Conservative Party (Prussia)

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The Conservative Party (German: Konservative Partei) was a political party in Prussia which was founded in 1848 by the relatively loose cooperation of conservative associations, groups and members of parliament.[1]

In 1866 the Free Conservative Party (known as the German Reich Party in the Reichstag from 1871) split from the Conservatives, who were then called Old Conservatives.[2] In 1876 the Conservative Party merged with the newly founded German Conservative Party.[3]

Chairmen

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  • Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach

Electoral results

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German Reichstag/Bundestag

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Election year Constituency Seats won +/–
Votes %
February 1867 629,360 16.86
63 / 297
August 1867–1868 480,775 20.92
66 / 382
Increase 3
1871 524,881 13.51
56 / 382
Decrease 9
1874 352,050 6.78
21 / 397
Decrease 35

References

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  1. ^ "Influence of Prussian Nationalism - Germany before World War One, 1890-1914 - AQA - GCSE History Revision - AQA". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  2. ^ Asmuss, Burkhard; Scriba, Arnulf (2 September 2016). "Die Freikonservative Partei 1866–1918" [The Free Conservative Party 1866–1918]. Deutsches Historisches Museum (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ Booms, Hans (1954). Die Deutschkonservative Partei [The German Conservative Party] (PDF) (in German). Bonn: Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien. p. 5.
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