1876 French legislative election
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All 533 seats to the Chamber of Deputies 267 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 9,472,613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 7,370,426 (77.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1876 legislative election to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the National Assembly of the French Third Republic under the French Constitutional Laws of 1875, was held on 20 February and 5 March 1876.
The result was a victory for the Republicans. President Patrice MacMahon subsequently invited Jules Simon, who declared himself "resolutely republican and resolutely conservative", to form a government, but dismissed him on 16 May 1877, precipitating the Seize Mai crisis and further elections.[1]
Results
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
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Republican Left | 2,674,540 | 36.2 | 193 | ||||||||
Republican Union | 1,359,435 | 18.4 | 98 | ||||||||
Centre-left | 664,941 | 9.0 | 48 | ||||||||
Radical left | 27 | ||||||||||
Government coalition | 5,445,128 | 73.7 | 393 | ||||||||
style="background-color:Template:Bonapartist/meta/color;"| | Bonapartists | 1,056,517 | 14.3 | 76 | |||||||
style="background-color:Template:Orleanist/meta/color;"| | Orléanists | 554,117 | 7.5 | 40 | |||||||
style="background-color:Template:Legitimist/meta/color;"| | Legitimists | 332,470 | 4.5 | 24 | |||||||
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Constitutional monarchists | 22 | |||||||||
Clericals | 15 | ||||||||||
Conservative opposition | 1,943,105 | 23.3 | 140 | ||||||||
Independents | 15 | ||||||||||
Total | 7,388,234 | 100 | 533 | ||||||||
Source: Roi et President |
See also
References
- ^ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 252-253