Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1874.[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 147 of the 397 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 61.2%.[3]
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All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 8,523,446 11.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 5,219,830 (61.24%) 10.23pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results (by constituencies) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Campaign edit
The Kulturkampf policies to suppress the political power of Catholicism in Germany were launched in 1873. However, the Catholic Centre Party saw its support double from the previous election.[4]
Results edit
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Centre Party | 1,438,792 | 27.72 | +9.51 | 91 | +33 | |
National Liberal Party | 1,394,250 | 26.86 | −2.11 | 147 | +30 | |
German Progress Party | 458,133 | 8.83 | −0.21 | 48 | +3 | |
German Reich Party | 388,840 | 7.49 | −1.34 | 32 | −5 | |
Conservative Party | 352,050 | 6.78 | −6.73 | 21 | −35 | |
Alsace-Lorraine parties | 234,545 | 4.52 | New | 15 | New | |
Polish Party | 208,797 | 4.02 | −0.52 | 14 | +1 | |
General German Workers' Association | 179,250 | 3.45 | +2.01 | 3 | +3 | |
Social Democratic Workers' Party | 171,873 | 3.31 | +2.25 | 7 | +6 | |
Imperial Liberal Party | 98,072 | 1.89 | −5.16 | 8 | −25 | |
German-Hanoverian Party | 73,436 | 1.41 | −1.48 | 4 | −3 | |
Independent liberals | 69,905 | 1.35 | −0.58 | 4 | −1 | |
German People's Party | 39,110 | 0.75 | −0.01 | 1 | 0 | |
Independent conservatives | 21,546 | 0.42 | +0.04 | 1 | 0 | |
Danish Party | 19,856 | 0.38 | −0.16 | 1 | 0 | |
Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals | 13,945 | 0.27 | +0.09 | 0 | −2 | |
Old Liberals | 8,937 | 0.17 | −0.47 | 0 | −2 | |
Others | 18,806 | 0.36 | +0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 111 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5,190,254 | 100.00 | – | 397 | +15 | |
Valid votes | 5,190,254 | 99.43 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 29,576 | 0.57 | ||||
Total votes | 5,219,830 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,523,446 | 61.24 | ||||
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |
Alsace-Lorraine edit
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Clericals | 106,106 | 43.86 | 9 | New | |
Protesters | 83,082 | 34.35 | 6 | New | |
Autonomists | 45,357 | 18.75 | 0 | New | |
National Liberal Party | 5,072 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Workers' Party | 680 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 1,605 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 241,902 | 100.00 | 15 | New | |
Valid votes | 241,902 | 99.08 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,252 | 0.92 | |||
Total votes | 244,154 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 319,477 | 76.42 | |||
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
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p772
- ^ Childers 1983, p. 24-25.
Works cited edit
- Childers, Thomas (1983). The Nazi Voter: The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807815705.