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1884 German federal election
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Registered
| 9,383,074
3.22%
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Turnout
| 5,681,628 (60.55%)
4.25
pp
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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
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Otto von Helldorff
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Rudolf Virchow
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Party
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Centre
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DKP
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DFP
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Leader since
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26 May 1874
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7 June 1876
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5 March 1884
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Last election
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23.09%, 100 seats
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15.23%, 50 seats
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21.50%, 106 seats
[1]
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Seats won
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99
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78
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66
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Seat change
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1
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28
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40
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Popular vote
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1,275,369
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858,589
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978,436
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Percentage
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22.52%
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15.16%
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17.28%
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Swing
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0.57pp
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0.07pp
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4.22pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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SPD
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Leader
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Rudolf von Bennigsen
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Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
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Banned
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Party
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NlP
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DRP
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SPD
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Leader since
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1867
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Last election
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12.12%, 45 seats
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7.50%, 27 seats
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6.12%, 13 seats
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Seats won
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50
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28
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24
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Seat change
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5
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1
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11
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Popular vote
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987,355
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387,637
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549,990
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Percentage
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17.44%
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6.85%
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9.71%
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Swing
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5.32pp
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0.65pp
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3.59pp
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1884.svg/450px-Karte_der_Reichstagswahlen_1884.svg.png) Map of results (by constituencies)
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Federal elections
were held in
Germany
on 28 October 1884.
[2]
The
Centre Party
remained the largest party in the
Reichstag
, with 99 of the 397 seats.
[3]
Voter turnout was 60.5%.
[4]
Results
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Party
| Votes
| %
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| Seats
| +/?
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| Centre Party
| 1,275,369
| 22.52
| ?0.57
| 99
| ?1
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| National Liberal Party
| 987,355
| 17.44
| +5.32
| 50
| +5
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| German Free-minded Party
| 978,436
| 17.28
| ?4.22
| 66
| ?40
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| German Conservative Party
| 858,589
| 15.16
| ?0.07
| 78
| +28
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| Social Democratic Party
| 549,990
| 9.71
| +3.59
| 24
| +11
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| German Reich Party
| 387,637
| 6.85
| ?0.65
| 28
| +1
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| Polish Party
| 209,825
| 3.71
| ?0.23
| 16
| ?2
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| Alsace-Lorraine parties
| 165,571
| 2.92
| ?0.15
| 15
| 0
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| German-Hanoverian Party
| 96,388
| 1.70
| 0.00
| 11
| +1
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| German People's Party
| 95,891
| 1.69
| ?0.34
| 7
| ?2
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| Independent liberals
| 28,296
| 0.50
| ?1.32
| 2
| +1
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| Danish Party
| 14,447
| 0.26
| ?0.02
| 1
| ?1
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| Independent conservatives
| 2,474
| 0.04
| ?0.34
| 0
| 0
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| Swabian Farmers' Association
| 591
| 0.01
| New
| 0
| New
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| Others
| 11,922
| 0.21
| ?0.19
| 0
| 0
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| Unknown
| 176
| 0.00
| ?0.01
| 0
| 0
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Total
| 5,662,957
| 100.00
| ?
| 397
| 0
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Valid votes
| 5,662,957
| 99.67
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Invalid/blank votes
| 18,671
| 0.33
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Total votes
| 5,681,628
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 9,383,074
| 60.55
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Source:
Wahlen in Deutschland
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Party
| Votes
| %
| +/?
| Seats
| +/?
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| Protesters
| 96,119
| 55.65
| ?5.53
| 9
| ?1
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| Clericals
| 54,400
| 31.50
| +10.52
| 5
| +1
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| Autonomists
| 15,052
| 8.71
| ?4.70
| 1
| 0
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| Social Democratic Party
| 3,111
| 1.80
| +1.44
| 0
| 0
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| German Reich Party
| 2,559
| 1.48
| +0.71
| 0
| 0
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| Others
| 1,443
| 0.84
| +0.20
| 0
| 0
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| Unknown
| 31
| 0.02
| ?0.01
| 0
| 0
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Total
| 172,715
| 100.00
| ?
| 15
| 0
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Valid votes
| 172,715
| 98.26
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Invalid/blank votes
| 3,066
| 1.74
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Total votes
| 175,781
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 304,823
| 57.67
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Source:
Wahlen in Deutschland
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