1878 German federal election|
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Registered | 9,128,305 2.07% |
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Turnout | 5,780,996 (63.33%) 2.69pp |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Rudolf von Bennigsen | Ludwig Windthorst | Otto von Helldorff | Party | NLP | Centre | DKP | Leader since | 1867 | 26 May 1874 | 7 June 1876 | Last election | 26.67%, 127 seats | 24.83%, 93 seats | 9.59%, 40 seats | Seats won | 97 | 94 | 59 | Seat change | 30 | 1 | 19 | Popular vote | 1,291,161 | 1,315,720 | 736,826 | Percentage | 22.41% | 22.84% | 12.79% | Swing | 4.26pp | 1.99pp | 3.20pp | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | DFP | Polen | Leader | Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor | | | Party | DRP | DFP | Polish Party | Last election | 7.85%, 38 seats | 7.64%, 34 seats | 4.00%, 14 seats | Seats won | 57 | 26 | 14 | Seat change | 19 | 8 | 0 | Popular vote | 785,631 | 395,065 | 216,148 | Percentage | 13.64% | 6.86% | 3.75% | Swing | 5.79pp | 0.78pp | 0.25pp | |
Map of results (by constituencies) |
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Federal elections were held in Germany on 30 July 1878.[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag with 97 of the 397 seats, despite the Centre Party receiving more votes.[2] Voter turnout was 63.4%.[3]
Results[edit]
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Centre Party | 1,315,720 | 22.84 | −1.99 | 94 | +1 |
| National Liberal Party | 1,291,161 | 22.41 | −4.26 | 97 | −30 |
| German Reich Party | 785,631 | 13.64 | +5.79 | 57 | +19 |
| German Conservative Party | 736,826 | 12.79 | +3.20 | 59 | +19 |
| Socialist Workers' Party | 437,158 | 7.59 | −1.55 | 9 | −4 |
| German Progress Party | 395,065 | 6.86 | −0.78 | 26 | −8 |
| Polish Party | 216,148 | 3.75 | −0.25 | 14 | 0 |
| Alsace-Lorraine parties | 178,883 | 3.11 | −0.59 | 15 | 0 |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 106,555 | 1.85 | +0.27 | 10 | +6 |
| Independent liberals | 99,511 | 1.73 | +0.52 | 7 | +2 |
| Löwe-Berger Group | 78,152 | 1.36 | −0.37 | 5 | −4 |
| German People's Party | 68,851 | 1.20 | +0.37 | 3 | −1 |
| Danish Party | 16,145 | 0.28 | −0.04 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent conservatives | 9,936 | 0.17 | −0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Liberals | 8,496 | 0.15 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Social Party | 3,229 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New |
| Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals | 2,258 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 10,389 | 0.18 | –0.05 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 833 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5,760,947 | 100.00 | – | 397 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 5,760,947 | 99.65 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 20,049 | 0.35 | |
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Total votes | 5,780,996 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 9,128,305 | 63.33 | |
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Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |
Alsace-Lorraine[edit]
References[edit]