1869 French legislative election

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1869 French legislative election
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  1863 24 May and 1 June 1869 (first round)
6–7 June 1869 (second round)
1871  
 First partySecond party
  Emile Ollivier 1870.jpg Vuitry, Adolphe.jpg
Leader Émile Ollivier Adolphe Vuitry
PartyLiberal Bonapartists Conservative Bonapartists
Seats won12092

 Third partyFourth party
  Coubertin - The evolution of France under the third republic, 1897 (page 141 crop).jpg Leon Gambetta en 1870.jpg
Leader Adolphe Thiers Léon Gambetta
Party Legitimists Republicans
Seats won4130

Prime Minister before election

Adolphe Vuitry
Conservative Bonapartist

Elected Prime Minister

Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
Liberal Bonapartist

Parliamentary elections were held in France on 24 May and 1 June 1869, with a second round on 6 and 7 June. [1] [2] These elections resulted in a victory for the regime of the Second Empire, but the opposition strengthened its presence in the legislature. Nationwide, the regime won 55% of the vote. In Paris, the opposition parties (mostly Republicans) won 75% of the vote; however, the regime won large majorities in the countryside.

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Results

French Empire Assembly 1869.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Bonapartists 4,455,00055.70120
Conservative Bonapartists 92
Legitimists 3,543,00044.3041
Republicans 30
Total7,998,000100.00283
Valid votes7,998,00098.44
Invalid/blank votes127,0001.56
Total votes8,125,000100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,416,66678.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Kings and Presidents

Aftermath

On the nights of 8–9 June 1869, the worst rioting in fifteen years, [3] [ citation needed ] "the 'white overalls' riots", [4] erupted in several cities throughout France. In Paris, on 8 June, demonstrators assembled on the Boulevard Montmartre and sang the "Marseillaise" (banned under the Second Empire until the Franco-Prussian War [5] ); but that was over in an hour. In Belleville the crowd destroyed gas street lamps and shop fronts before marching down the Boulevard du Temple, where they attacked a police van, on their way to the Place de la Bastille, where thirteen people were arrested before order was restored at 2 a.m. by the sergents-de-ville (uniformed police). Many said that the police overreacted to the natural exuberance of the crowd at the favorable showing of liberal candidates in the election, and that the further disturbances on the 9th were in consequence. The crowds reached as far as the Place du Carrousel on at least one night, disrupting a gala soirée at the Tuileries Palace, although the emperor remained impassive in the face of a stream of telegrams and Émile Waldteufel's baton was steady. [4] On the 10th, the Prefect of Police issued a proclamation saying that such disturbances would no longer be tolerated. Cavalry and infantry units were brought in to patrol the streets. A total of 1,100 people were arrested and confined for a time in Bicêtre fortress. [6] [7]

Similar disturbances took place on 8 June in Bordeaux and Arles, and on 9 June in Nantes. [6] [7]

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