German_federal_election,_1878

1878 German federal election
All 397 seats in the Reichstag; 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	9,128,305 2.07%
Turnout	5,780,996 (63.33%) 2.69pp
	Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election; Max von Forckenbeck; NLP	President of the Reichstag after election ; Max von Forckenbeck; NLP

1878 German federal election

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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 97 of the 397 seats, despite the Centre Party receiving more votes.^[2] Voter turnout was 63.4%.^[3]

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9 3 26 12 1 14 15 97 94 10 57 59
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Centre Party	1,315,720	22.84	−1.99	94	+1
	National Liberal Party	1,291,161	22.41	−4.26	97	−30
	German Reich Party	785,631	13.64	+5.79	57	+19
	German Conservative Party	736,826	12.79	+3.20	59	+19
	Socialist Workers' Party	437,158	7.59	−1.55	9	−4
	German Progress Party	395,065	6.86	−0.78	26	−8
	Polish Party	216,148	3.75	−0.25	14	0
	Alsace-Lorraine parties	178,883	3.11	−0.59	15	0
	German-Hanoverian Party	106,555	1.85	+0.27	10	+6
	Independent liberals	99,511	1.73	+0.52	7	+2
	Löwe-Berger Group	78,152	1.36	−0.37	5	−4
	German People's Party	68,851	1.20	+0.37	3	−1
	Danish Party	16,145	0.28	−0.04	1	0
	Independent conservatives	9,936	0.17	−0.26	0	0
	Old Liberals	8,496	0.15	+0.02	0	0
	Christian Social Party	3,229	0.06	New	0	New
	Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals	2,258	0.04	−0.06	0	0
Others		10,389	0.18	–0.05	0	0
Unknown		833	0.01	0.00	0	0
Total		5,760,947	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		5,760,947	99.65
Invalid/blank votes		20,049	0.35
Total votes		5,780,996	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,128,305	63.33
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Protesters	70,524	34.52	−11.14	6	−1
	Clericals	59,970	29.36	+2.10	5	+2
	Autonomists	48,389	23.69	−1.16	4	−1
	German Reich Party	24,437	11.96	+11.75	0	0
	German Conservative Party	343	0.17	+0.14	0	0
	Socialist Workers' Party	141	0.07	New	0	New
Others		478	0.23	−0.37	0	0
Total		204,282	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		204,282	98.91
Invalid/blank votes		2,247	1.09
Total votes		206,529	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		322,310	64.08
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

1878 German federal election