1871 German federal election

1871 German federal election
3 March 1871 (1871-03-03)
All 382 seats in the Reichstag
192 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,656,283
Turnout3,905,531 (51.01%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Leader Rudolf von Bennigsen Hermann von Mallinckrodt
Party NlP Centre Conservatives
Leader since 1867 1870
Last election 23.28%, 104 seats Did not exist 14.82%, 65 seats
Seats won 117 58 56
Seat change 13 New party 9
Popular vote 1,125,942 707,896 524,881
Percentage 28.97% 18.21% 13.51%
Swing 5.69 pp New party 1.31 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DFP
Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor Chlodwig Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Party DFP DRP LRP
Leader since 1871
Last election 8.75%, 31 seats 6.67%, 37 seats Did not exist
Seats won 45 37 33
Seat change 14 0 New party
Popular vote 351,209 343,098 274,068
Percentage 9.04% 8.83% 7.05%
Swing 0.29 pp 2.16 pp New party
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Zollparlament before election

Eduard von Simson
National Liberal Party

President of the Reichstag
after election

Eduard von Simson
National Liberal Party

A federal election for the first Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 3 March 1871, 45 days after the founding of the Empire. The voting took place under the provisions of the short-lived Constitution of the German Confederation. With certain limitations, all German males over 25 years of age were eligible to vote.

The National Liberal Party, one of the key supporters of the German unification of 1871, emerged as the largest party in the Reichstag. The newly founded Catholic Centre Party came in second. Voter turnout was 51%.

The Reichstag approved the new Constitution of the German Empire on 14 April 1871. It set the legislative period at three years, putting the next election in 1874.

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