![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 382 seats in the Reichstag 192 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnout | 52.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Composition of the Reichstag after the 1871 election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
---|
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Germany |
|
Foreign relations |
![]() |
The first Federal elections were held in Germany on 3 March 1871. [1] The National Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in the Reichstag, with 125 of the 382 seats. [2] Voter turnout was just 52.0%. [3]
The National Liberal Party was a liberal party of the North German Confederation and the German Empire which flourished between 1867 and 1918.
The Reichstag was the Parliament of Germany from 1871 to 1918. Legislation was shared between the Reichstag and the Bundesrat, which was the Imperial Council of the reigning princes of the German States.
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
National Liberal Party | 1,171,000 | 30.1 | 125 |
Centre Party | 724,000 | 18.6 | 63 |
German Conservative Party | 549,000 | 14.1 | 57 |
German Reich Party | 346,000 | 8.9 | 37 |
German Progress Party | 342,000 | 8.8 | 46 |
Imperial Liberal Party | 281,000 | 7.2 | 30 |
Polish Party | 176,000 | 4.6 | 13 |
Social Democratic Party | 124,000 | 3.2 | 2 |
German-Hanoverian Party | 52,000 | 1.4 | 6 |
Danish Party | 25,000 | 0.7 | 1 |
German People's Party | 19,000 | 0.5 | 1 |
Others | 79,000 | 2.0 | 1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 275,500 | – | – |
Total | 4,163,500 | 100 | 382 |
Registered voters/turnout | 7,656,200 | 52.0 | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB |
The Greens of Andorra is a green political party in Andorra.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 7 December 1924, the second that year. The Reichstag had been dissolved on 20 October 1924. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag with an increased share of the vote, winning 131 of the 493 seats. Voter turnout was 78.8%.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 27 October 1881. The Centre Party became the largest party in the Reichstag, with 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the National Liberal Party, which had previously been the largest party, was reduced to 47 seats. Voter turnout was 56.3%.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 25 January 1907. Despite the Social Democratic Party (SPD) receiving a clear plurality of votes, they were hampered by the unequal constituency sizes that favoured rural seats. As a result, the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 105 of the 397 seats, whilst the SPD won only 43. Voter turnout was 84.7%.
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 18 June 1989. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 22 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It continued the coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 1987. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 12 of the 42 seats.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1891. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 63 of the 114 seats in the Storting. The Conservative Party and the Moderate Liberal Party contested the elections in an alliance, although separate lists were used in some constituencies.
Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994. They were the country's first competitive elections, and followed deadlock in Parliament over the issue of joining the Commonwealth of Independent States. The result was a victory for the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova, which won 56 of the 104 seats.
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 12 March 1950.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940. The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned, and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country. However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections. Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 67.2%.
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 29 April 1945. Following the "silent elections" of 1939, they were the first to use the new proportional representation system. The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag, but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 March 1962. The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag, but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union. This was the first election contested by the Christian Social Party.
General elections were held in Portugal on 28 April 1918, following a coup by Sidónio Pais in December 1917. The elections were boycotted by the Democratic Party, the Evolutionist Party and the Republican Union, who had won over 90% of the seats in the 1915 elections.
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 11 May 1919. The three main parties that boycotted the 1918 elections returned to contest the elections. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 30 October 1938. The country was a one-party state at the time and the National Union was the only party to contest the elections, with no opposition candidates allowed to run.
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 1 November 1942. The country was a one-party state at the time and the National Union was the only party to contest the elections, with no opposition candidates allowed to run.
General elections were held in San Marino on 28 August 1932. After it had risen to power over the country in April 1923, the Sammarinese Fascist Party was the only party to contest the elections, winning all 60 seats.
The United Labour Social Democratic Party was a political party in Bulgaria.
The Tenants' Union was a political party in Estonia.