German federal election, 1878

30 July 1878 (1878-07-30)

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

Turnout	63.4%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	NLP	Centre	KP
Last election	128 seats	93 seats	40 seats
Seats won	99	94	59
Seat change	29	1	19
Popular vote	1,331,000	1,328,100	749,500
Percentage	23.1%	23.1%	13.0%
Swing	4.1%	1.7%	3.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DRP	DFP	LV
Last election	38 seats	35 seats	13 seats
Seats won	57	26	10
Seat change	19	9	3
Popular vote	785,800	385,100	156,000
Percentage	13.6%	6.7%	2.7%
Swing	5.7%	1.1%	0.2%

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	DHP	SPD
Last election	4 seats	12 seats
Seats won	10	9
Seat change	4	3
Popular vote	100,000	437,100
Percentage	1.7%	7.6%
Swing	0.1%	1.5%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 30 July 1878.^[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 99 of the 397 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 63.4%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
National Liberal Party	1,331,000	23.1	99	−29
Centre Party	1,328,100	23.1	94	+1
German Reich Party	785,800	13.6	57	+19
German Conservative Party	749,500	13.0	59	+19
Social Democratic Party	437,100	7.6	9	−3
German Progress Party	385,100	6.7	26	−9
Polish Party	210,100	3.6	14	0
Alsace-Lorraine Party	178,900	3.1	15	0
Liberal Union	156,000	2.7	10	−3
German-Hanoverian Party	100,000	1.7	10	+6
German People's Party	66,100	1.1	3	−1
Danish Party	18,000	0.3	1	0
Others	14,700	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	20,000	–	–	–
Total	5,780,900	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,128,300	63.4	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.^[1]

Popular Vote

Zentrum			24.09%
NLP			23.10%
DRP			13.64%
DKP			13.01%
SAP			7.59%
DFP			6.69%
Poles			3.65%
Other			8.24%

Reichstag seats

NLP			24.94%
Zentrum			23.68%
DKP			14.86%
DRP			14.36%
DFP			6.55%
Poles			3.53%
SAP			2.27%
Other			9.82%

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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