# Canonical recap data for German Reichstag Universal Male Suffrage (1871)
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slug: german-male-suffrage-1871
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1871/german-male-suffrage-1871"
title: German Reichstag Universal Male Suffrage
subtitle: Bismarck's newly unified German Empire adopted universal male suffrage for Reichstag elections, an unexpectedly progressive move that shaped European democratic precedent.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1871-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1871
decade: 1870
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the president of Germany.
summaryLong: The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the president of Germany.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Berlin_reichstag_west_panorama_2.jpg/1280px-Berlin_reichstag_west_panorama_2.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Reichstag building"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building"
  title: German Reichstag
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting pla
wikidataQid: Q151897
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260611140703/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-11
  label: German Reichstag
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building"
