1868 United Kingdom general election
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← 1865 |
17 November – 7 December 1868 (1868-11-17 – 1868-12-07) |
1874 → |
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All 658 seats in the House of Commons
327 seats needed for a majority |
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Colours denote the winning party
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The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first election held in the United Kingdom in which more than a million votes were cast; nearly triple the number of votes were cast compared to the previous election of 1865.
The result saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, again increase their large majority over Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives to more than 100 seats.
This was the last general election at which all the seats were taken by only the two leading parties, although the parties at the time were loose coalitions and party affiliation was not listed on registration papers. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Results
Largest party in each constituent country
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387 |
271 |
Liberal |
Conservative |
UK General Election 1869 |
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Candidates |
Votes |
Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
% |
No. |
Net % |
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Liberal |
600 |
387 |
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+18 |
58.81 |
61.24 |
1,428,776 |
+2.0 |
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Conservative |
436 |
271 |
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−18 |
41.19 |
38.71 |
903,318 |
−2.1 |
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Others |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.05 |
1,157 |
N/A |
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Total votes cast: 2,333,251.
Voting summary
Popular vote |
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Liberal |
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61.24% |
Conservative |
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38.71% |
Others |
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0.05% |
Seats summary
Parliamentary seats |
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Liberal |
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58.81% |
Conservative |
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41.19% |
Others |
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0.0% |
Regional results
Great Britain
Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Liberal |
515 |
80 |
321 |
7 |
1,374,315 |
61.4 |
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Conservative |
383 |
65 |
234 |
10 |
864,551 |
38.6 |
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Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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969 |
0.0 |
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Total |
899 |
145 |
555 |
3 |
2,239,835 |
100 |
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England
Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Liberal |
412 |
46 |
244 |
7 |
1,192,098 |
59.7 |
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Conservative |
334 |
54 |
211 |
2 |
803,637 |
40.2 |
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Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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969 |
0.1 |
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Total |
747 |
100 |
455 |
9 |
1,996,704 |
100 |
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Scotland
Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Liberal |
70 |
23 |
51 |
9 |
125,356 |
82.5 |
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Conservative |
20 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
23,985 |
17.5 |
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Total |
90 |
26 |
58 |
5 |
149,341 |
100 |
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Wales
Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Liberal |
29 |
10 |
23 |
5 |
52,256 |
62.1 |
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Conservative |
20 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
29,866 |
37.9 |
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Total |
49 |
14 |
33 |
1 |
82,122 |
100 |
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Ireland
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Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Liberal |
85 |
41 |
66 |
8 |
54,461 |
57.9 |
+2.3 |
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Irish Conservative |
53 |
26 |
37 |
8 |
38,765 |
41.9 |
−2.5 |
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Other |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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188 |
0.2 |
+0.2 |
Total |
140 |
67 |
103 |
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149,341 |
100 |
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Universities
Party |
Candidates |
Unopposed |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Conservative |
9 |
4 |
6 |
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7,063 |
55.4 |
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Liberal |
4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4,605 |
44.6 |
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Total |
13 |
5 |
9 |
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11,668 |
100 |
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References
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