1877 German federal election

1877 German federal election
10 January 1877 (1877-01-10)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered8,943,028 4.92%
Turnout5,422,647 (60.64%) 0.60pp
  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 26.86%, 147 seats 27.72%, 91 seats 6.78%, 21 seats
Seats won 127 93 40
Seat change 20 2 19
Popular vote 1,440,266 1,341,295 517,811
Percentage 26.67% 24.83% 9.59%
Swing 0.19 pp 2.89 pp 2.81 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DFP
Polen
Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party DRP DFP Polish Party
Last election 7.49%, 32 seats 8.83%, 48 seats 4.02%, 14 seats
Seats won 38 34 14
Seat change 6 14 0
Popular vote 424,228 412,769 216,157
Percentage 7.85% 7.64% 4.00%
Swing 0.36 pp 1.19 pp 0.02 pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Max von Forckenbeck
NlP

President of the Reichstag after election

Max von Forckenbeck
NlP

A federal election for the third Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 10 January 1877. It was a regularly scheduled election based on the three-year legislative period established in the imperial constitution. The voting was strongly influenced by the economic downturn that had followed the Panic of 1873. Conservative, protectionist parties and, to a lesser extent, social democrats gained seats at the expense of liberal and free trade parties, particularly the National Liberals

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