17 November – 7 December 1868 (1868-11-17 – 1868-12-07)
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All 658 seats in the House of Commons 327 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
William Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
Party
Liberal
Conservative
Leader since
3 December 1868
27 February 1868
Leader's seat
Greenwich (Defeated at South West Lancashire)
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
61.2%
38.7%
Swing
1.7%
1.8%
Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election
Benjamin Disraeli
Conservative
Prime Minister after election
William Gladstone
Liberal
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 in 1865.[citation needed]
The Liberals, led by William Gladstone, increased their majority over Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives again to more than 100 seats.
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.[citation needed]
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