1887 German federal election

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21 February 1887 (1887-02-21)

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

Registered

9,769,654

4.12%

Turnout

7,570,710 (77.49%)

16.94pp

	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	17.44%, 50 seats	22.52%, 99 seats	15.16%, 78 seats
Seats won	98	98	80
Seat change	48	1	2
Popular vote	1,651,288	1,501,774	1,147,200
Percentage	21.90%	19.91%	15.21%
Swing	4.46pp	2.61pp	0.05pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
			Polen
Leader	Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor	Rudolf Virchow
Party	DRP	DFP	Polish Party
Leader since		5 March 1884
Last election	6.85%, 28 seats	17.28%, 66 seats	3.71%, 16 seats
Seats won	41	32	13
Seat change	13	34	3
Popular vote	736,389	951,861	227,835
Percentage	9.77%	12.62%	3.02%
Swing	2.92pp	4.66pp	0.69pp

Map of results (by constituencies)

President of the Reichstag before election

Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf
DKP

President of the Reichstag after election

Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf
DKP

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 21 February 1887.^[1] The National Liberal Party became the largest party in the Reichstag by winning 98 of the 397 seats, whilst the Centre Party, formerly the largest party, was reduced to 98 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 77.5%.^[3]

Results


11 32 3 1 13 15 98 98 4 41 80 1
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	National Liberal Party	1,651,288	21.90	+4.46	98	+48
	Centre Party	1,501,774	19.91	−2.61	98	−1
	German Conservative Party	1,147,200	15.21	+0.05	80	+2
	German Free-minded Party	951,861	12.62	−4.66	32	−34
	Social Democratic Party	763,102	10.12	+0.41	11	−13
	German Reich Party	736,389	9.77	+2.92	41	+13
	Alsace-Lorraine parties	233,685	3.10	+0.18	15	0
	Polish Party	227,835	3.02	−0.69	13	−3
	German-Hanoverian Party	119,441	1.58	−0.12	4	−7
	German People's Party	88,818	1.18	−0.51	0	−7
	Independent liberals	73,080	0.97	+0.47	3	+1
	Independent conservatives	13,531	0.18	+0.14	0	0
	Danish Party	12,360	0.16	−0.10	1	0
	Independent anti-semites	11,593	0.15	+0.15	1	+1
Others		8,826	0.12	−0.09	0	0
Unknown		157	0.00	0.00	0	0
Total		7,540,940	100.00	–	397	0

Valid votes		7,540,940	99.61
Invalid/blank votes		29,770	0.39
Total votes		7,570,710	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,769,654	77.49
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

Alsace-Lorraine


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Protesters	150,734	59.46	+3.81	10	+1
	Clericals	57,639	22.74	−8.76	5	0
	Autonomists	25,312	9.98	+1.27	0	−1
	German Reich Party	16,862	6.65	+5.17	0	0
	National Liberal Party	1,845	0.73	New	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	673	0.27	−1.53	0	0
Others		452	0.18	−0.66	0	0
Total		253,517	100.00	–	15	0

Valid votes		253,517	96.66
Invalid/blank votes		8,747	3.34
Total votes		262,264	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		314,796	83.31
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p789
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p774

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