Military success has brought Bismarck tremendous political…

Military success has brought Bismarck tremendous political support in Prussia.

Liberals suffer a major defeat, losing their large majority, in the elections to the House of Deputies in 1866.

The new, largely conservative House is on much better terms with Bismarck than previous bodies; at the Minister-President's request, it retroactively approves the budgets of the past four years, which had been implemented without parliamentary consent.