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1881 German federal election
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| Registered
| 9,090,386
|
|---|
| Turnout
| 56.30% (
 6.03
pp
)
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|---|
|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Ludwig Windthorst
|
Eugen Richter
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Otto von Helldorff
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| Party
|
Centre
|
DFP
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DKP
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| Leader since
|
26 May 1874
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|
7 June 1876
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| Last election
|
22.84%, 94 seats
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6.86%, 26 seats
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12.79%, 59 seats
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| Seats won
|
100
|
58
|
50
|
| Seat change
|
 6
|
32
|
9
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| Popular vote
|
1,177,033
|
645,851
|
776,436
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| Percentage
|
23.09%
|
12.67%
|
15.23%
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| Swing
|
0.25pp
|
5.81pp
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2.44pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
|
Eduard Lasker
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Rudolf von Bennigsen
|
Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
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| Party
|
LV
|
NlP
|
DRP
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| Leader since
|
1877
|
1867
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| Last election
|
Did not exist
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22.41%, 97 seats
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13.64%, 57 seats
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| Seats won
|
48
|
45
|
27
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| Seat change
|
New party
|
52
|
30
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| Popular vote
|
450,166
|
617,752
|
382,149
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| Percentage
|
8.83%
|
12.12%
|
7.50%
|
| Swing
|
New party
|
10.29pp
|
6.14pp
|
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 Map of results (by constituencies)
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Federal elections were held in
Germany
on 27 October 1881.
[1]
The
Centre Party
became the largest party in the
Reichstag
, with 100 of the 397 seats, whilst the
National Liberal Party
, which had previously been the largest party, was reduced to 45 seats.
[2]
Voter turnout was 56.3%.
[3]
Results
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| Party
| Votes
| %
| +/?
| Seats
| +/?
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| Centre Party
| 1,177,033
| 23.09
| +0.25
| 100
| +6
|
| German Conservative Party
| 776,436
| 15.23
| +2.44
| 50
| ?9
|
| German Progress Party
| 645,851
| 12.67
| +5.81
| 58
| +32
|
| National Liberal Party
| 617,752
| 12.12
| ?10.29
| 45
| ?52
|
| Liberal Union
| 450,166
| 8.83
| New
| 48
| New
|
| German Reich Party
| 382,149
| 7.50
| ?6.14
| 27
| ?30
|
| Social Democratic Party
| 311,961
| 6.12
| ?1.47
| 13
| +4
|
| Polish Party
| 200,734
| 3.94
| +0.19
| 18
| +4
|
| Alsace-Lorraine parties
| 156,707
| 3.07
| ?0.04
| 15
| 0
|
| German People's Party
| 103,665
| 2.03
| +0.83
| 9
| +6
|
| Independent liberals
| 92,539
| 1.82
| +0.09
| 1
| ?6
|
| German-Hanoverian Party
| 86,704
| 1.70
| ?0.15
| 10
| 0
|
| Schauss-Volk group
| 22,238
| 0.44
| New
| 1
| New
|
| Independent conservatives
| 19,517
| 0.38
| +0.21
| 0
| 0
|
| Christian Social Party
| 17,628
| 0.35
| +0.29
| 0
| 0
|
| Danish Party
| 14,398
| 0.28
| 0.00
| 2
| +1
|
| Independent anti-semites
| 7,255
| 0.14
| New
| 0
| New
|
| Others
| 14,359
| 0.28
| +0.10
| 0
| 0
|
| Unknown
| 668
| 0.01
| 0.00
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| 5,097,760
| 100.00
| ?
| 397
| 0
|
|
| Valid votes
| 5,097,760
| 99.60
| |
|---|
| Invalid/blank votes
| 20,572
| 0.40
| |
|---|
| Total votes
| 5,118,332
| 100.00
| |
|---|
| Registered voters/turnout
| 9,090,386
| 56.30
| |
|---|
| Source:
Wahlen in Deutschland
|
Alsace-Lorraine
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| Party
| Votes
| %
| +/?
| Seats
| +/?
|
|---|
| Protesters
| 100,321
| 61.18
| +26.66
| 10
| +4
|
| Clericals
| 34,396
| 20.98
| ?8.38
| 4
| ?1
|
| Autonomists
| 21,990
| 13.41
| ?10.28
| 1
| ?3
|
| National Liberal Party
| 3,186
| 1.94
| New
| 0
| New
|
| German Reich Party
| 1,265
| 0.77
| ?11.19
| 0
| 0
|
| German Conservative Party
| 872
| 0.53
| +0.36
| 0
| 0
|
| Social Democratic Party
| 583
| 0.36
| +0.29
| 0
| 0
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| Independent liberals
| 255
| 0.16
| New
| 0
| New
|
| Others
| 1,057
| 0.64
| +0.41
| 0
| 0
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| Unknown
| 51
| 0.03
| +0.03
| 0
| 0
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| Total
| 163,976
| 100.00
| ?
| 15
| 0
|
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| Valid votes
| 163,976
| 97.26
| |
|---|
| Invalid/blank votes
| 4,618
| 2.74
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|---|
| Total votes
| 168,594
| 100.00
| |
|---|
| Registered voters/turnout
| 311,001
| 54.21
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| Source:
Wahlen in Deutschland
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