19 pp | Decrease 0.02 pp |
Map of results (by constituencies)
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Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1877.[2] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 127 of the 397 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 60.6%.
Results
[edit ]13 4 34 14 1 14 15 127 93 4 38 40 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
National Liberal Party | 1,440,266 | 26.67 | −0.19 | 127 | −20 | |
Centre Party | 1,341,295 | 24.83 | −2.89 | 93 | +2 | |
German Conservative Party | 517,811 | 9.59 | +2.81 | 40 | +19 | |
Socialist Workers' Party | 493,447 | 9.14 | +2.38 | 13 | +3 | |
German Reich Party | 424,228 | 7.85 | +0.36 | 38 | +6 | |
German Progress Party | 412,769 | 7.64 | −1.19 | 34 | −14 | |
Polish Party | 216,157 | 4.00 | −0.02 | 14 | 0 | |
Alsace-Lorraine Parties | 199,976 | 3.70 | −0.82 | 15 | 0 | |
Löwe-Berger Group | 93,471 | 1.73 | New | 9 | New | |
German-Hanoverian Party | 85,591 | 1.58 | +0.17 | 4 | 0 | |
Independent liberals | 65,266 | 1.21 | −0.14 | 5 | +1 | |
German People's Party | 44,894 | 0.83 | +0.08 | 4 | +3 | |
Independent conservatives | 23,187 | 0.43 | +0.01 | 0 | −1 | |
Danish Party | 17,277 | 0.32 | −0.06 | 1 | 0 | |
Old Liberals | 7,080 | 0.13 | −0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals | 5,614 | 0.10 | −0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 12,324 | 0.23 | −0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 368 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5,401,021 | 100.00 | – | 397 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 5,401,021 | 99.60 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 21,626 | 0.40 | ||||
Total votes | 5,422,647 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,943,028 | 60.64 | ||||
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[4] |
Alsace-Lorraine
[edit ]Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Protesters | 93,395 | 45.66 | +11.34 | 7 | +1 | |
Clericals | 55,752 | 27.26 | −16.59 | 3 | −6 | |
Autonomists | 50,829 | 24.85 | +6.12 | 5 | +5 | |
German Progress Party | 2,891 | 1.41 | +1.41 | 0 | 0 | |
German Reich Party | 435 | 0.21 | +0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 1,234 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 204,536 | 100.00 | – | 15 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 204,536 | 98.74 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,614 | 1.26 | ||||
Total votes | 207,150 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 322,871 | 64.16 | ||||
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland[5] |
References
[edit ]- ^ Results of the Prussian conservatives
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p788
- ^ "Reichstag 1867-1918". Wahlen in Deutschland.
- ^ "Reichstag 1867-1918 - Elsass-Lothringen". Wahlen in Deutschland.