1884 German federal election

1884 German federal election
28 October 1884 (1884-10-28)
All 397 seats in the Reichstag
199 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,383,074 3.22%
Turnout5,681,628 (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
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 0.57 pp 0.07 pp 4.22 pp
  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 5.32 pp 0.65 pp 3.59 pp
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

Federal elections were held in Germany on 28 October 1884. The Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 99 of the 397 seats. Voter turnout was 60.5%.

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