Conservative Party (Prussia)

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The Conservative Party (German: Konservative Partei) was a political party in Prussia which was founded in 1848 by the relatively loose cooperation of conservative associations, groups and members of parliament. [1]

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In 1866 the Free Conservative Party (known as the German Reich Party in the Reichstag from 1871) split from the Conservatives, who were then called Old Conservatives. [2] In 1876 the Conservative Party merged with the newly founded German Conservative Party. [3]

Chairmen

Electoral results

German Reichstag/Bundestag

Election yearConstituencySeats won+/–
Votes %
February 1867 629,36016.86
63 / 297
August 18671868 480,77520.92
66 / 382
Increase2.svg 3
1871 524,88113.51
56 / 382
Decrease2.svg 9
1874 352,0506.78
21 / 397
Decrease2.svg 35

References

  1. "Influence of Prussian Nationalism - Germany before World War One, 1890-1914 - AQA - GCSE History Revision - AQA". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  2. Asmuss, Burkhard; Scriba, Arnulf (2 September 2016). "Die Freikonservative Partei 1866–1918" [The Free Conservative Party 1866–1918]. Deutsches Historisches Museum (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. Booms, Hans (1954). Die Deutschkonservative Partei [The German Conservative Party](PDF) (in German). Bonn: Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien. p. 5.