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Political party in Germany

Imperial Liberal Party
Leader	Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Founder	Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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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. The 1874 elections saw the party's vote share fall from 7% to just 1%, as it won only eight seats. The party was subsequently dissolved.

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

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p788 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Political parties in Germany until the end of World War I

Socialist

Catholic

Centre Party (Zentrum)

Liberal

Social liberal	German Progress Party (DFP) Democratic People's Party (DVP) German People's Party (DtVP) Liberal Union (LV) German Free-minded Party (DFsP) Free-minded People's Party (FVP) Free-minded Union (FV) National-Social Association (NSV) Democratic Union (DV) Progressive People's Party (FVP)
National liberal	National Liberal Party (NLP) Imperial Liberal Party (LRP)

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