German federal election, 1884

28 October 1884 (1884-10-28)

All 397 seats in the Reichstag 199 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	60.5%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Centre	KP	DFP
Last election	100 seats	50 seats	106 seats^[1]
Seats won	99	78	67
Seat change	1	28	39
Popular vote	1,282,000	861,100	997,000
Percentage	22.6%	15.2%	17.6%
Swing	0.6%	1.1%	3.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	NLP	DRP	SPD
Last election	47 seats	28 seats	12 seats
Seats won	51	28	24
Seat change	4	0	12
Popular vote	997,000	387,700	550,000
Percentage	17.6%	6.8%	9.7%
Swing	3.0%	0.6%	3.6%

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Federal elections were held in Germany on 28 October 1884.^[2] The Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 99 of the 397 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was 60.5%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes^[a]	%	Seats	+/–
Centre Party	1,282,000	22.6	99	−1
German Free-minded Party	997,000	17.6	67	−39
National Liberal Party	997,000	17.6	51	+4
German Conservative Party	861,100	15.2	78	+28
Social Democratic Party	550,000	9.7	24	+12
German Reich Party	387,700	6.8	28	0
Polish Party	203,200	3.6	16	−2
Alsace-Lorraine Party	165,600	2.9	15	0
German-Hanoverian Party	96,400	1.7	11	+1
German People's Party	95,900	1.7	7	−2
Danish Party	14,000	0.3	1	−1
Others	12,700	0.2	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	18,700	–	–	–
Total	5,681,700	100	397	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,383,100	60.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, DGDB

^a Figures for votes are rounded.^[2]

Popular Vote

Zentrum			22.61%
DFP			17.44%
NLP			17.42%
DKP			15.15%
SAP			9.70%
DRP			6.84%
Poles			3.58%
Other			7.26%

Reichstag seats

Zentrum			24.94%
DKP			19.65%
DFP			16.88%
NLP			12.85%
DRP			7.05%
SAP			6.05%
Poles			4.03%
Other			8.56%

References

↑ Merger of the German Progress Party (60 seats) and Liberal Union (46).
1 2 3 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p789

Elections in Germany

Parliamentary elections	1848 1867 (Feb) 1867 (Aug) 1868 1871 1874 1877 1878 1881 1884 1887 1890 1893 1898 1903 1907 1912 1919 1920 1924 (May) 1924 (Dec) 1928 1930 1932 (July) 1932 (Nov) 1933 (Mar) 1933 (Nov) 1936 1938 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1972 1976 1980 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 2005 2009 2013 2017

Presidential elections	1925 1932

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1926 1928 1929 1933 1934 1936 1938

See also elections in Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia East Germany East Prussia Lower Silesia

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