1877 German federal election

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority

Registered

8,943,028

4.92%

Turnout

5,422,647 (60.64%)

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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	26.86%, 147 seats	27.72%, 91 seats	6.78%, 21 seats
Seats won	127	93	40
Seat change	20	2	19
Popular vote	1,440,266	1,341,295	517,811
Percentage	26.67%	24.83%	9.59%
Swing	0.19 pp	2.89 pp	2.81 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
		DFP	Polen
Leader	Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party	DRP	DFP	Polish Party
Last election	7.49%, 32 seats	8.83%, 48 seats	4.02%, 14 seats
Seats won	38	34	14
Seat change	6	14	0
Popular vote	424,228	412,769	216,157
Percentage	7.85%	7.64%	4.00%
Swing	0.36 pp	1.19 pp	0.02 pp

Map of results (by constituencies)

President of the Reichstag before election

Max von Forckenbeck
NlP

President of the Reichstag after election

Max von Forckenbeck
NlP

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1877. The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 127 of the 397 seats. Voter turnout was 60.6%.

Results


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Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Liberal Party	1,440,266	26.67	−0.19	127	−20
	Centre Party	1,341,295	24.83	−2.89	93	+2
	German Conservative Party	517,811	9.59	+2.81	40	+19
	Socialist Workers' Party	493,447	9.14	+2.38	13	+3
	German Reich Party	424,228	7.85	+0.36	38	+6
	German Progress Party	412,769	7.64	−1.19	34	−14
	Polish Party	216,157	4.00	−0.02	14	0
	Alsace-Lorraine Parties	199,976	3.70	−0.82	15	0
	Löwe-Berger Group	93,471	1.73	New	9	New
	German-Hanoverian Party	85,591	1.58	+0.17	4	0
	Independent liberals	65,266	1.21	−0.14	5	+1
	German People's Party	44,894	0.83	+0.08	4	+3
	Independent conservatives	23,187	0.43	+0.01	0	−1
	Danish Party	17,277	0.32	−0.06	1	0
	Old Liberals	7,080	0.13	−0.04	0	0
	Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals	5,614	0.10	−0.17	0	0
Others		12,324	0.23	−0.13	0	0
Unknown		368	0.01	+0.01	0	0
Total		5,401,021	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		5,401,021	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		21,626	0.40
Total votes		5,422,647	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,943,028	60.64
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Protesters	93,395	45.66	+11.34	7	+1
	Clericals	55,752	27.26	−16.59	3	−6
	Autonomists	50,829	24.85	+6.12	5	+5
	German Progress Party	2,891	1.41	+1.41	0	0
	German Reich Party	435	0.21	+0.21	0	0
Others		1,234	0.60		0	0
Total		204,536	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		204,536	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		2,614	1.26
Total votes		207,150	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		322,871	64.16
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

Results of the Prussian conservatives
Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p788

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