1874 German federal election

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1874 German federal election
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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,523,446 Increase2.svg 11.33%
Turnout5,219,830 (61.24%) Increase2.svg 10.23pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
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DFP
Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Hermann von Mallinckrodt
Party NlP Centre DFP
Leader since18671870
Last election28.97%, 117 seats18.21%, 58 seats9.04%, 45 seats
Seats won1479148
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 30Increase2.svg 33Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote1,394,2501,438,792458,133
Percentage26.86%27.72%8.83%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.11 pp Increase2.svg 9.51 pp Decrease2.svg 0.21 pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Con
PPP
Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party DRP Conservatives Polish Party
Last election8.83%, 37 seats13.51%, 56 seats4.54%, 13 seats
Seats won322114
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 35Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote388,840352,050208,797
Percentage7.49%6.78%4.02%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.34 pp Decrease2.svg 6.73 pp Decrease2.svg 0.52 pp
Karte der Reichstagswahlen 1874.svg
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Eduard von Simson
Independent

President of the Reichstag after election

Max von Forckenbeck
NlP

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]

Contents

Campaign

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]

Results

10
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48
4
1
14
15
147
8
91
4
32
1
21
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Centre Party 1,438,79227.72+9.5191+33
National Liberal Party 1,394,25026.86−2.11147+30
German Progress Party 458,1338.83−0.2148+3
German Reich Party 388,8407.49−1.3432−5
Conservative Party 352,0506.78−6.7321−35
Alsace-Lorraine parties 234,5454.52New15New
Polish Party 208,7974.02−0.5214+1
General German Workers' Association 179,2503.45+2.013+3
Social Democratic Workers' Party 171,8733.31+2.257+6
Imperial Liberal Party 98,0721.89−5.168−25
German-Hanoverian Party 73,4361.41−1.484−3
Independent liberals69,9051.35−0.584−1
German People's Party 39,1100.75−0.0110
Independent conservatives21,5460.42+0.0410
Danish Party 19,8560.38−0.1610
Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals13,9450.27+0.090−2
Old Liberals 8,9370.17−0.470−2
Others18,8060.36+0.2100
Unknown1110.00−0.0200
Total5,190,254100.00–397+15
Valid votes5,190,25499.43
Invalid/blank votes29,5760.57
Total votes5,219,830100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,523,44661.24
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Clericals 106,10643.869New
Protesters 83,08234.356New
Autonomists 45,35718.750New
National Liberal Party 5,0722.1000
Social Democratic Workers' Party 6800.2800
Others1,6050.6600
Total241,902100.0015New
Valid votes241,90299.08
Invalid/blank votes2,2520.92
Total votes244,154100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,47776.42
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p788
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p772
  4. ↑ Childers 1983, p. 24-25.

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