German federal election, 1871

3 March 1871 (1871-03-03)

All 382 seats in the Reichstag 192 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	52.0%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	NLP	Centre	KP
Seats won	125	63	57
Popular vote	1,171,000	724,000	549,000
Percentage	30.1%	18.6%	14.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DFP	DRP	LRP
Seats won	46	37	30
Popular vote	342,000	346,000	281,000
Percentage	8.8%	8.9%	7.2%

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The first Federal elections were held in Germany on 3 March 1871.^[1] The National Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in the Reichstag, with 125 of the 382 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was just 52.0%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Liberal Party	1,171,000	30.1	125
Centre Party	724,000	18.6	63
German Conservative Party	549,000	14.1	57
German Reich Party	346,000	8.9	37
German Progress Party	342,000	8.8	46
Imperial Liberal Party	281,000	7.2	30
Polish Party	176,000	4.6	13
Social Democratic Party	124,000	3.2	2
German-Hanoverian Party	52,000	1.4	6
Danish Party	25,000	0.7	1
German People's Party	19,000	0.5	1
Others	79,000	2.0	1
Invalid/blank votes	275,500	–	–
Total	4,163,500	100	382
Registered voters/turnout	7,656,200	52.0	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

Popular Vote

NLP			30.30%
Zentrum			18.09%
KP			14.16%
DFP			8.99%
DRP			8.93%
LRP			6.97%
Poles			4.34%
ADAV			1.48%
SDAP			1.22%
Other			5.52%

Reichstag seats

NLP			32.72%
Zentrum			16.49%
KP			14.92%
DFP			12.04%
DRP			9.69%
LRP			7.85%
Poles			3.40%
SDAP			0.52%
Other			2.36%

References

1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p788

Elections in Germany

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Referendums	1926 1928 1929 1933 1934 1936 1938

See also elections in Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia East Germany East Prussia Lower Silesia

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