Elections to the Reichstag of the North German Confederation were held on 31 August 1867,[1] with run-off elections during the following weeks. The National Liberal Party continued to serve as the largest party, winning 81 seats. These were the first regular and last elections during the North German Confederation. In July 1870 the Reichstag members decided not to hold new elections during the Franco-Prussian war, in spite of the three-year period.
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All 297 seats in the Reichstag 149 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results (by constituencies) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
editThe North German Confederation were divided into 297 single-member electoral constituencies, of which 236 were in Prussia. All men over the age of 25 and not in receipt of public assistance were eligible to vote.
Results
editParty | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Conservative Party | 480,775 | 20.92 | +4.06 | 66 | +3 | |
National Liberal Party | 414,043 | 18.02 | −2.17 | 80 | +2 | |
Progress Party | 290,500 | 12.64 | +5.24 | 32 | +13 | |
Free Conservative Party | 205,792 | 8.95 | −0.38 | 36 | −3 | |
Polish Party | 169,006 | 7.35 | +1.70 | 11 | −2 | |
Independent Conservatives | 166,259 | 7.23 | −2.04 | 6 | −3 | |
Other Liberals | 152,219 | 6.62 | −3.54 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent Liberals | 135,256 | 5.89 | +0.78 | 32 | +9 | |
Old Liberals | 107,758 | 4.69 | −2.43 | 15 | −16 | |
Clericals | 48,136 | 2.09 | −0.25 | 8 | −1 | |
German-Hanoverian Party | 28,581 | 1.24 | −1.75 | 4 | −5 | |
Danish Party | 25,398 | 1.11 | +0.37 | 1 | −1 | |
General German Workers' Association | 25,391 | 1.10 | +0.52 | 2 | +2 | |
Saxon People's Party | 12,590 | 0.55 | −0.06 | 3 | +1 | |
Lassallean General German Workers' Association | 2,521 | 0.11 | +0.03 | 1 | +1 | |
Others | 33,559 | 1.46 | +0.41 | 0 | ±0 | |
Unknown | 495 | 0.02 | −0.55 | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 2,298,279 | 100.00 | – | 297 | 0 | |
Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |
References
edit- ^ Jonathan Steinberg (2011) Bismarck: A Life, Oxford University Press