Election Name: | 1877 German federal election |
Country: | German Empire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1874 German federal election |
Previous Year: | 1874 |
Next Election: | 1878 German federal election |
Next Year: | 1878 |
Seats For Election: | All 397 seats in the Reichstag |
Majority Seats: | 199 |
Registered: | 8,943,028 4.92% |
Turnout: | 5,422,647 (60.64%) 0.60pp |
Image1: | Die Gartenlaube (1874) b 093 (cropped).jpg |
Party1: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Leader Since1: | 1867 |
Last Election1: | 26.86%, 147 seats |
Seats1: | 127 |
Seat Change1: | 20 |
Popular Vote1: | |
Percentage1: | 26.67% |
Swing1: | 0.19pp |
Leader2: | Ludwig Windthorst |
Party2: | Centre Party (Germany) |
Leader Since2: | 26 May 1874 |
Last Election2: | 27.72%, 91 seats |
Seats2: | 93 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Percentage2: | 24.83% |
Swing2: | 2.89pp |
Image3: | Otto von Helldorff.jpg |
Leader3: | Otto von Helldorff |
Party3: | German Conservative Party |
Leader Since3: | 7 June 1876 |
Last Election3: | 6.78%, 21 seats[1] |
Seats3: | 40 |
Seat Change3: | 19 |
Percentage3: | 9.59% |
Swing3: | 2.81pp |
Image4: | Victor Herzog von Ratibor (cropped).jpg |
Leader4: | Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor |
Party4: | Free Conservative Party |
Last Election4: | 7.49%, 32 seats |
Seats4: | 38 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Percentage4: | 7.85% |
Swing4: | 0.36pp |
Image5: | DFP |
Party5: | German Progress Party |
Last Election5: | 8.83%, 48 seats |
Seats5: | 34 |
Seat Change5: | 14 |
Percentage5: | 7.64% |
Swing5: | 1.19pp |
Image6: | Polen |
Party6: | Polish Party |
Last Election6: | 4.02%, 14 seats |
Seats6: | 14 |
Seat Change6: | 0 |
Percentage6: | 4.00% |
Swing6: | 0.02pp |
Map Size: | 450px |
President of the Reichstag | |
Before Election: | Max von Forckenbeck |
Before Party: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Posttitle: | President of the Reichstag after election |
After Election: | Max von Forckenbeck |
After Party: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1877.[2] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 127 of the 397 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 60.6%.