1884 German federal election

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28 October 1884 (1884-10-28)

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All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority

Registered

9,383,074

3.22%

Turnout

5,681,628 (60.55%)

4.25pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ludwig Windthorst	Otto von Helldorff	Rudolf Virchow
Party	Centre	DKP	DFP
Leader since	26 May 1874	7 June 1876	5 March 1884
Last election	23.09%, 100 seats	15.23%, 50 seats	21.50%, 106 seats^[1]
Seats won	99	78	66
Seat change	1	28	40
Popular vote	1,275,369	858,589	978,436
Percentage	22.52%	15.16%	17.28%
Swing	0.57pp	0.07pp	4.22pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
			SPD
Leader	Rudolf von Bennigsen	Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor	Banned
Party	NLP	DRP	SPD
Leader since	1867
Last election	12.12%, 45 seats	7.50%, 27 seats	6.12%, 13 seats
Seats won	50	28	24
Seat change	5	1	11
Popular vote	987,355	387,637	549,990
Percentage	17.44%	6.85%	9.71%
Swing	5.32pp	0.65pp	3.59pp

Map of results (by constituencies)

President of the Reichstag before election

Albert von Levetzow
DKP

President of the Reichstag after election

Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf
DKP

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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


24 7 66 2 1 16 15 50 99 11 28 78
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Centre Party	1,275,369	22.52	−0.57	99	−1
	National Liberal Party	987,355	17.44	+5.32	50	+5
	German Free-minded Party	978,436	17.28	−4.22	66	−40
	German Conservative Party	858,589	15.16	−0.07	78	+28
	Social Democratic Party	549,990	9.71	+3.59	24	+11
	German Reich Party	387,637	6.85	−0.65	28	+1
	Polish Party	209,825	3.71	−0.23	16	−2
	Alsace-Lorraine parties	165,571	2.92	−0.15	15	0
	German-Hanoverian Party	96,388	1.70	0.00	11	+1
	German People's Party	95,891	1.69	−0.34	7	−2
	Independent liberals	28,296	0.50	−1.32	2	+1
	Danish Party	14,447	0.26	−0.02	1	−1
	Independent conservatives	2,474	0.04	−0.34	0	0
	Swabian Farmers' Association	591	0.01	New	0	New
	Others	11,922	0.21	−0.19	0	0
	Unknown	176	0.00	−0.01	0	0
Total		5,662,957	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		5,662,957	99.67
Invalid/blank votes		18,671	0.33
Total votes		5,681,628	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,383,074	60.55
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Protesters	96,119	55.65	−5.53	9	−1
	Clericals	54,400	31.50	+10.52	5	+1
	Autonomists	15,052	8.71	−4.70	1	0
	Social Democratic Party	3,111	1.80	+1.44	0	0
	German Reich Party	2,559	1.48	+0.71	0	0
	Others	1,443	0.84	+0.20	0	0
	Unknown	31	0.02	−0.01	0	0
Total		172,715	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		172,715	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		3,066	1.74
Total votes		175,781	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		304,823	57.67
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

^ Merger of the German Progress Party (12.67%, 58 seats) and the Liberal Union (8.83%, 48 seats).
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p773

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