Imperial Liberal Party
Imperial Liberal Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Founder | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Dissolved | 1874 |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] Conservative liberalism National liberalism Liberalism Pangermanism |
The Imperial Liberal Party (German: Liberale Reichspartei) was a political party in Germany during the 1870s.
History
The party contested the first elections in the newly unified Germany in 1871, winning 30 seats.[2] The 1874 elections saw the party's vote share fall from 7% to just 1%, as it won only three seats. The party did not contest any further elections.[3]
Election results
Reichstag
| Election | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 274,068 | 7.05 | New | 33 / 382
|
New | 6th | Opposition |
| 1874 | 98,072 | 1.89 | 5.16 | 8 / 397
|
25 | 10th | Opposition |
References
- ^ https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/kaiserreich/innenpolitik/liberale-reichspartei
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p788 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p767