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1876 French legislative election

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1876 French legislative election

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All 533 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
267 seats needed for a majority
Registered9,472,613
Turnout7,370,426 (77.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jules Dufaure Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte Louis Buffet
Party Republicans
Bonapartists Monarchists
Leader's seat Charente-Inférieure Corse Vosges (lost)
Seats won 393 76 64
Seat change Increase 171 Increase 56 Decrease 332
Popular vote 5,445,128 1,056,517 886,589
Percentage 73.7% 14.3% 12.0%
Swing Increase 38.8% Increase 11.2% Decrease 50%

Prime Minister before election

Louis Buffet
Monarchist

Elected Prime Minister

Jules Dufaure
Republican Left

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

Summary of the 20 February and 5 March election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
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

  1. ^ Gildea, R., Children of the Revolution, London, 2008, p. 252-253