1876 French legislative election

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1876 French legislative election
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  1871 20 February and 5 March 1876 1877  

All 533 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
267 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.90%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Jules Armand Dufaure.jpg Leon Gambetta 1871.jpg Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte.jpg
Leader Jules Dufaure Léon Gambetta Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
Party Republican Left Republican Union Bonapartists
Seats won1939876

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Results by district

Prime Minister before election

Louis Buffet
Monarchist

Elected Prime Minister

Jules Dufaure
Republican Left

Legislative elections were held in France to on 20 February and 5 March 1876 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the National Assembly. They were the first elections under the French Constitutional Laws of 1875.

Contents

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

193
98
76
48
40
24
22
17
15
PartyVotes%Seats
Republican Left193
Republican Union 98
Bonapartists 76
Centre-left 48
Orléanist 40
Legitimists 24
Constitutionals 22
Moderate Republicans 17
Independents15
Total533
Total votes7,388,234
Registered voters/turnout9,733,73475.90
Source: Rois et Presidents

See also

References

  1. R. Gildea (2008). Children of the Revolution. pp. 252–253.