1880 General Election - Chelsea
| Year | 1880 | 
| General election | 1880 General Election | 
| Constituency | Chelsea | 
| Turnout | 70.4% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Dilke, Charles Wentworth | Liberal | 12,406 | 
| Firth, Joseph Firth Bottomley | Liberal | 12,046 | 
| Keith-Falconer, Algernon Hawkins Thomond | Conservative | 9,666 | 
| Browne, William James | Conservative | 9,488 |