Elections 1878

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The list of elections in 1878 includes parliamentary elections, presidential elections, referendums, and other national and sub-national votes that were held worldwide in 1878.

The suffrage at that time typically did not correspond to the suffrage principles of direct, secret and equal voting. Typically at the time, only small parts of the population were entitled to vote, and women were not entitled to vote .

Events

country	date	Link to election 1878	Link to the last election	comment
Liechtenstein	April 16–30. Apr	State election in Liechtenstein	1877	First election, after the constitutional amendment, in which Liechtenstein was divided into two constituencies
United States	3rd of June	Election to the United States House of Representatives in 1878	1876
German Empire	30th July	Reichstag election 1878	1881	so-called assassination election, new election after the premature dissolution of the Reichstag on June 11th
Austria-Hungary	5th - 14th Aug	Parliamentary election in Hungary 1878	1875
Canada	17th of September	Canadian General Election 1878	1874
Switzerland	October 27	Swiss parliamentary elections 1878	1875