1889 French legislative election

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1889 French legislative election
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  1885 22 September and 6 October 1889 1893  

All 576 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
289 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Jean Casimir-Perier(1847-1907) (cropped).jpg Georges Clemenceau 1893.jpg
Leader Jean Casimir-Perier Georges Clemenceau
Party Moderate Republicans Independent Radicals
Seats won216100

 Third partyFourth party
  Albert de Mun by Isidore Alphonse Chalot.jpg Georges Ernest Boulanger by Atelier Nadar.jpg
Leader Albert de Mun Georges Boulanger
Party Monarchists Boulangists
Seats won8672

Prime Minister before election

Pierre Tirard
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Pierre Tirard
Independent

Legislative elections were held in France on 22 September and 6 October 1889 during the Boulanger affair. They resulted in a victory for the Republicans, and a thorough defeat for the Boulangists.

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Results

Votes

PartyVotes%
Republicans 4,177,46452.37
Conservatives 2,914,98536.54
Boulangists 709,2238.89
Socialists 175,7752.20
Total7,977,447100.00
Source: France-Politique [1]

Seats

PartySeats
Moderate Republicans 216
Independent Radicals 100
Monarchists 86
Boulangists 72
Bonapartists 52
Centre-left 38
Socialists 12
Total576
Source: Rois et Presidents [2]

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