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
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 7,540,940 | 99.61 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 29,770 | 0.39 | |
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| Total votes | 7,570,710 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 9,769,654 | 77.49 | |
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| Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |
Alsace-Lorraine
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 253,517 | 96.66 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 8,747 | 3.34 | |
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| Total votes | 262,264 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 314,796 | 83.31 | |
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| 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
