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United Kingdom general election, 1868
‹ 1865 · members members · 1874 ›
All 652 seats to the House of Commons
17 November–7 December 1868
	First party	Second party

Leader	William Ewart Gladstone	Benjamin Disraeli
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Leader since	3 December 1868	27 February 1868
Leader's seat	Greenwich	Buckinghamshire
Last election	369 seats, 59.5%	289 seats, 40.5%
Seats won	387	271
Seat change	+18	-18
Popular vote	1,428,776	903,318
Percentage	61.5%	38.4%
Previous PM Benjamin Disraeli Conservative Subsequent PM William Ewart Gladstone Liberal

1865 election

1868 election

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The 1868 UK 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.

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.

Results

UK General Election 1868
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Liberal	600	387			+ 18		61.5	1,428,776	+ 2.0
	Conservative	436	271			- 18		38.4	903,318	- 2.1
	Others	3	0	0	0	0		0.1	1,157	N/A

Total votes cast: 2,333,251

References

F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

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