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1887 German federal election Registered 9,769,654 4.12% Turnout 7,570,710 (77.49%) 16.94pp
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
17.44%, 50 seats
22.52%, 99 seats
15.16%, 78 seats
Seats won
98
98
80
Seat change
48
1
2
Popular vote
1,651,288
1,501,774
1,147,200
Percentage
21.90%
19.91%
15.21%
Swing
4.46pp
2.61pp
0.05pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
DRP
Polen
Leader
Rudolf Virchow
Party
DRP
DFP
Polish Party
Leader since
5 March 1884
Last election
6.85%, 28 seats
17.28%, 66 seats
3.71%, 16 seats
Seats won
41
32
13
Seat change
13
34
3
Popular vote
736,389
951,861
227,835
Percentage
9.77%
12.62%
3.02%
Swing
2.92pp
4.66pp
0.69pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
Federal elections were held in Germany on 21 February 1887.[1] The National Liberal Party became the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 98 of the 397 seats, whilst the Centre Party , formerly the largest party, was reduced to 98 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 77.5%.[3]
Results [ ]
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– National Liberal Party 1,651,288 21.90 +4.46 98 +48 Centre Party 1,501,774 19.91 −2.61 98 −1 German Conservative Party 1,147,200 15.21 +0.05 80 +2 German Free-minded Party 951,861 12.62 −4.66 32 −34 Social Democratic Party 763,102 10.12 +0.41 11 −13 German Reich Party 736,389 9.77 +2.92 41 +13 Alsace-Lorraine parties 233,685 3.10 +0.18 15 0 Polish Party 227,835 3.02 −0.69 13 −3 German-Hanoverian Party 119,441 1.58 −0.12 4 −7 German People's Party 88,818 1.18 −0.51 0 −7 Independent liberals 73,080 0.97 +0.47 3 +1 Independent conservatives 13,531 0.18 +0.14 0 0 Danish Party 12,360 0.16 −0.10 1 0 Independent anti-semites 11,593 0.15 +0.15 1 +1 Others 8,826 0.12 −0.09 0 0 Unknown 157 0.00 0.00 0 0 Total 7,540,940 100.00 – 397 0 Valid votes 7,540,940 99.61 Invalid/blank votes 29,770 0.39 Total votes 7,570,710 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,769,654 77.49 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
Alsace-Lorraine [ ]
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– 150,734 59.46 +3.81 10 +1 57,639 22.74 −8.76 5 0 25,312 9.98 +1.27 0 −1 German Reich Party 16,862 6.65 +5.17 0 0 National Liberal Party 1,845 0.73 New 0 0 Social Democratic Party 673 0.27 −1.53 0 0 Others 452 0.18 −0.66 0 0 Total 253,517 100.00 – 15 0 Valid votes 253,517 96.66 Invalid/blank votes 8,747 3.34 Total votes 262,264 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 314,796 83.31 Source: Wahlen in Deutschland
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p774
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