The Imperial Liberal Party (German: Liberale Reichspartei) was a political party in Germany during the 1870s.
Imperial Liberal Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| Founded | 1870s. |
| Ideology | National liberalism |
History edit
The party contested the first elections in the newly unified Germany in 1871, winning 30 seats.[1] 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.[2]
Election results edit
| Date | Votes | Seats | Position | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± pp | No. | ± | |||
| 1871 | 274,068 | 7.05 | New | 33 / 382
|
New | Opposition | 6th |
| 1874 | 98,072 | 1.89 |  5.16
|
8 / 397
|
25
|
Opposition | 10th
|
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p788 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p767
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