1874 German federal election
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All 397 seats in theReichstag 199 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 8,523,446![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal electionswere held inGermanyon 10 January 1874.[1]TheNational Liberal Partyremained the largest party in theReichstag,with 147 of the 397 seats.[2]Voter turnout was 61.2%.[3]
Campaign[edit]
TheKulturkampfpolicies to suppress the political power ofCatholicism in Germanywere launched in 1873. However, theCatholic Centre Partysaw 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,p762ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^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.ISBN0807815705.