Election Name: | August 1867 North German federal election |
Country: | North German Confederation |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | February 1867 North German federal election |
Next Election: | 1868 Zollparlament election |
Next Year: | 1868 |
Seats For Election: | All 297 seats in the Reichstag |
Majority Seats: | 149 |
Image1: | Rudolf_von_Bennigsen.jpg |
Leader1: | Rudolf von Bennigsen |
Party1: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Leader Since1: | 1867 |
Last Election1: | 20.19%, 78 seats |
Seats1: | 80 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Percentage1: | 18.02% |
Swing1: | 2.17pp |
Party2: | Conservative Party (Prussia) |
Last Election2: | 16.86%, 63 seats |
Seats2: | 66 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | |
Percentage2: | 20.92% |
Swing2: | 4.06pp |
Image3: | DRP |
Leader3: | Eduard Georg von Bethusy-Huc (nominal) |
Party3: | Free Conservative Party |
Leader Since3: | 1866 |
Last Election3: | 9.33%, 39 seats |
Seats3: | 36 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Percentage3: | 8.95% |
Swing3: | 0.38pp |
Image4: | Benedikt Waldeck (IZ 54-1870 S 445).jpg |
Leader4: | Benedict Waldeck |
Party4: | German Progress Party |
Leader Since4: | 1867 |
Last Election4: | 7.40%, 19 seats |
Seats4: | 32 |
Seat Change4: | 13 |
Percentage4: | 12.64% |
Swing4: | 5.24pp |
Image5: | Seib, Jacob - Georg von Vincke, Abgeordneter des 13. Westfälischen Wahlbezirks, Frankfurt (Zeno Fotografie).jpg |
Color5: | 008000 |
Leader5: | Georg von Vincke |
Party5: | Old Liberals |
Leader Since5: | 1858 |
Last Election5: | 7.12%, 31 seats |
Seats5: | 15 |
Seat Change5: | 16 |
Percentage5: | 4.69% |
Swing5: | 2.43pp |
Image6: | Polen |
Party6: | Polish Party |
Last Election6: | 5.61%, 13 seats |
Seats6: | 11 |
Seat Change6: | 2 |
Percentage6: | 7.35% |
Swing6: | 1.70pp |
Map Size: | 450px |
President of the Reichstag | |
Before Election: | Eduard von Simson |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
Posttitle: | President of the Reichstag after election |
After Election: | Eduard von Simson |
After Party: | Independent politician |
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.
The 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.