1881 French legislative election

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1881 French legislative election
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  1877 21 August and 4 September 1881 1885  

All 545 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
273 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Leon Gambetta Carjat 2 (cropped).jpg Jules Ferry - The Evolution of France under the Third Republic (cropped).jpg Georges-Eugene Haussmann - BNF Gallica.jpg
Leader Léon Gambetta Jules Ferry Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Party Republican Union Republican Left Bonapartists
Seats won20416846

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Louis Blanc mid career.jpg
Leader Louis Blanc
Party Far-left Monarchists Centre-left
Seats won464239

Prime Minister before election

Jules Ferry
Republican Left

Elected Prime Minister

Léon Gambetta
Republican Union

Legislative elections were held in France on 21 August and 4 September 1881. The elections marked the collapse of the right compared to the 1877 elections.

Contents

It was a great success for the followers of Léon Gambetta, whom President Jules Grévy appointed premier two months after the election. His government only lasted 73 days, however, before falling over the issue of electoral reform. [1] This led to three short-lived minority governments, until Jules Ferry was able to form a second government in February 1883 with the support of Gambetta's Republican Union.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Republican Union 204
Republican Left 168
Bonapartists 46
Far-left46
Monarchists42
Centre-left 39
Total545
Total votes7,929,503
Registered voters/turnout10,278,97977.14
Source: Rois et Presidents [2]

References

  1. R. Gildea (2008). Children of the Revolution. pp. 254–255.
  2. "résultats des élections législatives française de 1881 gauche majoritaire 1881 Union républicaine Gauche républicaine centre gauche extreme gauche". September 27, 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.