1868 United Kingdom general election

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox election The 1868 United Kingdom general election was held between 17 November to 7 December 1868. The Liberal Party, under William Ewart Gladstone, defeated the governing Conservative minority government, led by Benjamin Disraeli.

This was the first general election to be held after the 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 in 1865.Template:Citation needed

This was the last general election at which all 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.Template:Citation needed Template:UK general election navigation

Results

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Regional results

Great Britain

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	515	80	321	Template:Increase7	1,374,315	61.4
Template:Party name with colour	383	65	234	Template:Decrease10	864,551	38.6
Template:Party name with colour no link	1	0	0		969	0.0
Total		899	145	555	Template:Decrease3	2,239,835	100

England

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	412	46	244	Template:Decrease7	1,192,098	59.7
Template:Party name with colour	334	54	211	Template:Decrease2	803,637	40.2
Template:Party name with colour no link	1	0	0		969	0.1
Total		747	100	455	Template:Decrease9	1,996,704	100

Scotland

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	70	23	51	Template:Increase9	125,356	82.5
Template:Party name with colour	20	3	7	Template:Decrease4	23,985	17.5
Total		90	26	58	Template:Increase5	149,341	100

Wales

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	29	10	23	Template:Increase5	52,256	62.1
Template:Party name with colour	20	4	10	Template:Decrease4	29,866	37.9
Total		49	14	33	Template:Increase1	82,122	100

Ireland

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Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	85	41	66	Template:Increase8	54,461	57.9	+2.3
Template:Party name with colour	53	26	37	Template:Decrease8	38,765	41.9	-2.5
Template:Party name with colour no link	2	0	0	Template:Steady	188	0.2	+0.2
Total		140	67	103	Template:Steady	149,341	100

Universities

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
Template:Party name with colour	9	4	6	Template:Steady	7,063	55.4
Template:Party name with colour	4	1	3	Template:Increase3	4,605	44.6
Total		13	5	9		11,668	100

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 1868 United Kingdom general election

References and further reading

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External links

• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results: 1868 General Election