1877 German federal election

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1877 German federal election
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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,943,028 Increase2.svg 4.92%
Turnout5,422,647 (60.64%) Decrease2.svg 0.60pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Die Gartenlaube (1874) b 093 (cropped).jpg Ludwig Windthorst 1872 JS (cropped).jpg Otto von Helldorff.jpg
Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Ludwig Windthorst Otto von Helldorff
Party NLP Centre DKP
Leader since186726 May 18747 June 1876
Last election26.86%, 147 seats27.72%, 91 seats6.78%, 21 seats [1]
Seats won1279340
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 20Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 19
Popular vote1,440,2661,341,295517,811
Percentage26.67%24.83%9.59%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.19ppDecrease2.svg 2.89ppIncrease2.svg 2.81pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Victor Herzog von Ratibor (cropped).jpg
DFP
Polen
Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party DRP DFP Polish Party
Last election7.49%, 32 seats8.83%, 48 seats4.02%, 14 seats
Seats won383414
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 14Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote424,228412,769216,157
Percentage7.85%7.64%4.00%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.36ppDecrease2.svg 1.19ppDecrease2.svg 0.02pp
Karte der Reichstagswahlen 1877.svg
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Max von Forckenbeck
NLP

President of the Reichstag after election

Max von Forckenbeck
NLP

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%.

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Results

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127
93
4
38
40
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
National Liberal Party 1,440,26626.67−0.19127−20
Centre Party 1,341,29524.83−2.8993+2
German Conservative Party 517,8119.59+2.8140+19
Socialist Workers' Party 493,4479.14+2.3813+3
German Reich Party 424,2287.85+0.3638+6
German Progress Party 412,7697.64−1.1934−14
Polish Party 216,1574.00−0.02140
Alsace-Lorraine Parties 199,9763.70−0.82150
Löwe-Berger Group 93,4711.73New9New
German-Hanoverian Party 85,5911.58+0.1740
Independent liberals65,2661.21−0.145+1
German People's Party 44,8940.83+0.084+3
Independent conservatives23,1870.43+0.010−1
Danish Party 17,2770.32−0.0610
Old Liberals 7,0800.13−0.0400
Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals5,6140.10−0.1700
Others12,3240.23−0.1300
Unknown3680.01+0.0100
Total5,401,021100.00–3970
Valid votes5,401,02199.60
Invalid/blank votes21,6260.40
Total votes5,422,647100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,943,02860.64
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Protesters 93,39545.66+11.347+1
Clericals 55,75227.26−16.593−6
Autonomists 50,82924.85+6.125+5
German Progress Party 2,8911.41+1.4100
German Reich Party 4350.21+0.2100
Others1,2340.6000
Total204,536100.00–150
Valid votes204,53698.74
Invalid/blank votes2,6141.26
Total votes207,150100.00
Registered voters/turnout322,87164.16
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

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References

  1. ↑ Results of the Prussian conservatives
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p788
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