1874_German_federal_election Knowpia

1874 German federal election
All 397 seats in the Reichstag; 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	8,523,446 11.33%
Turnout	5,219,830 (61.24%) 10.23pp
	Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election; Eduard von Simson; Independent	President of the Reichstag after election ; Max von Forckenbeck; NLP

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]

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]


10 1 48 4 1 14 15 147 8 91 4 32 1 21
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

^ 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.

Childers, Thomas (1983). The Nazi Voter: The Social Foundations of Fascism in Germany, 1919-1933. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807815705.