German federal election, 1887

21 February 1887 (1887-02-21)

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

Turnout	77.5%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	NLP	Centre	KP
Last election	51 seats	99 seats	78 seats
Seats won	99	98	80
Seat change	48	1	2
Popular vote	1,678,000	1,516,200	1,147,200
Percentage	22.3%	20.1%	15.2%
Swing	4.7%	2.5%	0.0%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DFP	SPD	DRP
Last election	67 seats	24 seats	28 seats
Seats won	32	11	41
Seat change	35	13	13
Popular vote	973,100	763,100	736,400
Percentage	12.9%	10.1%	9.8%
Swing	4.7%	0.4%	3.0%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 21 February 1887.^[1] The National Liberal Party became the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 99 of the 397 seats, whilst the Centre Party, formerly the largest party, was reduced to 98 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 77.5%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
National Liberal Party	1,678,000	22.3	99	+48
Centre Party	1,516,200	20.1	98	−1
German Conservative Party	1,147,200	15.2	80	+2
German Free-minded Party	973,100	12.9	32	−35
Social Democratic Party	763,100	10.1	11	−13
German Reich Party	736,400	9.8	41	+13
Alsace-Lorraine Party	233,700	3.1	15	0
Polish Party	220,000	2.9	13	−3
German-Hanoverian Party	112,800	1.5	4	−7
German People's Party	88,800	1.2	0	−7
Danish Party	12,000	0.2	1	0
Anti-Semites	11,600	0.2	1	+1
Others	47,600	0.6	2	+2
Invalid/blank votes	29,800	–	–	–
Total	7,570,700	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,769,800	77.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

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

Popular Vote

Zentrum			21.98%
NLP			20.11%
DKP			15.21%
DFP			12.29%
SAP			10.12%
DRP			9.77%
Poles			2.92%
Other			7.61%

Reichstag seats

NLP			24.94%
Zentrum			24.69%
DKP			20.15%
DRP			10.33%
DFP			8.06%
Poles			3.27%
SAP			2.77%
Other			5.79%

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, p789

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