German federal election, 1874

10 January 1874 (1874-01-10)

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

Turnout	61.2%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	NLP	Centre	DFP
Last election	125 seats	63 seats	46 seats
Seats won	155	91	49
Seat change	30	28	3
Popular vote	1,542,500	1,446,000	447,500
Percentage	29.7%	27.9%	8.6%
Swing	0.4%	9.3%	0.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DRP	KP	SPD
Last election	37 seats	57 seats	2 seats
Seats won	33	22	9
Seat change	4	35	7
Popular vote	375,500	360,000	352,000
Percentage	7.2%	7.0%	6.8%
Swing	1.7%	7.1%	3.6%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1874.^[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 155 of the 397 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 61.2%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
National Liberal Party	1,542,500	29.7	155	+30
Centre Party	1,446,000	27.9	91	+30
German Progress Party	447,500	8.6	49	+3
German Reich Party	375,500	7.2	33	−4
German Conservative Party	360,000	7.0	22	−35
Social Democratic Party	352,000	6.8	9	+7
Alsace-Lorraine Party	234,500	4.5	15	New
Polish Party	198,400	3.8	14	+1
German-Hanoverian Party	73,000	1.4	4	−2
Imperial Liberal Party	53,900	1.0	3	−27
Danish Party	34,000	0.7	1	0
German People's Party	22,000	0.4	1	0
Others	51,000	1.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	29,600	–	–	–
Total	5,219,900	100	397	+15
Registered voters/turnout	8,523,400	61.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded to the nearest 100.^[1]

Popular Vote

Zentrum			30.22%
NLP			29.72%
DFP			8.62%
DRP			7.12%
KP			6.94%
Poles			3.82%
ADAV			3.46%
SDAP			3.31%
Other			6.80%

Reichstag seats

NLP			39.04%
Zentrum			22.92%
DFP			12.34%
DRP			8.31%
KP			5.54%
Poles			3.53%
SDAP			1.76%
ADAV			0.50%
Other			6.05%

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p788

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