Imperial Liberal Party

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Imperial Liberal Party
Leader Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Founder Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Founded1871
Dissolved1874
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.

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History

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 results

Reichstag

ElectionVotes%+/–Seats+/–RankStatus
1871 274,0687.05New
33 / 382
New6thOpposition
1874 98,0721.89Decrease2.svg 5.16
8 / 397
Decrease2.svg 25Decrease2.svg 10thOpposition

References

  1. https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/kaiserreich/innenpolitik/liberale-reichspartei
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p788 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p767