1877 German federal election

1877 German federal election

10 January 1877 (1877-01-10)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority
Registered	8,943,028 4.92%
Turnout	5,422,647 (60.64%) 0.60pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Ludwig Windthorst Otto von Helldorff Party NlP Centre DKP Leader since 1867 26 May 1874 7 June 1876 Last election 26.86%, 147 seats 27.72%, 91 seats 6.78%, 21 seats Seats won 127 93 40 Seat change 20 2 19 Popular vote 1,440,266 1,341,295 517,811 Percentage 26.67% 24.83% 9.59% Swing 0.19pp 2.89pp 2.81pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   DFP Polen Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor Party DRP DFP Polish Party Last election 7.49%, 32 seats 8.83%, 48 seats 4.02%, 14 seats Seats won 38 34 14 Seat change 6 14 0 Popular vote 424,228 412,769 216,157 Percentage 7.85% 7.64% 4.00% Swing 0.36pp 1.19pp 0.02pp
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

Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1877. The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 127 of the 397 seats. Voter turnout was 60.6%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Liberal Party	1,440,266	26.67	−0.19	127	−20
	Centre Party	1,341,295	24.83	−2.89	93	+2
	German Conservative Party	517,811	9.59	+2.81	40	+19
	Socialist Workers' Party	493,447	9.14	+2.38	13	+3
	German Reich Party	424,228	7.85	+0.36	38	+6
	German Progress Party	412,769	7.64	−1.19	34	−14
	Polish Party	216,157	4.00	−0.02	14	0
	Alsace-Lorraine Parties	199,976	3.70	−0.82	15	0
	Löwe-Berger Group	93,471	1.73	New	9	New
	German-Hanoverian Party	85,591	1.58	+0.17	4	0
	Independent liberals	65,266	1.21	−0.14	5	+1
	German People's Party	44,894	0.83	+0.08	4	+3
	Independent conservatives	23,187	0.43	+0.01	0	−1
	Danish Party	17,277	0.32	−0.06	1	0
	Old Liberals	7,080	0.13	−0.04	0	0
	Schleswig-Holstein Particularist Liberals	5,614	0.10	−0.17	0	0
Others		12,324	0.23	−0.13	0	0
Unknown		368	0.01	+0.01	0	0
Total		5,401,021	100.00	–	397	0
Valid votes		5,401,021	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		21,626	0.40
Total votes		5,422,647	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,943,028	60.64
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Protesters	93,395	45.66	+11.34	7	+1
	Clericals	55,752	27.26	−16.59	3	−6
	Autonomists	50,829	24.85	+6.12	5	+5
	German Progress Party	2,891	1.41	+1.41	0	0
	German Reich Party	435	0.21	+0.21	0	0
Others		1,234	0.60		0	0
Total		204,536	100.00	–	15	0
Valid votes		204,536	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		2,614	1.26
Total votes		207,150	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		322,871	64.16
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland