Imperial Liberal Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Founder | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Dissolved | 1874 |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism [1] Conservative liberalism [ citation needed ] National liberalism [ citation needed ] Liberalism [ citation needed ] Pangermanism [ citation needed ] |
The Imperial Liberal Party (German : Liberale Reichspartei) was a political party in Germany during the 1870s.
The party contested the first elections in the newly unified Germany in 1871, winning 30 seats. [2] The 1874 elections saw the party's vote share fall from 7% to just 1%, as it won only three seats. The party did not contest any further elections. [3]
| Election | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 274,068 | 7.05 | New | 33 / 382 | New | 6th | Opposition |
| 1874 | 98,072 | 1.89 | 8 / 397 | Opposition |