German election, 1878
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The 4th German federal elections
of 1878 was held on 30 july 1878.
Elections in Germany
The following information deals with elections in Germany, including elections to the Bundestag , the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.-Election system:...
of 1878 was held on 30 july 1878.
Results
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| National Liberal Party National Liberal Party (Germany) The National Liberal Party was a German political party which flourished between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by Prussian liberals who put aside their differences with Bismarck over domestic policy due to their support for his highly successful foreign policy, which resulted in the unification of... (NL - National Liberals) |
99 |
| Centre Party Centre Party (Germany) The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Formed in 1870, it battled the Kulturkampf which the Prussian government launched to reduce the power of the Catholic Church... (Zentrum - Political Catholics) |
94 |
| German Conservative Party German Conservative Party The German Conservative Party was a right-wing political party of the German Empire, founded in 1876.- Policies :It was generally seen as representing the interests of the German nobility, the East Elbian Junkers and the Evangelical Church of the Prussian Union, and had its political stronghold... (DKP - Conservatives) |
59 |
| German Reich Party Free Conservative Party The Free Conservative Party was a right-wing political party in Prussia and the German Empire, which emerged from the Conservatives in the Prussian Landtag in 1866... (DRP - Conservative Nationalists) |
57 |
| German Progress Party German Progress Party The German Progress Party was the first modern political party with a program in Germany, founded by the liberal members of the Prussian Lower House in 6 June, 1861.... (DFP - Left liberals) |
26 |
| German-Hanoverian Party (DHP - Hanover regionalists) |
14 |
| Polen (P - Polish Regionalists) |
14 |
| Alsatianen (A - French and Alsatian regionalists) |
11 |
| Liberal Union Liberal Union (Germany) The Liberal Union was a short-lived liberal party in the German Empire. It was founded as a break-away from the National Liberal Party, therefore also called Secession, in 1880, and merged with the left liberal German Progress Party to form the German Free-minded Party in 1884.The leftist faction... (LV - Liberals) |
10 |
| Socialist Workers' Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... (SAPD) |
9 |
| German People's Party German People's Party (1868) The German People's Party was a German liberal party created in 1868 by the wing of the German Progress Party which during the conflict about whether the Unification of Germany should be led by the Kingdom of Prussia or Austria-Hungary supported Austria.The party was most popular in Southern Germany... (DVP - Radical liberals) |
3 |
| Dänen (D - Danish Regionalists) |
1 |
| Total | 397 |
Literature
- Specht, Fritz / Schwabe, Paul: Die Reichstagswahlen von 1867 bis 1903. Eine Statistik der Reichstagswahlen nebst den Programmen der Parteien und einem Verzeichnis der gewählten Abgeordneten. 2nd edition, Berlin: Verlag Carl Heymann, 1904
- Phillips, A. (ed.): Die Reichstagswahlen von 1867 bis 1883. Statistik der Wahlen zum Konstituierenden und Norddeutschen Reichstage, zum Zollparlament, sowie zu den fünf ersten Legislatur-Perioden des Deutschen Reichstages. Berlin: Verlag Louis Gerschel, 1883
- Hirth, Georg (ed.): Deutscher Parlaments-Almanach. 13. Ausgabe vom September 1878. Berlin: Verlag Franz Duncker, 1878