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]

The party split into the German Conservative Party and the Free Conservative Party in 1867.

Chairmen

Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach

Electoral results

German Reichstag/Bundestag

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

References

^ "Influence of Prussian Nationalism - Germany before World War One, 1890-1914 - AQA - GCSE History Revision - AQA". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

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)