1878 German federal election

1878 German federal election
30 July 1878 (1878-07-30)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,128,305 2.07%
Turnout5,780,996 (63.33%) 2.69pp
  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 26.67%, 127 seats 24.83%, 93 seats 9.59%, 40 seats
Seats won 97 94 59
Seat change 30 1 19
Popular vote 1,291,161 1,315,720 736,826
Percentage 22.41% 22.84% 12.79%
Swing 4.26 pp 1.99 pp 3.20 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DFP
Polen
Leader Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party DRP DFP Polish Party
Last election 7.85%, 38 seats 7.64%, 34 seats 4.00%, 14 seats
Seats won 57 26 14
Seat change 19 8 0
Popular vote 785,631 395,065 216,148
Percentage 13.64% 6.86% 3.75%
Swing 5.79 pp 0.78 pp 0.25 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 fourth Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 30 July 1878. It took place 18 months ahead of schedule after two unsuccessful assassination attempts against Emperor Wilhelm I led Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to request an early dissolution of the Reichstag that had been elected in January 1877. Bismarck tried to tie the attacks on the Emperor to the Social Democrats and, indirectly, the National Liberals in order to weaken them and strengthen the conservative parties. Although the National Liberals lost 30 seats and the two main conservative parties gained 38, the National Liberals remained the strongest party in the Reichstag. It went on to pass Bismarck's harsh Anti-Socialist Law in October 1878.

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