1881 German federal election Registered 9,090,386 Turnout 56.30% ( 6.03pp ) First party Second party Third party Leader Ludwig Windthorst Eugen Richter Otto von Helldorff Party Centre DFP DKP Leader since 26 May 1874 7 June 1876 Last election 22.84%, 94 seats 6.86%, 26 seats 12.79%, 59 seats Seats won 100 58 50 Seat change 6 32 9 Popular vote 1,177,033 645,851 776,436 Percentage 23.09% 12.67% 15.23% Swing 0.25pp 5.81pp 2.44pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Eduard Lasker Rudolf von Bennigsen Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor Party LV NLP DRP Leader since 1877 1867 Last election Did not exist 22.41%, 97 seats 13.64%, 57 seats Seats won 48 45 27 Seat change New party 52 30 Popular vote 450,166 617,752 382,149 Percentage 8.83% 12.12% 7.50% Swing New party 10.29pp 6.14pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
Federal elections were held in Germany on 27 October 1881.[1] 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 45 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 56.3%.[3]
Results [ edit ] Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Centre Party 1,177,033 23.09 +0.25 100 +6 German Conservative Party 776,436 15.23 +2.44 50 −9 German Progress Party 645,851 12.67 +5.81 58 +32 National Liberal Party 617,752 12.12 −10.29 45 −52 Liberal Union 450,166 8.83 New 48 New German Reich Party 382,149 7.50 −6.14 27 −30 Social Democratic Party 311,961 6.12 −1.47 13 +4 Polish Party 200,734 3.94 +0.19 18 +4 Alsace-Lorraine parties 156,707 3.07 −0.04 15 0 German People's Party 103,665 2.03 +0.83 9 +6 Independent liberals 92,539 1.82 +0.09 1 −6 German-Hanoverian Party 86,704 1.70 −0.15 10 0 Schauss-Völk group 22,238 0.44 New 1 New Independent conservatives 19,517 0.38 +0.21 0 0 Christian Social Party 17,628 0.35 +0.29 0 0 Danish Party 14,398 0.28 0.00 2 +1 Independent anti-semites 7,255 0.14 New 0 New Others 14,359 0.28 +0.10 0 0 Unknown 668 0.01 0.00 0 0 Total 5,097,760 100.00 – 397 0 Valid votes 5,097,760 99.60 Invalid/blank votes 20,572 0.40 Total votes 5,118,332 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,090,386 56.30 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Alsace-Lorraine [ edit ] Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Protesters 100,321 61.18 +26.66 10 +4 Clericals 34,396 20.98 −8.38 4 −1 Autonomists 21,990 13.41 −10.28 1 −3 National Liberal Party 3,186 1.94 New 0 New German Reich Party 1,265 0.77 −11.19 0 0 German Conservative Party 872 0.53 +0.36 0 0 Social Democratic Party 583 0.36 +0.29 0 0 Independent liberals 255 0.16 New 0 New Others 1,057 0.64 +0.41 0 0 Unknown 51 0.03 +0.03 0 0 Total 163,976 100.00 – 15 0 Valid votes 163,976 97.26 Invalid/blank votes 4,618 2.74 Total votes 168,594 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 311,001 54.21 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
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