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 117 of the 382 seats.[2] Voter turnout was just 51.0%.
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All 382 seats in the Reichstag 192 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 7,656,283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 3,905,531 (51.01%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of results (by constituencies) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Liberal Party | 1,125,942 | 28.97 | +5.69 | 117 | +13 | |
| Centre Party | 707,896 | 18.21 | New | 58 | New | |
| Conservative Party | 524,881 | 13.51 | −1.31 | 56 | −9 | |
| German Progress Party | 351,209 | 9.04 | +0.29 | 45 | +14 | |
| German Reich Party | 343,098 | 8.83 | +2.16 | 37 | 0 | |
| Imperial Liberal Party | 274,068 | 7.05 | New | 33 | New | |
| Polish Party | 176,342 | 4.54 | −0.52 | 13 | +2 | |
| Independent Liberals | 74,903 | 1.93 | −9.05 | 5 | −27 | |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 73,470 | 1.89 | +1.01 | 7 | +3 | |
| General German Workers' Association | 56,117 | 1.44 | −0.27 | 0 | −2 | |
| Social Democratic Workers' Party | 41,040 | 1.06 | −0.19 | 1 | −1 | |
| German People's Party | 29,595 | 0.76 | −1.23 | 1 | −7 | |
| Old Liberals | 24,900 | 0.64 | −2.79 | 2 | −16 | |
| Danish Party | 21,143 | 0.54 | −0.23 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clericals | 15,329 | 0.39 | −9.21 | 3 | −33 | |
| Independent conservatives | 14,805 | 0.38 | −9.64 | 1 | +1 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals | 6,968 | 0.18 | −1.03 | 2 | −6 | |
| Lassallean General German Workers' Association | 4,770 | 0.12 | −0.02 | 0 | −1 | |
| Saxon Particularist Conservatives | 1,549 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 17,596 | 0.45 | −0.84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 894 | 0.02 | −0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,886,515 | 100.00 | – | 382 | +85 | |
| Valid votes | 3,886,515 | 99.51 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,016 | 0.49 | ||||
| Total votes | 3,905,531 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,656,283 | 51.01 | ||||
| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p788