1881 German federal election

1881 German federal election
27 October 1881 (1881-10-27)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,090,386
Turnout56.30% ( 6.03pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ludwig Windthorst Eugen Richter Otto von Helldorff
Party Centre DFP DKP
Leader since 26 May 1874 7 June 1876
Last election 22.84%, 94 seats 6.86%, 26 seats 12.79%, 59 seats
Seats won 100 58 50
Seat change 6 32 9
Popular vote 1,177,033 645,851 776,436
Percentage 23.09% 12.67% 15.23%
Swing 0.25 pp 5.81 pp 2.44 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Eduard Lasker Rudolf von Bennigsen Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Party LV NlP DRP
Leader since 1877 1867
Last election Did not exist 22.41%, 97 seats 13.64%, 57 seats
Seats won 48 45 27
Seat change New party 52 30
Popular vote 450,166 617,752 382,149
Percentage 8.83% 12.12% 7.50%
Swing New party 10.29 pp 6.14 pp
Map of results (by constituencies)
President of the Reichstag before election

Gustav von Goßler
DKP

President of the Reichstag after election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

A federal election for the fifth Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 27 October 1881. It was a regularly scheduled election under the Reichstag's three-year terms of office.

The dominant issues were protective tariffs and the government's requests for increased taxes. The conservative parties, which supported the government, lost seats, leaving the Reichstag without options for a stable majority. As a result, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was unable to realize many of his plans in the new parliament.

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