1848 French Constituent Assembly election

1848 French Constituent Assembly election

23 and 24 April 1848

First party Second party Third party   Leader Alphonse de Lamartine Odilon Barrot Louis Auguste Blanqui Party Moderate Republicans (France) Party of Order Montagnard Seats won 600 200 80

Composition of the Constituent Assembly

Prime Minister before election Louis-Mathieu Molé Party of Resistance Subsequent Prime Minister Jacques-Charles Dupont Moderate Republican

The 1848 general election held on 23 and 24 April 1848 elected the Constituent Assembly of the new Republic. Over 9 million voters were eligible to vote in the first French election since 1792 held under male universal suffrage.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor="Template:Moderate Republicans (France)/meta/color"|	Moderate Republicans	unknown	68.2%	600
bgcolor="Template:Party of Order/meta/color"|	Party of Order	unknown	22.7%	200
bgcolor="Template:The Mountain/meta/color"|	Democratic Socialists	unknown	9.1%	80
Total			100%	880

Sources

• Roi et President