German federal election, 1877

10 January 1877 (1877-01-10)

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

Turnout	61.6%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	NLP	Centre	KP
Last election	155 seats	91 seats	22 seats
Seats won	128	93	40
Seat change	27	2	18
Popular vote	1,470,000	1,341,300	526,000
Percentage	27.2%	24.8%	9.8%
Swing	2.5%	3.1%	1.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DRP	DFP	LV
Last election	33 seats	49 seats	New
Seats won	38	35	13
Seat change	5	14	New
Popular vote	426,600	417,800	135,000
Percentage	7.9%	7.8%	2.5%
Swing	0.7%	0.8%

	Seventh party

Party	SPD
Last election	9 seats
Seats won	12
Seat change	3
Popular vote	493,300
Percentage	9.1%
Swing	2.3%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1877.^[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 128 of the 397 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 61.6%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
National Liberal Party	1,470,000	27.2	128	−27
Centre Party	1,341,300	24.8	93	+2
German Conservative Party	526,000	9.8	40	+18
Social Democratic Party	493,300	9.1	12	+3
German Reich Party	426,600	7.9	38	+5
German Progress Party	417,800	7.8	35	−14
Polish Party	216,200	4.0	14	0
Alsace-Lorraine Party	200,000	3.7	15	0
Liberal Union	135,000	2.5	13	New
German-Hanoverian Party	85,000	1.6	4	0
German People's Party	44,900	0.8	4	+3
Danish Party	23,000	0.4	1	0
Others	22,000	0.4	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	21,600	–	–	–
Total	5,422,600	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,943,000	61.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

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

Popular Vote

NLP			27.21%
Zentrum			26.01%
DKP			9.74%
SAP			9.13%
DRP			7.90%
DFP			7.74%
Poles			4.00%
Other			8.28%

Reichstag seats

NLP			32.24%
Zentrum			23.43%
DKP			10.08%
DRP			9.57%
DFP			8.81%
Poles			3.53%
SAP			3.02%
Other			9.32%

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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