1884 German federal election|
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Registered | 9,383,074 3.22% |
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Turnout | 5,681,628 (60.55%) 4.25pp |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Ludwig Windthorst | Otto von Helldorff | Rudolf Virchow | Party | Centre | DKP | DFP | Leader since | 26 May 1874 | 7 June 1876 | 5 March 1884 | Last election | 23.09%, 100 seats | 15.23%, 50 seats | 21.50%, 106 seats[1] | Seats won | 99 | 78 | 66 | Seat change | 1 | 28 | 40 | Popular vote | 1,275,369 | 858,589 | 978,436 | Percentage | 22.52% | 15.16% | 17.28% | Swing | 0.57pp | 0.07pp | 4.22pp | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | SPD | Leader | Rudolf von Bennigsen | Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor | Banned | Party | NlP | DRP | SPD | Leader since | 1867 | | | Last election | 12.12%, 45 seats | 7.50%, 27 seats | 6.12%, 13 seats | Seats won | 50 | 28 | 24 | Seat change | 5 | 1 | 11 | Popular vote | 987,355 | 387,637 | 549,990 | Percentage | 17.44% | 6.85% | 9.71% | Swing | 5.32pp | 0.65pp | 3.59pp | |
Map of results (by constituencies) |
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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%.[4]
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Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Centre Party | 1,275,369 | 22.52 | −0.57 | 99 | −1 |
| National Liberal Party | 987,355 | 17.44 | +5.32 | 50 | +5 |
| German Free-minded Party | 978,436 | 17.28 | −4.22 | 66 | −40 |
| German Conservative Party | 858,589 | 15.16 | −0.07 | 78 | +28 |
| Social Democratic Party | 549,990 | 9.71 | +3.59 | 24 | +11 |
| German Reich Party | 387,637 | 6.85 | −0.65 | 28 | +1 |
| Polish Party | 209,825 | 3.71 | −0.23 | 16 | −2 |
| Alsace-Lorraine parties | 165,571 | 2.92 | −0.15 | 15 | 0 |
| German-Hanoverian Party | 96,388 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 11 | +1 |
| German People's Party | 95,891 | 1.69 | −0.34 | 7 | −2 |
| Independent liberals | 28,296 | 0.50 | −1.32 | 2 | +1 |
| Danish Party | 14,447 | 0.26 | −0.02 | 1 | −1 |
| Independent conservatives | 2,474 | 0.04 | −0.34 | 0 | 0 |
| Swabian Farmers' Association | 591 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New |
| Others | 11,922 | 0.21 | −0.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 176 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5,662,957 | 100.00 | – | 397 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 5,662,957 | 99.67 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 18,671 | 0.33 | |
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Total votes | 5,681,628 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 9,383,074 | 60.55 | |
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Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
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| Protesters | 96,119 | 55.65 | −5.53 | 9 | −1 |
| Clericals | 54,400 | 31.50 | +10.52 | 5 | +1 |
| Autonomists | 15,052 | 8.71 | −4.70 | 1 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 3,111 | 1.80 | +1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| German Reich Party | 2,559 | 1.48 | +0.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,443 | 0.84 | +0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 31 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 172,715 | 100.00 | – | 15 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 172,715 | 98.26 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 3,066 | 1.74 | |
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Total votes | 175,781 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 304,823 | 57.67 | |
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Source: Wahlen in Deutschland |